GAME
The Talos Principle
On the first morning of waking
Croteam · 2014-12-11 · ■■■■□ 4/5 · 9/10
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In three lines
The Talos Principle is a logic-grid / pathfinding puzzle game released by Croteam in 2014.
Puzzlebyrinth scores it 9/10, with a difficulty of 4/5. On the first morning of waking
Its core mechanics are Contraptions.
Our Review
A robot solves trials in Roman-style ruins while a voice in their head questions their selfhood and divinity.
Mentions across our columns (16)
Puzzle Soundtracks（6）
- 2026-09-25 · Doremi · 2 mentionsSoundtrack: The Talos Principle: Reawakened — under the tower I was told not to climb, a choir and a drone are waiting
- 2026-07-24 · DoremiSoundtrack: The Turing Test — one motif that keeps asking, human or machine
- 2026-07-18 · DoremiSoundtrack: Etherborn — gravity changes direction, but the music never falls over
- 2026-06-26 · DoremiSoundtrack: Superliminal — The most suspicious sound is the one that soothes you
- 2026-06-19 · Doremi · 2 mentionsSoundtrack: The Talos Principle 2 — answering scale with a choir
- 2026-06-07 · Doremi · 3 mentionsSoundtrack: The Talos Principle — A paradise built on one long sustained tone
Essays（4）
- 2026-09-23 · Komugi · 9 mentionsThe Verb of Reflecting — A Puzzle Design Grammar From Portal 2 to The Talos Principle 2
- 2026-09-18 · Komugi · 8 mentionsThe Eye You Can Jam, and the Eye You Cannot — Foucault's Panopticon vs. Achievements and Daily Streaks
- 2026-09-04 · KomugiWhat Does Play Become When It Spills Out? — Reading Caillois, Part 3
- 2026-06-14 · KomugiThe Grammar of Zachtronics — Translating Programming into Puzzle
