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The Talos Principle VR
Developer Croteam VR
The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. From the Steam store page
191 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
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144 positive · 45 negative
95% range 70–82%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
719 of 861 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 191 · most liked firstI LOVE the Talos Principle, but it is not a game you want to play fully in VR. The VR port is done amazingly well, but it's absolutely exhausting exploring for hours on end in VR or standing around trying to figure out puzzles while you have a giant LCD strapped to your face. If you had the option to switch to Desktop mode while you're doing some of the more lengthy sections of the game like star hunting I'd 100% recommend this, but as it is currently you're forced to fully play in VR or buy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The original game is great; the VR version is not, at least not on the Valve Index that it claims to support. Controls are very janky. Even after disabling the control that causes you to teleport when you grip the controller, which I can only assume was a mistake because nobody has ever wanted that behavior, it's still a huge pain to actually teleport where you want. I will regularly have the teleport circle in the right place, let go of the button to teleport, and jump to a completely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finally finished the base game after months of playing and to sum it up succinctly I strongly recommend this. The controls are a little wonky with the Valve Index but it's not a big deal. Just use your left hand to pick up the sigils and you'll be fine. I didn't know what to expect when I bought it. I kept seeing the title pop up in old threads where people recommended their favorite VR games. I had it on my wishlist and picked it up when it was on sale. Long story short I fell in love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is ridiculous. A blatant cash grab. The developers copy pasted the original game, and added VR support. Almost no effort required. What if you wanted to try this game without VR? You would have to pay for the same game AGAIN to get the original game. The developers should have just added VR support to the original game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO. NOT. BUY. THIS. GAME. This game is absolutely beautiful! I love the puzzles and the little bits of story I've uncovered are fascinating! A bug in the game prevents moving beyond the first area. You reach an elevator, push the button and it just *buzzes* but never moves the elevator. I've found multiple forums talking about it (including the community board here on steam). Croteam has known about it and apparently not bothered to fix it since 2019. The advice I've found is to just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love the Talos Principle, but as a VR title, this has not aged very well. Controls are clunky and simplistic. Every interaction is simply point and click. One of the first puzzles involves a big beefy lever, and I was really disappointed when I tried to grab it and it just magically moved by itself. Interacting with the MLS also feels pretty bad. The UI is text boxes that appear over the keyboard, and you have to just poke the reply you want and try to not accidently hit the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Valve Index Controllers dont work properly....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like puzzle games you will love this game. If you have VR then get this version. I already owned this game far before it came out for VR and I bought it again, its worth it. It takes an already amazing game and fully immerses you in its beautiful world. The music is absolutely gorgeous and the story that unfolds while you play will keep you wanting more. One of my favorite games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Talos Principle is an incredible puzzle game. The VR port is breathtakingly beautiful, so much that it's fun to just wander around and enjoy the environment. Unfortunately the VR controls are quite frustrating. Some puzzles require precise placement of objects (or of yourself!), which is difficult to do with teleport, often with a high cost of needing to restart / redo large chunks of a puzzle because the teleport didn't land in the right place. "Grab" for grab object and "tight grab" for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recently bought the Serious Sam VR bundle on sale for £10.24. Included was The Talos Principle VR game. I am a 68 year old who, prior to my Quest 3 headset, had not been a “gamer”, so had not even played ANY Xbox etc. console games. I bought a PC laptop (the Acer Predator Helios 300 1TB SSD, Intel Core i7 11th gen, 16GB ram, GPU = Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, Windows 11, 2.40 GHz processor speed) in order to play Half Life Alyx and other PCVR games. Two days ago I fired up The Talos Principle VR…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING DO NOT BUY IF YOU USE WMR. When i first got it it worked but updates have made it black screen straight away and i cant get a refund so i have a dead unsupported game in my library lovely waste of cash
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could request a refund for this, but unfortunately I left it for a while before finally trying it out. There's regret. TLDR; I loved the original Talos Principle, but I cannot recommend this version. Read below for details. For folks using the Valve Index controllers, the controls make the game unplayable, or at best, hugely frustrating. In the teleport movement modes, picking up an object and teleporting are mapped to the same control (squeezing the grip). So half the time when you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hasn't worked properly for the Reverb G2 in over a year, don't buy. Threads older than a year report the same issue I have, devs are not interested in fixing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played on Valve Index Wow. This game has really been amazing so far but this port to VR is simply revolting. Walking, picking up items, entering the gate-puzzles, interacting with ladders, all of it takes twice as long in VR than if you were to just play the original version of the game. This just feels a like a cash-grab with none of the attention to detail put into the original. This is not meant to be a fun experience, just to cash in on VR-Gimmicks. Here is a solid piece of evidence for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →there is a way to carry over saves from the non-vr version of the game and I've been playing from where I left off years ago just around when red sigils start to appear. I would say the game is a lot more engaging in VR. It pretty much was made for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I give up trying to fix this. Looks like it doesn't want to get fixed. The first time I booted it up, it was pretty neat, actually. Well, the default control configuration had gripping & teleporting on the same