Developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital have announced The Talos Principle 3, the finale of the critically acclaimed puzzle game series.
The brief teaser trailer doesn’t show any gameplay, but a batch of screenshots, posted below, reveals new twists on the series’ signature light-bouncing puzzles as well as some pretty fantastical locations, such as a giant mushroom forest. The series takes place hundreds of years after mankind’s extinction; intelligent robots have inherited the Earth and possess the sum of mankind’s knowledge, which is tested in various puzzles and philosophical dilemmas.
As for The Talo Principle 3’s plot, the trailer’s description only offers this cryptic synopsis: “What differentiates a story from the real world, or a simulation? A story is a series of choices, a set of moments captured, examined, and elevated. The real world goes on and on, but a story must have a clear beginning, middle, and end. And so the Talos Principle, a story Croteam worked on for more than a decade, must also come to an end.”
The Talos Principle 3 is coming to PlayStation 5 and PC in 2027. In the meantime, be sure to check out our reviews of The Talos Principle, released in 2014, and its 2023 sequel, The Talos Principle 2.
