Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2
Game
Game2006
Psychonauts
Developer Double Fine Productions
Psychonauts is a 2005 platform game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 2. The game follows Razputin "Raz" Aquato, 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… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
473 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
266 positive · 28 negative
95% range 87–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 266 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 57 | 2 | 73 |
| Lemmy * | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Mastodon * | 6 | 0 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
13,419 of 14,116 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
90% recommend · 227 yes, 24 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 251 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (18,402 of 19,385 positive).
Players praise the game's creativity, humor, and unique level design. [1][2][3] Some note that the game shows its age with janky controls and camera issues. [4][5][6] Several Steam Deck users report technical problems like camera spinning and graphical glitches. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Now before you start getting angry because of that big red thumbs down, this is purely a warning for steam deck users like me. If you're planning on just taking this on the go, it isn't gonna work. The camera will spin non-stop if you even remotely try to play. And you have to guess what buttons to press because it only shows pc keys. You guys seriously put 0 effort into this port. Do better.
- [1]
The level of creativity, humor and deeply philosophical wisdom in this unseeming platformer is criminally underrated.
- [4]
This is the best platformer I've ever played in my life. The writing is excellent, the cast is so bizarre and endearing at the same time and the levels had so much variety that I had great pleasure exploring them! I do have to address several issues which are the camera and the typical janky platforming of a game released over 20 years ago. The parkour in the very last level made me scream BLOODY MURDER several …
- [10]
A masterpiece disguised as a kids' game. The first impression this game provides is rough and unappealing; it gives you the sensation that it will be an uninteresting and boring experience, but those doubts are shut down pretty quickly once you get accustomed to the world and start exploring it. I fell in love with the art direction followed in this game. It's unique, quirky, and rough in a certain way, but it …
- [2]
Psychonauts is such a great game because it’s genuinely different from anything else. The world is weird in the best way, and every level has its own style and ideas that make exploring feel exciting. I really loved how the game takes you inside different characters’ minds, because each one feels completely unique and tells you something about that character. The humor is also one of the best parts. The characters …
Summarised from 34 of the 393 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
90% of the 251 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Psychonauts. The complaint that keeps coming up: janky controls and camera issues. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Psychonauts received positive reception, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Schafer and Wolpaw's comedic writing was highly praised, as well as the uniqueness and quirks that the individual characters were given. Alex Navarro of GameSpot commented favorably on the "bizarre" cast of characters, their conversations that the player can overhear while exploring the camp, and how these conversations will change as the story progresses, eliminating repetition that is typical of such non-player characters in platform games. Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer found that he was incentivized to go back and explore or experiment in the game's level to find more of the comedic dialog that others…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 473 · most liked firstThe 20th anniversary of the release of the game that started it all, Psychonauts is coming April the 19th! We got all kinds of fun things planned for that week. I am very excited to celebrate with all of you. @doublefine.com @timoflegend.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →Twenty years ago today I drove to a Psychonauts launch event at a GameStop or something. A marketing person told us they were doing a high score contest to win prizes and when it was pointed out that this game didn't have a score system he got confused and didn't know what to do.
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts was released exactly 20 years ago today! So proud of that little game! Thank you to all of you out there who enjoyed it and continue to spread the love! We have a fun little week planned with the big print and merch release this Monday. Love you all! @doublefine
positive · AI labelView post →Happy TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY to Psychonauts! Here’s to a very special game, a very special team, and a very special community of players, cosplayers, and paranormal paratroopers! ❤️🧠🌀🕸️💥🐢🍰🐻🪶🌲🧘🏽🚣♂️🏆🎭🛶🪬🛀🏼🧸🎉🧡💚💭🧊🔥!
neutral · AI labelView post →a commission of Raz (or Razputin, if you prefer) from Psychonauts! had a lot of fun drawing this one, the game is a family favorite #art
neutral · AI labelView post →Heads up! You have vaguely one more day to grab Psychonauts 2 at a HUGE discount! 90% off on Steam. This is a frankly bonkers discount for (if ya ask me) a legitimately fantabulous game. Grab it while you can! Nab it here: store.steampowered.com/sale/special_deals
positive · AI labelView post →My name is Persephone Valentine and until today, I thought Psychonauts and Scribblenauts were the same game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts is 20 years old today!! This game was such a cornerstone for me in so many ways. It was a big reason I decided to pursue art for a job at all! Much love to everyone at Double Fine for everything they do ❤️ Here’s some old Psychonauts art of mine for the occasion!
positive · AI labelView post →I'm watching a letsplay of Psychonauts, and it's amusing how it's a unique timeless classic of a video game. but it's a unique timeless classic from 2005, so of course you can grind on just about every single vertical surface in the game
positive · AI labelView post →Psychonauts Dev Now Owns All Its Games Made Under Xbox And Their Publishing Rights: ‘Buying Any Of Our Games Helps Support The Studio’.
