The Talos Principle VR
VR puzzles built around lasers, drones, and manipulating time
Croteam VR · Published by Devolver Digital, Croteam Publishing · Released Oct 17, 2017
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 843
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- 7 years ago
- Jun 28, 2019
What is The Talos Principle VR?
This single-player, first-person puzzle game takes place in a nonlinear world of ancient ruins and advanced technology. You explore and manipulate puzzle devices by hand at your creator's direction while investigating your identity and purpose. The included Road to Gehenna adds a separate story and more advanced puzzles.
For you if...
- +you enjoy working through increasingly difficult logic puzzles
- +you like optional reading about philosophical questions
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action over extended problem-solving
What players say
83% of 843 reviews are positive
Players praise the VR adaptation, its environments, and the range of puzzle difficulty. A recurring complaint is having to buy the VR version separately from the original. A recent Quest headset review also reports shimmering edges, stuttering, and frame drops.
Screenshots and trailer
The Talos Principle VR system requirements
Minimum: R9 290, 6 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Talos Principle VR?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 - 4590 equivalent
- Graphics
- AMD R9 290 or NVIDIA GTX 970
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- HTC Vive or Oculus Rift VR headset plus hand controllers. Internet connection required for product activation for the first time. After that, a persistent connection is not required to play the game.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-6800 equivalent
- Graphics
- AMD Fury or NVIDIA GTX 1070
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- HTC Vive or Oculus Rift VR headset plus hand controllers. Internet connection required for product activation for the first time. After that, a persistent connection is not required to play the game.
Does The Talos Principle VR have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Talos Principle VR run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
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PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 40
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, VR
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. Text only: Czech, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does The Talos Principle VR use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Jun 28, 2019 · The Talos Pricniple VR Build 443779 is Live With Index Controller Support!
- Feb 2, 2018 · Talos VR update 341203 brings official Windows MR support!
- Feb 2, 2018 · Talos VR update 341203 brings official Windows MR support!
- Jan 16, 2018 · The Talos Principle VR Update 337175 is live!
- Jan 16, 2018 · The Talos Principle VR Update 337175 is live!
