Croteam is best known for making games about a buff guy in a t-shirt dual wielding miniguns to shoot headless kamikazes with bombs instead of hands who run at you screaming AAAAAAAAAA while the protagonist makes fourth wall jokes and rock music plays in the background.

Then the Talos Principle shows up completely out of nowhere, and surprises everyone as a pseudo-philosophical-puzzle-platformer with a striking level of depth. It must've been at least decade since the last time I couldn't find any plotholes in a game, and the last circumstances I would expect to break the streak would be in a Croteam title. The puzzles are what you'd expect, but the story is airtight, and the game is riddled with such a gargantuan amount of secrets that you can go grey without finding them all. There is literally a 2 hour playlist on youtube showcasing nothing but easter eggs. Note: Be warned that the steam achievements contain spoilers. Do not read them lest you find your experience ruined.

This game is undoubtedly a dark horse which had never been thought of, and in the last place you'd expect. I cannot recommend it enough to any fan of the genre, the studio, or to anyone who is easily amused by pseudo-philosophy. You have no excuse for not buying it, should a less pricey version show up.



What I expected was a straightforward puzzle game. What I got instead was trolled into an existential crisis by the creators of Serious Sam.

Croteam is best known for making games about a buff guy in a t-shirt dual wielding miniguns to shoot headless kamikazes with bombs instead of hands who run at you screaming AAAAAAAAAA while the protagonist makes fourth wall jokes and rock music plays in the background. Then the Talos Principle shows up completely out of nowhere, and surprises everyone as a pseudo-philosophical-puzzle-platformer with a striking level of depth. It must've been at least decade since the last time I couldn't find any plotholes in a game, and the last circumstances I would expect to break the streak would be in a Croteam title. The puzzles are what you'd expect, but the story is airtight, and the game is riddled with such a gargantuan amount of secrets that you can go grey without finding them all. There is literally a 2 hour playlist on youtube showcasing nothing but easter eggs. Note: Be warned that the steam achievements contain spoilers. Do not read them lest you find your experience ruined. This game is undoubtedly a dark horse which had never been thought of, and in the last place you'd expect. I cannot recommend it enough to any fan of the genre, the studio, or to anyone who is easily amused by pseudo-philosophy. You have no excuse for not buying it, should a less pricey version show up. What I expected was a straightforward puzzle game. What I got instead was trolled into an existential crisis by the creators of Serious Sam.