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Psychonauts

by Double Fine Productions

  • Released Apr 19, 2005
  • $9.99
  • 11 h to beat
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 2
  • PlayStation 3
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox
  • Xbox 360
  • Xbox One

95%positive reviews

18,450 positive983 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Witty story and imaginative levels

  • Good voice acting and soundtrack

Cons

  • Controls are clunky and dated

  • Motion sickness can be a problem

Mixed

  • Some call it one of the greatest comedy platformers, others feel the gameplay has aged poorly

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

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

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Psychonauts is a platform-adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2005. It follows Razputin “Raz” Aquato, a young psychic who runs away from the circus to attend a summer camp for aspiring psychonauts. Players explore imaginative levels set inside the minds of different…

Ratings

  • 83IGDB players424 ratings
  • 85Critics6 reviews
  • 84Overall430 scores

Time to beat

  • 11 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 13.6 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 26.3 hCompletionist100%

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LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
French
German

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