Psychonauts 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%2021

$59.99

US Steam price, checked 57 min ago

The verdict

A wildly creative, funny, beautifully designed story-driven 3D platformer with a heartfelt story. Skip it if you want deep gameplay or hate frequent cutscenes.

Great for

Fans of the original, story-driven platformer lovers, and anyone who enjoys creative art and humor

Main risk

Constant cutscenes and simple gameplay can feel like an interactive movie, and it may feel weaker than the original.

What players love

Funny, heartfelt writing and story

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“hilarious and incredibly poignant writing”
Steam review · 71.4 h played ↗

“behind the jokes there's a story that actually cares about its characters and handles some serious themes without ever getting heavy.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“It explores heavy topics, like loss and addiction, in a serious yet comical manner.”
Steam review · 31.9 h played ↗

Worthy sequel that improves on the first

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“the game also feels infinitely better to play than its predecessor, addressing nearly all of the issues that made the original so clunky.”
Steam review · 16.7 h played ↗

“had much more fun with it than the original due to how much smoother the platforming and combat was.”
Steam review · 23.8 h played ↗

“That rare case where the sequel confidently surpasses the original.”
Steam review · translated · 45.8 h played ↗

Wildly creative level design

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Here, levels differ in [b]mechanics, art style, gameplay perspective, and even camera angles.[/b]”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗

“So much inventive and creativity is poured into each of its levels that it really makes me question why this game isn't discussed more.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗

“The developers delivered such a concentrated dose of creativity that the soulless modern games industry simply pales next to it.”
Steam review · translated · 16.4 h played ↗

Stunning art style and visuals

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“An absolute artistic masterpiece.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗

“This game is straight up gorgeous. I sometimes would stop just to look around in awe at how beautiful the level design is.”
Steam review · 35.1 h played ↗

“the visual style, character designs, and the meaning and metaphors woven in”
Steam review · translated · 33.6 h played ↗

Smooth, satisfying platforming and movement

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“The combat is exciting, the powers are engaging, and the platforming is satisfying.”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗

“A great platformer, buttery smooth from start from finish and very trippy.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗

Great music, voice acting and characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Peter McConnell did an amazing job, with tracks that mix jazz fusion and orchestral vibes”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗

“All of the characters are very well-written with fantastic voice acting, making them memorable, quite funny, and endearing.”
Steam review · 37 h played ↗

What players complain about

Weaker writing and characters than the original

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“you get introduced to boring characters and no longer interact with the good ones, and its as though you're playing a different game.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗

“the writing is awful, all charm and fun is gone, all the new characters are awful”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

“Absolutely uninteresting new characters, a worthless plot that's only intriguing at the start.”
Steam review · translated · 22.6 h played ↗

Shallow, linear, repetitive gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“the gameplay is just way too boring, simple, handholdy, and streamlined, if compared to the first game.”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗

“It starts to seem like a running joke that you have to do everything three times.”
Steam review · 18.1 h played ↗

“The platforming is just SO basic”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗

Political content and Anita Sarkeesian involvement

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“It's also horrible that they hired Anita Sarkeesian and not being forthcoming with this information.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗

“For a kids game there is a shocking amount of gay relationships being an integral part of the story.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗

Too many cutscenes, poor pacing

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Sometimes you watch a cutscene, play for literally a few seconds, then get another cutscene.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

“0 gameplay out of 10 cutscenes”
Steam review · translated · 3.9 h played ↗

“Almost everything has a cutscene.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗

Clunky combat and constant power swapping

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“the navigation between all the powers is killing the rythm, since you can only equip 4 powers at a time”
Steam review · 32 h played ↗

“Combat? Absolute garbage. Every fight is a chore”
Steam review · 29.2 h played ↗

Crashes and game-breaking bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“Whenever I enter the pause menu or the item shop menu and go back to the game, it's frozen.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

“It crashes far too often. I can't beat the same fight simply because the game crashes.”
Steam review · translated · 6.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7 (64 bit)

ProcessorIntel Core i3-3225, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 560

Storage30 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 (64 bit)

ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700K, Ryzen 5 1600

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580

Storage30 GB available space

OSWindows 7 (64 bit)

ProcessorIntel Core i3-3225, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 560

Storage30 GB available space

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