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Psychonauts 2 cover art

Psychonauts 2

Double Fine Productions · 2021-08-24

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 25, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 03, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 24, 2021 (Linux)

Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.

226
playing now
96%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (201 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 26h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

226 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Psychonauts 2 is a 2021 platform game developed by Double Fine and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game was announced at The Game Awards 2015 ceremony, and released on August 25, 2021 for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, and on May 24, 2022 for Linux and macOS.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 226 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 707 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~88/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 287k–646k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,361 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$8.99-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 29 of 52 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 1,521 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

226312026-08-06 22:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 65 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 84 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 47 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 51 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 59 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 41 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 58 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 113 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 97 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 173 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 165 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 226 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$8.992021-06-132026-08-302021-06-13 — best price $59.992021-11-26 — best price $41.992022-01-05 — best price $59.992022-02-09 — best price $59.992022-04-22 — best price $59.992022-06-13 — best price $59.992022-10-25 — best price $29.992022-12-02 — best price $59.992023-01-05 — best price $59.992023-04-04 — best price $59.992023-05-23 — best price $59.992023-07-13 — best price $20.992023-09-19 — best price $59.992023-11-29 — best price $59.992024-01-30 — best price $20.392024-03-20 — best price $14.992024-06-04 — best price $17.992024-08-15 — best price $20.992024-12-02 — best price $59.992025-01-20 — best price $35.992025-04-03 — best price $59.992025-05-27 — best price $59.992025-07-16 — best price $11.992025-09-02 — best price $59.992025-10-28 — best price $11.992025-12-11 — best price $8.992026-01-25 — best price $59.992026-04-01 — best price $11.992026-06-11 — best price $59.992026-08-27 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2702026-08-26 19:15 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
85.3%
earned "TK-O"
41%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)44,80410%57
Steam (Steam)9,54127%57
PS4 (PlayStation)6,80533%58
PS4 (PlayStation)5,93932%58

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyActionComedySequelSurrealCartoonyColorfulAdventurePlatformerStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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