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Psychonauts

Comedy 3D platformer exploring strange worlds inside troubled minds

Double Fine Productions · Released Oct 11, 2006

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Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 13K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
93% of 76 in 30 days
Players
42
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
5 years ago
Nov 12, 2020
Minimum PC
64 MB (tm) 3
0.3 GB RAM · 3.8 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 87/100 (critic reviews)

What is Psychonauts?

A single-player third-person action-adventure platformer set at a psychic summer camp and within characters’ minds. As Razputin, a young psychic seeking to join the Psychonauts, you explore distinct mental worlds, cross platforming challenges, fight enemies, and use powers such as telekinesis and levitation after his fellow campers’ brains are stolen.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy comedy-driven 3D platformers with unusual characters
  • +you like varied levels built around characters’ minds
  • +you want a story-focused single-player adventure

Not for you if...

  • −you want multiplayer rather than a solo adventure
  • −you prefer realistic settings to strange psychological worlds

What players say

95% of 13,189 reviews are positive · 93% of 76 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the varied mind-based levels, unusual cast, writing, and humor. Common complaints concern clunky movement, platforming, and camera controls; players also report spinning-camera and controller-mapping problems on handheld PCs, plus graphical issues on macOS.

Players over time

▼ -31% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 113 players on Oct 12, 2026.

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Oct 29, 202667
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Oct 25, 202670
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Oct 23, 202655
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Oct 20, 202675
Oct 19, 202679
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Oct 17, 202693
Oct 16, 202671
Oct 15, 202691
Oct 14, 202685
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Oct 12, 2026113
Oct 11, 202697
Oct 10, 202671
Oct 9, 202677
Oct 8, 202670
Oct 7, 202677
Oct 6, 202674
Oct 5, 202684
Oct 4, 202696
Oct 3, 202662
Oct 2, 202654
Oct 1, 202652
Sep 30, 202649
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Sep 28, 202666
Sep 27, 202659
Sep 26, 202664
Sep 25, 202653
Sep 24, 202661
Sep 23, 202619
Sep 23, 202667
Sep 22, 202670
Sep 21, 202644

How many players finish Psychonauts?

17% of Steam players have unlocked «I Thought That Was Unbeatable!», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Psychonauts screenshot 1

Psychonauts system requirements

Minimum: 64 MB (tm) 3, 0.3 GB RAM, 3.8 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 98 SE/2000/XP
Processor
1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm)
Graphics
64 MB GeForce (tm) 3 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX and Go series)
Memory
256 MB of RAM
Storage
3.75 GB minimum hard drive space

Recommended

OS
Windows 2000/XP
Processor
2.0 GHz Pentium(R) IV and AMD Athlon(tm)
Graphics
, 128 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 9600 or higher
Memory
512 MB of RAM
Storage
6.0 GB minimum hard drive space

Does Psychonauts have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Psychonauts run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • Cloud saves are not shared across platforms

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
37
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German.

Does Psychonauts use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

2 DLC available.

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