
A masterclass in action design, Psychonauts delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
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Verdict
95%
Steam
85
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 19K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (85/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
Psychonauts is a 2005 platform game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 2. The game follows Razputin (Raz), a young boy gifted with psychic abilities, who runs away from a circus to try to sneak into a summer camp for those with similar powers to become a "Psychonaut", a spy with psychic abilities. He finds that there is a sinister plot occurring at the camp that only he can stop. The game is centered on exploring the strange and imaginative minds of various characters that Raz encounters as a Psychonaut-in-training/"Psycadet" to help them overcome their fears or memories of their past, so as to gain their help and progress in the game. Raz gains use of several psychic abilities during the game that are used for both attacking foes and solving puzzles.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
This game allows in-depth milking of certain highly creamy men, his utters are beautifully rendered.
Alright, first note, this game is listed as playable on the Steam Deck when it is unplayable, constant screen spinning and graphical glitches. I have played it on my Windows 11 laptop, decent specs which I will make available so you can compare. Psychonauts has one of the most unique casts of characters you can only find in a Tim Schafer game, the levels are all vastly different but with their own fun gimmicks, my top 3 levels are in order: 1. Black Velvetopia 2. Milkman Conspiracy 3. Waterloo World. My only real complaint is that the figments are sometimes unjustifiably hard to see or find, such as in Milla's Dance Party where the environment makes the figments blend in and make it impossible to see them normally. I know it's an old game but I would really like it if the figments were more visible by default or there was an option to make them more visible. I'm fairly sure this issue was fixed in the sequel, but a little update might do the game some justice In Conclusion. Psychonauts is a game I have owned many times, yet failed to finish, this time I actually locked in (I am now medicated), and completed the game. People said that the Meat Circus level was deeply unfair and buggy when I honestly didn't have many problems. If you utilize the bacon correctly Agent Cruller will give you the hints you need to complete a section, even the bosses. Use your abilities and items at the appropriate times and it'll be a breeze, the opening escort mission is a pain in my ass though lmao My rating for this game is an overall: 9/10.
Lovely game but just wished they would fix the controls for the steam deck and not lie and say it's verified when it isn't optimized for it.
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