The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the legendary Serious Sam series, written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim…
The Talos Principle is an adventure developed by Croteam, released 11 December 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. It currently starts at $4.49 at Humble Store. This page lists 11 cheat codes for it.
What The Talos Principle is
The Talos Principle is an adventure game developed by Croteam and released in 2014. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Serious Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As if awakening from a deep sleep, you find yourself in a strange, contradictory world of ancient ruins and advanced technology. Tasked by your creator with solving a series of increasingly complex puzzles, you must decide whether to have faith, or to ask the difficult questions: Who are you? What is your purpose And what are you going to do about it?
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 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Talos Principle holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 487 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 42.3 hrs, roughly 2.1 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $4.49, that works out to about $0.22 per hour of the main story, or $0.11 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual-core 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11 class GPU with 1GB VRAM (nVidia GeForce 480 GTX, AMD Radeon HD 5870). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. 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 $4.49 at Humble Store, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Talos Principle launched on 11 December 2014, within three weeks of Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Resident Evil and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tales from the Borderlands, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Resident Evil, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 11 cheat entries for The Talos Principle — 4 cheat codes and 7 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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The Talos Principle cheat codes
Enable Developer Cheats
Unlocks every cheat below, the F3 cheat menu and cheat hotkeys
Open the console with ~ and type the command exactly
Disables achievements while active; type cht_bEnableCheats = 0 to switch off
Hide the Cheat HUD
Hides the on-screen cheat indicator
Type the command in the console
Cosmetic only
God Mode
Become invincible
Type the command in the console, or press G once cheats are enabled
Requires cheats enabled; blocks achievements
No-Clip Ghost Mode
Fly around and pass through walls
Type the command in the console, or press Z once cheats are enabled
Requires cheats enabled
Dlc
Expansions
Remakes
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