input, but that's nothing that can't be fixed with Steam's capabilities. Along came an update which screwed up controls royally. After that update, merely touching the sticks caused a teleport. Bad idea. Very bad idea. So I've spent hours upon hours trying to fix that. Did you know…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like there's zero reason for this to be VR. It's slow and frustrating. Yeah, that's the point with puzzle games, but damn irritating in VR. One of the first VR-games I bought way back, and the biggest let down. If you already know you like puzzle games in VR - I can't comment, maybe you'll like it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid 4/5 stars, would be 5/5 if not for the (not gamebreaking) bugs that I encountered a bit. Throughout just gotta say I first played the non-VR game in 2015, and loved it. And had no problem paying for the VR version when I found out it existed. This game is as beautiful as the day I last played it 9 years ago. Anyways, here are the small bugs- 1- I didn't see an option anywhere that allowed me to scale my height. The windows you shoot lasers from, I had to sit down to properly see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the VR could use some quality of life improvements (a height adjust setting would be appreciated for Oculus API users), I was blown away by this game. A lot of people compare it to Portal, but I would actually say it more closely resembles The Witness, if The Witness actually had a story and a purpose behind all the philosophy it throws at you. The core puzzles aren't as difficult as in The Witness, though the secret stars are there if you want an elevated challenge. You don't need the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best puzzle game for VR. Would love to see Talos Principle 2 VR port.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A MUST PLAY MASTER PIECE WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE U MAY HAVE
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best puzzle games for VR! Very clever and challenging puzzles, great atmosphere, beautiful meditative landscapes and relaxing sound, deep, thought provoking philosophical context. Often found myself just wandering around, enjoying nature, waterfalls, listening birds, viewing murals and statues, swimming and enjoying sunshine, especially in all this lockdown situation. Must play !!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the game. The puzzle solving and controls for the HTC Vive were perfect and then I got a Valve Index. Now I'm constantly fighting with the controls to do what I want. I keep teleporting when I want to grab the item in front of me. Not sure why they made the grip controls have two completely different behaviours, but the game has become too frustrating to play. I don't want to go back to using my Vive controllers just for this game so I'll likely just stop playing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Upfront I'm going to say: if you've played the original game to 100% completion, this is not worth full price. The VR elements are a major improvement over the original interactive controls but do not augment the gameplay in a meaningful way. However if you have not, this is a good excuse it again, with the added suffering of collecting all the stars by not just thinking outside of the box, but becoming the box itself. Anyway, with that out of the way I'll review this from a fresh faced never…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games of all time, and definitely best game on VR. I love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic game !! This is how to convert a flatscreen game to VR. Everything just works , it looks great and play great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like the other reviewers mention the Index controls on this game are just terrible. Why did they not offer a config option to change the grab action from grips to some other button I have no idea. Luckily I also own some Vive wands so I am using those to play it. This game was definitely designed to be played in non VR. It is still quite fun in VR but everything will be slightly harder to do in VR than non VR. That said I do still enjoy it in VR, the presence of being inside the world gives the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gives Portal a run for its money
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Technically well done, but just play the normal version. This game in VR is exhausting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The same beautiful and amazing game, but in VR One upside of playing this version, apart from it just being more immersive, is you can't really cheat puzzles, accidentally or not What I found lacking from the regular game, is you can't take connectors without breaking connections (I googled and it is apparently supposed to be possible after some patch, but I couldn't) And for some reason when you use the time speedup feature (by holding both grip buttons), some objects get dropped, while others…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all the computers in game you do not need to use, all you do is collect puzzle pieces, in different arenas it is a calming game i love every second of it, and you can't die, you just are back at the start of the puzzle you were on, it is a breath taking game and to be honest after Halflife Alyx this is my 2nd favorite, you should try it it is a little easy sometimes it is easyer then you think sometimes, the solution may be simple just look and keep your mind open. and set movement to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very engaging. VR works pretty well, and the puzzles are challenging without feeling arbitrary or impossible. Retrieving the harder-to-unlock stars is becoming an obsession.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool environments
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The slow pace and beautiful environments make for a naturally great VR Game. The port is well done.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This cures depression
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like puzzles and scifi and you enjoy thinking about the trolley problem, then you absolutely 100% must play this game. It is morally obligatory. The breadth of ideas and small details will reward you endlessly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I initially played this flat but never really felt compelled to play it beyond get to the end, didnt want all the stars or secrets but playing it in VR makes the experience much more enjoyable beyond a few bugs i would expect of what is essentially a port. Got every main game star and most of the DLC ones by the time i write this review but im planning on going back and 100%ing the game. If you like puzzle games I cannot reccomend enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every human society in recorded history has games. We don't just solve problems out of necessity. We do it for fun. Even as adults. Leave a human being alone with a knotted rope and they will unravel it. Leave a human being alone with blocks and they will build something. Games are part of what makes us human. We see