neutral · AI labelView post →(Completed) Steam keys for patient gamers. If you've been waiting to play one of these classics, now's your chance! Just leave a comment with the name of the game you want (please check the comments first to see if someone else has already requested it), and I’ll send you a DM. Also, please limit one per person, so more patient gamers can enjoy, and please redeem right away since keys expire, and let me know when you do so I can take it off the list! - ~~ABZU~~ - ~~BioShock Remastered~~ -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing speed run of Psychonauts 2 by @itzbytez.bsky.social Nothing teaches you more about your own game than watching an experienced speed runner skip across it like a flat rock over a pond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeXc...
neutral · AI labelView post →happy 20 years to psychonauts! the first time i ever heard about this game was in a video of creepy things in videogames describing milla's secret room so here we are #psychonauts
neutral · AI labelView post →"My name is Raz and I am a Psychonaut!" 🧠✨ Been meaning to do some Psychonauts fanart for a long while now. Enjoy this fun piece of Raz from the game! [ www.deviantart.com/yukigoomba/a... ] [ #Psychonauts | #Fanart | #art ]
neutral · AI labelView post →Really loving this Psychonauts 2 run at GDQ with a psychologist doing commentary about the issues characters in the game are dealing with.
positive · AI labelView post →Words cannot express how much I love these two games. Psychonauts 2 being my #1 favorite game. #Psychonauts
positive · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is $11.99 on Steam buff.ly/zdNiqas US PSN buff.ly/8MPkVHG also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts Dev Now Owns All Its Games Made Under Xbox And Their Publishing Rights: ‘Buying Any Of Our Games Helps Support The Studio’.
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is $11.99 on US PSN buff.ly/4acOpqc also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →kinda just realizing i love The Amazing Digital Circus because it's just Psychonauts adjacent. Honestly, would have EASILY been a Psychonauts styled platformer/dialogue tree game. EASILY.
positive · AI labelView post →Indie Game Tarot The Magician - Psychonauts
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts, 3D platformer with crazy creativity. The first Psychonauts is a true Tim Schafer game: unconventional and a bit absurd, but funny and entertaining nonetheless. And make no mistake, this game is old, as is obvious by the graphics and certain game designs. And while the art style is unique, is grotesqueness is also not for everybody, sure. But I first played it a few years ago and so can say: even without nostalgia googles, it is a fun collectathon in today's age, if you can forgive…
positive · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is $11.99 on US PSN buff.ly/4acOpqc $14.99 XBL buff.ly/4a6dva4 also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 (Steam) is $11.99 on Humble buff.ly/3AKoAjP Deck playable also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s the third anniversary of Psychonauts 2! Oh my gosh I’m so glad this game is real! From crowd-funded origins to worldwide release, Psychonauts 2 was a truly heart-felt process and we were so happy to reunite fans with Raz. Thank you so much for your support, PSI-Cadets!
positive · AI labelView post →There's a new episode of Psychonauts 2 Lost Levels available on our YouTube channel! This time, take a journey through Compton's Cookoff, which went through many interesting changes, and check out Raz's Brainstorm ability (that ended up being cut from the game)! youtu.be/7vomHXZqELg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is $11.99 on US PSN buff.ly/4acOpqc GOG buff.ly/4kQ8W8j also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →Just more proof Psychonauts 2 was snubbed for game of the year when it was nominated 😤 I’ll never forget
positive · AI labelView post →Schedule for the week! Tonight we continue Psychonauts 2. Wednesday I wrote in High Risk, but we may pivot to try to finish Psychonauts 2, depending on how much game we have left after tonight. Thursday is some Mario Party with Friends. Saturday's Cookie. See ya this week!
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminder that Psychonauts 2 was the actual Game of The Year 2021 and was robbed
positive · AI labelView post →Xbox Mattel set also at Best Buy buff.ly/0aCuQ3N #ad Xbox Game Studios set including Psychonauts
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is a fiver on Steam. Ridiculous bargain. A fantastic game and some of the best storytelling in games. store.steampowered.com/app/607080/P...
