The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Everything that was great about The Talos Principle has been made new again with The Talos Principle: Reawakened. A brand-new DLC called In The Beginning and full remastering of the game and its other DLC lets players relive all of their favourite puzzles with stunning graphical upgrades to boot.

Like Myst or Riven, The Talos Principal: Reawakened combines a thoughtful narrative premise with clever and often extremely challenging puzzles. The new version adds some quality-of-life features, new content, and an editor in concert with beautifully updated graphics. Enough time has passed to firmly assert that The Talos Principal is a genre classic, and The Talos Principal: Reawakened is simply...

To this day, I’m still fascinated that The Talos Principle, one of the best, most thought-provoking and revered puzzle games of the last few decades, came from the same minds that gave us the Serious Sam franchise, a series of games known for being… the absolute opposite of everything The Talos Principle represents. With that little anecdote out of the way, I was somewhat skeptical about Croteam w...

The Talos Principle: Reawakened is the definitive edition of an amazing puzzle game that still holds up today, and it's playable on the Steam Deck.

What’s most exciting about The Talos Principle is how disarming the series is. One minute, you’re exploring the ethereal digital landscape depicting arid deserts at sunset and green forestry amidst peaks and valleys, a metaverse that feels both impossible and familiar. Then you’re having philosophical debates over an old, dingy computer terminal with an AI. Or you’re getting your rear handed to yo...

And there is, to be fair, a degree of high-minded thinking involved in the game. But that’s not pretentiousness. That’s pretending to have a depth you actually lack. The Talos Principle: Reawakened is a great chance for people like me who skipped out on the original to get a look at the game for the first time, and for fans of the original to have a good reason to re-explore the game along with se...

The Talos Principle Reawakened is a spectacular puzzle game, and this remake adds a bunch of content, new features and gorgeous visuals.

The Talos Principle is one of video game's most well-known happy accidents. Before its release, players knew developer Croteam for their Serious Sam games. Each Serious Sam game couldn't be any further from the kind of game that The Talos Principle is.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened is a thoughtful fusion of striking visuals and unique puzzles that, despite some minor discomfort and repetition, still delivers a memorable journey driven by curiosity and discovery.