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Taiji
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“I enjoyed a lot of the puzzles here. I do think that some of them require intuitive leaps that are not altogether satisfying - they feel like trying to guess the designer's intent rather than actually work things out logically. Even after finishing the areas, there are two…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“It's the Witness, without the weird recordings, and in 2D, with the controls and interactions as smooth as silk. Blow (and Moriarty) gave support and succor to the game, but the game's plot is, miraculously, even more razor-thin than The Witness. You're a person in a place, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“I want to love Taiji. Short review: If you love The Witness and other exploration heavy puzzle games, get Taiji. Long review: I've been whining into the void for more games like The Witness, and Taiji checks so many boxes, but I'm finding half of the puzzle mechanics positively…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update Notes for Build 10.06.2025
-Patched vulnerability in UnityPlayer.dll (Also patched on mono-moddable branch, though the version number is not changed there)
In-Depth Video Essay on Taiji's Music
Grzegorz Bednorz (the composer for Taiji) just released an in-depth video essay covering much of what we did for the soundtrack in Taiji, as well as similar musical techniques in other games. This was
Taiji 3rd Anniversary Podcast
Hey, it's Matthew, the creator of Taiji, It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three whole years since Taiji originally released. I feel infinitely old just thinking about it. But in order to ce
Update Notes for Build 8.27.2025.5
-Fixed issue where music layers were desynced at startup by the length of the loading screen -Fixed a small culling bug near Mine area
Update Notes for Build 5.29.2025.2
-Changed the stick tutorial icons (unified with Switch) -Slowed tutorial animations to prevent the idea of hammering on the buttons -Fixed the fading behavior of a lantern in the Mine -Added some miss
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Nonlinear · Difficult · Adventure · Walking Simulator · Top-Down · Relaxing · Exploration · Hidden Object · Pixel Graphics · Open World · Controller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Estonian, Korean |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Official site | http://taiji-game.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64-Bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 400 / AMD Radeon HD 5000 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 350 MB available space