the world as a mystery, a puzzle, because we've always been a species of problem-solvers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has interesting puzzles (particularly in Road to Gehenna), some genuinely funny writing (again, mostly in Road to Gehenna), and potent philosophical themes and musings. Essentially, the game discusses the end of the world, immortality through memories, the nature of AI and consciousness, and what it all means. All of this is wrapped up in a package of neat puzzles solved entirely in a 3D space from a first-person perspective, relying on interacting with the environment through…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This may be a bit -stream of consciousness-, but well, now that i'm done crying my eyes out at the "true" ending, i feel i have to let the world know about this game. Late to the party, i know, and what can i say about this game that hasn't been said? Not much, i think. Look, here's the deal: This isn't my -favourite- game, now. It's mechanically fairly simple, and the presentation isn't gonna blow you away. Nice sound, both VA and music, but yeah. However, in terms of it's context? In terms…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Talos Principle is a puzzle game with a story that asks philosophical questions about being human, life, death and eternal life. You will wake up in a garden and hear the words of Elohim, god-like creature claiming to have created you, guiding you one of his children to a temple and telling you to pass different kind of tests. You will learn that you should be collecting Sigils to progress. Each of these is at the end of a spatial puzzle. Each of the puzzles is taking place in a closed…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game! it's a little buggy I can glitch cubes through the wall but other than that it's a great game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic game in VR. Playing with Pimax 5K+ and RTX 3090. I'm there. I keep coming back to this title and all the wonderful puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I strongly recommend this game if you ever were into puzzle games, they are so much better in VR! The cool thing about this game is that even if you're stuck you just leave the puzzle and go on and on the next day you always smash it. Very satisfying. The game has three endings, however one is boring and one is reachable only for (what I think) hardcore players since it's extremely hard without passtroughs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I so wish I could give a neutral review. It's good, but it's ultimately frustrating. The Talos Principle was not made for VR, Croteam did a good job porting it, but the fine placement of items in levels, as well as just the controls in general make it a frustrating experience for me. The first 2 worlds are enjoyable though, but it just drags on too long to be an enjoyable VR experience for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great puzzle game, looks amazing in VR
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Talos Principle VR is such a great story. Needs a bit of bug fixes last I played it. I wish they did VR for the second game.
unlabelledView post →Amazing world filled with philosophy, mystery and contemplation that opened my eyes and touched my soul. Some puzzles also portrayed the importance and immense beauty in teamwork, through the use of machinery helping each other progress further. It was a lot of fun to stream to someone whom actually had the patience to properly watch me solve each puzzle without losing interest, and quietly too. I'm grateful to that rare individual. But even when I played alone, it was still interesting and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great puzzle game. Works really well in VR.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ngl, this game actually make your brain do a thing, 'specially with all the AI doomposting flying around these days. Kinda makes you go "hmmm." This ain't for everyone. If you're some ADHD zoomer who needs constant xsplosions and can't sit still, just f**k off now. It's slow, no action, you gotta actually think or read walls of text. But if you're a puzzle autist like me, it's pretty damn chill. Good for just vibing and solving s**t. I'd only really say GET THIS VERSION if you're a landscape…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring after 30minutes, what you see on the start is all what you will do whole game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interacting with objects feels a little barebones (they don't follow your hands while you are holding them) but it's a solid puzzle game with an interesting narrative
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoy a puzzle game and this has not disappointed me so far. I recommend. I played using a quest 2 with virtual desktop
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the VR version of one of the greatest puzzle games on steam. Surprisingly the controls translate over really well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like a scam when developers charge full price for a standalone purchase VR port of a non-VR game instead of adding a VR mode to the existing game, but I am a fan of puzzle games and I am a fan of VR so I wanted to check this out. The ambiance and music are nice and I appreciate a first person puzzle game that isn't trying to directly copy portal, but the story is just a haughty biblical voice that feels like some sacrilegous uncanny valley because they are obviously going for a diety but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent VR experience Puzzles pretty good in VR Controls are good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you know people with motion sickness issues this isn't the game. Comfort settings mean nothing then barely touching any stick not perfectly right or left sends you teleporting. Nothing like teleporting every time you turn. That'll help with the motion sickness right?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was going to try this out as a fun VR experience as I really wanted something puzzle-like to just wander around in VR to get a handle of it. I have decided playing this game on VR as my first playthru would be a bad idea with how difficult it is JUST to get the game to look right. The flashing green problem is a common visual glitch on the VR edition, and while there are fixes for it, and I was able to fix it, I came upon new and more frustrating graphical glitches that have existed since…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game, but belongs on a cell phone. Not vr.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best VR remasters I've ever played. the graphics are stunning, and the game is well optimized, with a 1080 Ti and a generic ryzen I was able to play on all ultra settings on 125% res on a tethered Quest 2 on more or lress 90 FPS. The art, the music, and the game are all stunning, and I can't wait to get my full fix out of this game that I enjoyed so much on the pancake version. I'll be sure to play Road to Gehenna, also: you forget the more medium to hard puzzles after a few years.
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