The Talos Principle 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-07
- Improved over first game
- Puzzles creative and enjoyable
- Beautiful graphics and environments
- Puzzles too easy overall
- Too much dialogue and chatter
- Inconsistent performance optimization
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 13,496
- Positive
- 12,80594.9%
- Negative
- 6915.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 977,258
- Estimated revenue
- $29,307,967
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 211.51%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,521
- Estimated revenue lost
- $45,615
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 211.5% Avg playtime 1h | 141% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1198.6% Avg playtime 28.5h | 1,23588.9% Avg playtime 54.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 72.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,069.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,389 total
Organic purchasers1,24589.6%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations14410.4%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,389 total
First impression0-2h483.46%
Voted up: 52%
Mid game2-10h18213.1%
Voted up: 82%
Late game10-20h16612.0%
Voted up: 80%
Endgame20h+99371.5%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.2%
Global baseline 89.9%
27 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 13,496 total.