The Talos Principle 2 Best Settings Guide For PC

Devolver Digital and Croteam’s first-person puzzle game, The Talos Principle 2, is now available, and we’ve put together the best PC settings for getting optimized performance on mid-end system specs.

Before we delve into the best settings for The Talos Principle 2, make sure you’ve updated your GPU drivers and Windows to their latest respective versions. Additionally, disable or close any unnecessary background applications in order to reduce the CPU overhead as much as possible. The settings detailed ahead should provide a more optimized balance between graphics and frame rate compared to the presets available in-game.

The Talos Principle 2 Best Settings

The settings below are there to serve as a broad starting point for further optimization based on your specific hardware specs. As a result, you may need to tweak some settings until you find a sweet spot based on your display’s refresh rate and the overall performance you seek.

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• Window Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: set as per the max resolution of your display or preference
• V Sync: Off on a display that supports VRR/G-Sync, On otherwise
• Frame Rate Limit: Unlimited on a VRR/G-Sync supported display, otherwise capped to the target frame rate
• Frame Rate Limit (Background): 20 fps or as per performance headroom and preference
• Quality Preset: Custom
• Upsampling Method: DLSS, if supported, else FSR
• Upsampling Preset: Quality
• Global Illumination: High
• Shadows: Medium
• View Distance: High
• Textures: Ultra
• Effects: High
• Reflections: High
• Post Processing: High

Steam Deck Optimized Settings

The settings below are for getting the best possible performance on the Steam Deck.

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• Window Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1280 x 800
• V Sync: Off
• Frame Rate Limit: 40 fps
• Frame Rate Limit (Background): 10 fps or as per performance headroom and preference
• Quality Preset: Custom
• Upsampling Method: FSR
• Upsampling Preset: Performance
• Global Illumination: Medium
• Shadows: Low
• View Distance: Low
• Textures: High
• Effects: Low
• Reflections: Low
• Post Processing: Low

The Talos Principle 2 was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S platforms on November 2, 2023.