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, I've finished Psychonauts. I now see why so many people hate the Meat Circus level (that protection mission was annoying), but that aside, WOW that game was incredible.
positive · AI labelView post →The newly independent Psychonauts dev now earns all the revenue when you buy games it made under Xbox: "Buying any of our games helps support the studio".
neutral · AI labelView post →AND, if you happen to be out for some specific Psychonauts adventuring, for the next 12 hours @gog.com has Pychonauts for $1.99, and Psychnauts 2 for $11.99! That's dugong-levels of insane, fellas! www.gog.com/en/game/psyc... www.gog.com/en/game/psyc...
neutral · AI labelView post →And Tim Schafer is a cool dude but man every game he's led since Psychonauts have been severely mismanaged. The whole reason they got bought by Microsoft was cause they almost killed themselves trying to make another Psychonauts.
negative · AI labelView post →[Finished - all keys taken] Steam key giveaway. I have spare Steam keys for: ~~Psychonauts 2~~ Taken ~~Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor~~ Taken ~~Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors~~ Taken First come, first served. Edit: All keys are taken.
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 at 85% off is one of the best bideo game deals you will ever get
neutral · AI labelView post →I started playing Psychonauts again, I need to beat this game (I'm having fun)
positive · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is $11.99 on US PSN buff.ly/WQUBoh1 Xbox buff.ly/U3yxlJ5 also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →just found out my composition mentor played guitar on Psychonauts, one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time. wtf
neutral · AI labelView post →List of 3rd person shooter-3D platformer hybrids I know of (and looking for more). **Brief overview:** This particular hybrid genre is quite rare to find and very enjoyable for me. I think it can largely be credited to *Ratchet & Clank* for trendsetting and inspiring all the rest (even *Jak 2* had used some of *Ratchet*'s code after *Jak and Daxter [1]: The Precursor Legacy* didnt have any weapons). There are some older games that might have inspired *Ratchet & Clank*, such as *Blasto*, which…
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 is $11.99 on US PSN buff.ly/mDF5YPE also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →Raz from the game Psychonauts 🧠 #art #psychonauts
neutral · AI labelView post →Random keys Uplay: Ghost Recon Phantoms starter pack + avatar. Just drop a comment and I will send you the key. Some of the keys might be used I lost track of them, and now I'm doing deep cleaning (I have more keys that's questionable state I will post those in a later post): STEAM: ~~Hello Neighbor Hide and Seek~~ ~~Psychonauts~~ ~~DLC: Age of Empires II HD Edition: The Forgotten Expansion~~ Might be used steam keys: ~~Kitaria Fables~~ ~~Serin Fate~~ ~~Stranded…
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts, a game that still deeply resonates in my heart.
positive · AI labelView post →Raz from Psychonauts, I drew this when I played the first game, the sequel is also amazing 🥓🧠 #psychonauts #Razputin
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September: Psychonauts 2, Stardew Valley, Viewfinder. - Psychonauts 2 | PS4 - Stardew Valley | PS4 - Viewfinder | PS4, PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Raz @richardhorvitz.com Video Game: Psychonauts Year: 2005 Richard Horvitz had the lead role in this cult classic developed by Double Fine Productions. Also in the voice cast were @itsuhrapp.bsky.social, @stephenstanton.bsky.social, David Kaye, Alexis Lezin, and many more. #Psychonauts
neutral · AI labelView post →We are live! Last time we played Psychonauts 2, we were in a library, where will we end up tonight? Find out LIVE at twitch.tv/ProtonJon!
neutral · AI labelView post →Double Fine is everything you could ask for in a game studio: staunchly against bigotry, and genAI. Their game Psychonauts 2 has a gay couple and they get an entire level about one man's love for his husband. DF is indie again & has an active KS campaign. SUPPORT THEM! bsky.app/profile/doub...
neutral · AI labelView post →All VR titles: Beat Saber Moss MOTHERGUNSHIP Forge Tinertia Ragnarock Various racing games with my wheel Zone of the Enders 2 Rez Infinite Redout Hellblade Psychonauts Rhombus of Ruin Vox Machinae Thumper Thrasher Bocce Time (I like Bocce Ball, sue me) Doom VFR Metal: Hellsinger VR Half Life Alyx Of note, Metal: Hellsinger VR is that far down the list because it's apparently a bit brutal for people new to VR. Very fast movement, not for weak stomachs. So…
neutral · AI labelView post →Psychonauts 2 has gay people in it, this might be the greatest game ever made
positive · AI labelView post →BEAT PSYCHONAUTS TONIGHT!!! Pretty fun game but THAT MEAT CIRCUS IS SOOOOOOO HARD WTF!!!
positive · AI labelView post →Psychonauts drawings! My favorite game series of all time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Went from "Oh, imma play some more Psychonauts 2" To "Oh, I beat the game"
positive · AI labelView post →Checking out Psychonauts 2 with ellie again this evening. This game is so peak!!
positive · AI labelView post →yep... this is my type of game alright. #psychonauts #shitpost
positive · AI labelView post →Just played Psychonauts for the first time. It’s a fun game so far :)
positive · AI labelView post →Do you remember Psychonauts? What a good game...
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