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Psychonauts

📅 Oct 11, 2006
Double Fine Productions
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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About This Game

Psychonauts is a action game designed for single-player, developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2006. With an estimated 298,000 copies sold, it is considered a mid-tier seller on Steam. With 18.7k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 95.0/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 11.61 hours, with side content bringing that to 15.59 hours, and a completionist run can reach 21.57 hours. Players commonly describe it as Platformer, Comedy, Adventure, Cult Classic and Singleplayer.

Media

User Reviews

95.0
Overall Score / 100
9.5/10
Steam (18742 rev)

Playtime Estimates

11.61h
🎯 Main Story
15.59h
⭐ Main + Sides
21.57h
💯 Completionist
Based on 62 player submissions

DLCs (2)

Psychonauts Original Soundtrack
Psychonauts Original Soundtrack
$4.99
Psychonauts Original Score
Psychonauts Original Score
$4.99

Game Information

Release Date
October 11, 2006
Developer
Double Fine Productions
Publisher
Double Fine Productions
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
$9.99

Analytics & Metrics

Copies Sold (VISE)
297.8K
(238.2K - 357.3K)
VRI ScoreLearning
100.0
Looks like players absolutely love this game.
VISE (VORYTHIC Intelligent Sales Estimator) intelligent predictive model estimating the number of copies sold on Steam, based on community data analysis and purchase patterns.
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.

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Genres & Categories

Genres
Action
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Partial Controller Support
Steam Cloud
Remote Play on Phone
Remote Play on Tablet
Family Sharing
Tags
Platformer
Comedy
Adventure
Cult Classic
Singleplayer
Action
Funny
Third Person
3D Platformer
Classic
Story Rich
Psychological
Great Soundtrack
Surreal
Cartoony
Collectathon
Exploration
Action-Adventure
3D
Indie

Supported Languages

Text Only
English
French
German

System Requirements

🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
Recommended
  • OS *: Windows 98 SE/2000/XP
  • Processor: 1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm)
  • Memory: 256 MB of RAM
  • Graphics: 64 MB GeForce (tm) 3 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX and Go series)
  • DirectX®: version 9.0 or higher (included with game)
  • Hard Drive: 3.75 GB minimum hard drive space
  • Sound: DirectX&reg 9.0 or higher compatible sound card
  • Controls: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse
  • OS *: Windows 2000/XP
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium(R) IV and AMD Athlon(tm)
  • Memory: 512 MB of RAM
  • Graphics: , 128 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 9600 or higher
  • DirectX®: version 9.0 or higher (included with game)
  • Hard Drive: 6.0 GB minimum hard drive space
  • Sound: DirectX&reg 9.0 or higher and Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series sound card
  • Controls: Game Pad (optional)
  • OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or later.
  • Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor
  • Memory: 2 GB of RAM
  • Graphics: ATI X1600 / NVIDIA 8600GT / Intel HD3000 or better card with at least 128 MB VRAM
  • Hard Drive: 4GB minimum hard drive space
  • Controls: Keyboard and Mouse
  • Leopard is not supported
  • OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or later.
  • Processor: Intel Core i Series Processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI HD 3870 / Nvidia 8800GT or better with at least 512 MB VRAM
  • Hard Drive: 4GB minimum hard drive space
  • Controls: Game Pad (optional)
  • Leopard is not supported
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM with OpenGL 2.1 capable and Compressed texture support (S3TC)
  • Libraries: glibc 2.7+
  • Note: 32-bit native binaries only
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM with OpenGL 2.1 capable and Compressed texture support (S3TC)
  • Libraries: glibc 2.7+
  • Note: 32-bit native binaries only