# The Talos Principle — user reviews > 521 indexed App Store user reviews of The Talos Principle by Devolver Digital, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 1,974 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-talos-principle/id1250484428/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-talos-principle/id1250484428.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,578 · 4★ 210 · 3★ 75 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 77 ## What do users think of The Talos Principle? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent graphics and visuals - 🤔 Thought-provoking philosophical elements - 🧠 Challenging and engaging puzzles - 🕹️ Good controller support - 💰 Great value for the price **Cons** - 🔍 Unclear objectives and lack of guidance - 🕹️ Frustrating touch controls - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches - 🤢 Motion sickness for some users **Commonly reported bugs** - Menu buttons not visible on certain devices - Inability to complete certain levels due to control issues - Sudden camera angle changes **Most requested features** - Add iCloud sync support - Improve camera controls - Provide more granular graphics settings - Include DLC content (Road to Gehenna) ## Newest reviews (15 of 521) ### 2/5 — Awesome game with potential but needs few update. *2026-08-30, version 1.4* Dear Dev team. Can we have latest MetalFS that improves performance like DLSS/FSR for metal/iOS? I would appreciate if we can also listen to audiobooks or podcast while playing the game that mixes with external audio. Some games do support this. Thank you so much for creating this amazing game. ### 2/5 — Great BUT….. *2025-11-27, version 1.4* Touchscreen controls are a nightmare, so hard to climb stairs ### 5/5 — My favorite game ever *2025-03-28, version 1.4* I really love Croteam, and i believe, we get serious sam 5 soon ### 3/5 — iPhone controls - need upgrade! *2025-03-10, version 1.4* Great game! The controls make it almost impossible to play on the iPhone ### 5/5 — 10 из 10 *2024-12-21* Игра бомба, с философским смыслом и интересными головоломками , иногда довольно сложными кстати. А чтобы найти все звезды так вообще без подсказок ютуба не обойтись ) несколько вариантов концовки и глубины прохождения. Игра очень красивая радует глаз небо солнце море луна ночь день снег все очень красиво и атмосферно , приятная музыка добавляет спокойствия и комфорта. Не смотря на то что работает как антидепрессант тут надо шевелить мозгами , она довольно длинная и если играть целый день может надоесть , надо делать перерывы , и тогда с удовольствием будете играть очень долго, если без подсказок( особенно как собрать звёзды) играть будете не один месяц . В общем стоит своих 500-600 рублей однозначно . Через какое-то время пройду еще раз, а потом еще раз )) ### 5/5 — Excelente juego *2024-12-02, version 1.4* Tuve la oportunidad de comprarlo y jugarlo por primera vez, queda excelente para teléfonos y su rendimiento es bastante bueno, quizás falten algunas cosas de la versión en PC, pero en general estoy muy satisfecho ### 5/5 — Sehr Anspruchsvoll *2024-11-25* Eine fantastische Grafik, und sehr anspruchsvolle Lösungswege. Habe das Spiel ohne Joystick gespielt, und ging wunderbar. Ich gebe zu das ich ab und zu mal auf YouTube nach Lösungen schauen musste. Möchte aber die Entwickler dieses Spiels aber meinen Großen Dank aussprechen. Gern in 2. Teil!! ### 5/5 — Totally recommend *2024-10-13, version 1.4* It’s a challenging and beautiful game with a mind twisting story. Controls are not the best but if you pair it with a controller, then it becomes 10/10 ### 5/5 — Está en español *2024-09-04, version 1.4* Solo escribo para informaros que esta traducido y doblado al español. Además es compatible con mando. ### 5/5 — Tout simplement incroyable *2024-08-10* Ayant adoré la version pc, je me devais de l’essayer sur iPhone. Le portage est réussi, je ne pensais pas que le jeu serait aussi beau et fidèle. C’est un chef d’œuvre. Sans doute le meilleur jeu disponible sur l’AppStore. ### 5/5 — Un juego que tienes que jugar *2024-07-22, version 1.4* Es uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado, es muy entretenido ir resolviendo cada puzle pensando como se puede resolver y además la historia que tiene es increíble, te hace pensar y darte cuenta de como funcionan los seres humanos. Realmente un juegazo ### 5/5 — Excellent game *2024-06-23, version 1.4* No micro transactions! Plays well with game controller - currently using a Backbone. ### 4/5 — No sound *2024-06-20, version 1.4* No sounds, music, Nothing ### 5/5 — Brilliant Game *2024-06-09, version 1.4* I was drawn into this game as soon as I started playing and have been collecting sigils and stars ever since. I strongly advise playing this game with a compatible game controller. There are many areas in the game that require twitchy fingers