The Talos Principle II
The Talos Principle II is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
The Talos Principle II is an adventure developed by Croteam, released 2 November 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $7.49 at GOG. The main story takes about 34 hrs to finish.
What The Talos Principle II is
The Talos Principle II is an adventure game developed by Croteam and released in 2023. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Long after a virus wiped out humanity, the knowledge of the human race lives on in a civilization of androids who inherited the earth. Guided by the legacy of Athena, the first android to awaken, these machines built the city of New Jerusalem and set themselves a goal: to grow their population to exactly one thousand. The story begins as the thousandth android, known simply as 1k, is activated and welcomed as the fulfillment of that long-standing goal. During the celebration, a ghostly projection of a figure named Prometheus warns of new trials ahead, and distant sensors detect a massive surge of energy far from the city. Free of the political disagreements dividing the androids, 1k joins…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 87 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Talos Principle II holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 64 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 34 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $7.49, that works out to about $0.22 per hour of the main story, or $0.19 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 4 core CPU @ 2.5 GHz (AMD Ryzen 5, Intel core i3/i5), 8 GB RAM and 4 GB VRAM; Radeon RX 470, GeForce GTX 970, Intel Arc A580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 75GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.49 at GOG, 75% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Pakistan is the cheapest region we track at $10.49 (about $10.49), while United Kingdom pays £24.99 — 3.2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 10 on Steam, which is about $10.49.
What it launched against
The Talos Principle II launched on 2 November 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Jusant. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Jusant.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Talos Principle II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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