Hilarious writing and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game writing is great. I don't know who wrote the game dialogues but its so funny.”
Steam review · 27.2 h played ↗
Psychonauts
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Double Fine Productions2006Platformer · Adventure · Action
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A wildly creative, funny 3D platformer with unique mind-world levels and great writing. Skip it if clunky controls, a bad camera or a rough PC port (Steam Deck, Mac) would bother you.
Great for
Fans of quirky, story-driven platformers who can forgive 2005-era jank
Main risk
Clunky platforming and camera, port problems, and the frustrating Meat Circus finale
What players love
Creative mind-world level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Making 3D platforming stages that are manifestations of different characters minds means that no two stages are alike in a way I've never seen before.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Distinct art style and charm
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It feel like stepping into a well written kids film directed by Tim Burton.”
Steam review · 20.8 h played ↗
Memorable, quirky characters and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“raz is probably one of my favourite video game protagonists of all time.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Timeless cult classic that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game genuinely lives up to the lofty standards set by everyone you've heard rave about it for the last 20 years.”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗
Fun psychic powers and puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The powers also adds a lot of fun factor.”
Steam review · 44.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor PC port and Steam Deck issues
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“the screen just spins and spins with no way to stop it”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Clunky platforming and camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Movement is INCREDIBLY imprecise, unresponsive, and slippery.”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗
Dated and unclear progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Having to look up guides on the internet every hour is not fun at all.”
Steam review · translated · 13.9 h played ↗
Tedious collectibles and 800-arrowhead grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Thanks so much to the devs for the 'genius' decision to make the player grind 800 crystals just to progress the story.”
Steam review · translated · 6.9 h played ↗
Frustrating Meat Circus finale and bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Whoever designed the meat circus needs to be blacklisted from the industry”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Broken on Mac
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“The Mac version is broken. Textures are on top of each other. Careful.”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3.75 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 98 SE/2000/XP
Processor1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm)
Memory256 MB of RAM
Graphics64 MB GeForce (tm) 3 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX and Go series)
Storage3.75 GB minimum hard drive space
Recommended
OSWindows 2000/XP
Processor2.0 GHz Pentium(R) IV and AMD Athlon(tm)
Memory512 MB of RAM
Graphics, 128 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 9600 or higher
Storage6.0 GB minimum hard drive space
OSWindows 98 SE/2000/XP
Processor1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm)
Memory256 MB of RAM
Graphics64 MB GeForce (tm) 3 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX and Go series)
Storage3.75 GB minimum hard drive space
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