and I don’t think I would have gotten through them without a controller. ### 3/5 — A bit repetitive *2024-06-09, version 1.4* I played this for a bit but honestly would rather play House of da Vinci over again or Room, or Machinarium ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 해상도 ㅈ박았네 *2026-05-23* 강제 16:9 고정인지 화면 가장자리에 레터박스 생기는것부터 맘에 안드는데 번역 개선 없이 가져오고 조작감도 쓰레기인 편임 그래도 본작이 참 잘만들었는데 차라리 이식을 하지 말았어야함 ### 1/5 — It turns into an idiotic video game shooter *2026-03-13, version 1.4* I loved this game at first. Beautiful, fascinating story. Great puzzles. But by the time you get to the “B” level you gotta do split second taps that I have now tried hundreds of times and cannot physically execute, even though I solved the logical puzzles. I don’t want to bang on the screen going pew pew pew like an idiot. What a shame. ### 1/5 — do not buy on iPad *2025-11-30, version 1.4* Controls don’t work. Menu not accessible until you die. Absolutely awful controls. I did not even make it through tutorial before I quit. Tried all the control modes and they get worse. Just because you can port a game does not mean you can do so without play testing. This is the exact reason I dont buy many iPad games… good reviews are not from iPad users… ### 1/5 — Bedienung mangelhaft am iPad. Bilder sind schön. *2025-05-04, version 1.4* Mir scheint es ein Geheimnis zu bleiben wie die Bedingung zu erfolgen hat. Leider finde ich auch keine Anleitung hierzu. Am PC gibt es zahlreiche Möglichkeiten zu Steuerung. ### 1/5 — Talos *2024-08-16, version 1.4* This game sucks ### 1/5 — So bored. *2023-02-12, version 1.4* Sorry I paid money for this. Just carrying around a camera thing for the first hour walking around a maze and gave up. Ok, it has nice graphics. But this is not a puzzle game, it’s just a walk around game. No patience to wait it out to see if ANYTHING happens. ### 1/5 — No sound *2022-07-26, version 1.4* No sound on ios 15.5 ### 1/5 — Не корректно работает *2022-06-01* Не вызвать меню на новых устройствах, ничего не настроить , просто тупо играешь ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY IF YOU HAVE AN IPHONE MINI *2021-12-26, version 1.4* This game does not account for the screen size of the iPhone 12 mini or 13 mini. The menu and other controls on the left-hand side are cut off and non-interactive. As far as I can tell, there is no setting to correct this. I know this game came out before these phones, but it’s also been over a year since these phones came out, at the time I’m writing this. Very frustrating that they care enough about this game to run a $0.99 sale but not enough to make sure it runs properly on current devices. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2021-09-04, version 1.4* Where is retina? Graphics are awful. Where is propriate resolution for new devices? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Stunning *2026-03-11, version 1.4* This is the best game I’ve ever played.. I’ve only just begun my quest and I’m hooked. The game looks massive and compelling- I don’t know why I havnt downloaded sooner. In one word ‘stunning’ ### 5/5 — Mehr davon bitte!!! *2026-03-07, version 1.4* Ihr würdet mich so glücklich machen, wenn ihr Version 2 auch noch für iOS zur Verfügung stellt!! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-02-17, version 1.4* I really like this game, the story is very interesting and well executed. I have bonded with my character and am invested in their story. The puzzles are also very well thought out some harder than others. I like finding the puzzle pieces and the sense of progression. I know this is an old game but sometimes they’re the best. ### 5/5 — лучшая игра *2026-02-04* Самая душевная,интересная игра! Всегда играю с удовольствием ### 5/5 — Use a PS5 controller not Ipad controls *2025-12-16, version 1.4* Touchscreen controls not great but PS5 controller great ### 5/5 — Thanks team *2025-07-17, version 1.4* Enjoying the game, the graphics and gameplay, music all very enjoyable. 63 year old gamer Cheers from In-Zane ### 5/5 — Still holds up over 10 years later *2025-05-15, version 1.4* Even though the game does not include any DLC (Road to Gehenna was released on other platforms in 2015), this version of the game is still a blast to play, even without the QoL updates added for TTP:Reawakened (instant rewind and keep connections, specifically). ### 5/5 — шедевр *2025-05-09, version 1.4* абсолютный пик ### 5/5 — Excellent, mais…….. *2025-04-24* Énorme puzzle game, fini plusieurs fois sur plusieurs support (iOS, switch, pc, Xbox et ps5). Est il possible d’avoir une mise a jour pour avoir le DLC? ### 5/5 — a favorite again *2025-04-20, version 1.4* all time favorite on desktop, same years later on ipad. many thanks to the geniuses at croteam. touch controls are well implemented. please release dlc! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*