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Psychonauts

Double Fine Productions · 2006-10-11

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 31, 2012 (Linux), Sep 07, 2011 (Mac), Apr 19, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 10, 2006 (PlayStation 2), Aug 28, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Feb 10, 2006 (Xbox)

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.

Psychonauts is an Action game released in 2006, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (95% of 19315 reviews).

40
playing now
95%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (420 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (57k downloads)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (5,000 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 100% recommend · from 8 critics
14h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 26h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

40 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

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), 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 occurring at the camp that only he can stop. The game is centered on exploring the strange and imaginative minds of various characters that Raz encounters as a Psychonaut-in-training/"Psycadet" to help them overcome their fears or memories of their past, so as to gain their help and progress in the game. Raz gains use of several psychic abilities during the game that are used for both attacking foes and solving puzzles.

Trailer

Psychonauts trailer thumbnail

Psychonauts - Original Trailer (Official)

≈331,663 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 40 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 657 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~82/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 773k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,315 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Humble Store (2025-04-19) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 102 of 160 observed days · $1.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57857820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

133202026-09-15 12:00 — 44 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 79 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 45 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 48 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 86 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 66 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 47 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 66 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 40 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 46 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 39 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 82 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 51 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 86 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 62 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 69 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 133 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 79 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 40 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55737Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 261 · peak 529Dec 2012 — avg 172 · peak 883May 2013 — avg 142 · peak 371Oct 2013 — avg 70 · peak 170Mar 2014 — avg 62 · peak 161Aug 2014 — avg 63 · peak 138Jan 2015 — avg 75 · peak 210Jun 2015 — avg 95 · peak 224Nov 2015 — avg 57 · peak 299Apr 2016 — avg 61 · peak 129Sep 2016 — avg 56 · peak 125Feb 2017 — avg 77 · peak 162Jul 2017 — avg 99 · peak 267Dec 2017 — avg 146 · peak 1,158May 2018 — avg 72 · peak 138Oct 2018 — avg 42 · peak 96Mar 2019 — avg 51 · peak 133Aug 2019 — avg 58 · peak 117Jan 2020 — avg 49 · peak 99Jun 2020 — avg 58 · peak 123Nov 2020 — avg 53 · peak 151Apr 2021 — avg 61 · peak 155Sep 2021 — avg 526 · peak 1,315Feb 2022 — avg 81 · peak 182Jul 2022 — avg 79 · peak 163Dec 2022 — avg 80 · peak 184May 2023 — avg 55 · peak 128Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 90Mar 2024 — avg 41 · peak 106Aug 2024 — avg 47 · peak 98Jan 2025 — avg 78 · peak 160Jun 2025 — avg 59 · peak 182Nov 2025 — avg 57 · peak 124Apr 2026 — avg 53 · peak 125Aug 2026 — avg 79 · peak 194
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-05-29 — best price $3.392015-08-03 — best price $9.992015-12-11 — best price $1.992016-03-07 — best price $9.992016-08-01 — best price $2.772016-12-23 — best price $0.992017-06-14 — best price $2.492017-09-24 — best price $9.992018-01-08 — best price $0.992018-07-08 — best price $5.002018-10-30 — best price $2.192019-03-03 — best price $9.992019-07-17 — best price $5.002019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-01-13 — best price $9.992020-04-20 — best price $2.502020-08-24 — best price $9.992021-03-06 — best price $9.992021-08-09 — best price $9.992021-12-03 — best price $2.492022-03-21 — best price $8.992022-08-11 — best price $3.632022-12-13 — best price $5.002023-04-06 — best price $2.992023-07-31 — best price $8.002023-12-14 — best price $1.992024-04-15 — best price $2.992024-08-02 — best price $2.972025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-04-29 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $2.492025-12-19 — best price $5.002026-04-15 — best price $4.992026-07-31 — best price $2.942026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k2532026-05-30 — 289 pageviews2026-06-03 — 297 pageviews2026-06-07 — 408 pageviews2026-06-11 — 386 pageviews2026-06-15 — 734 pageviews2026-06-19 — 414 pageviews2026-06-23 — 388 pageviews2026-06-27 — 327 pageviews2026-07-01 — 351 pageviews2026-07-05 — 335 pageviews2026-07-09 — 500 pageviews2026-07-13 — 354 pageviews2026-07-17 — 399 pageviews2026-07-21 — 331 pageviews2026-07-25 — 327 pageviews2026-07-29 — 747 pageviews2026-08-02 — 332 pageviews2026-08-06 — 329 pageviews2026-08-10 — 253 pageviews2026-08-14 — 283 pageviews2026-08-18 — 298 pageviews2026-08-22 — 525 pageviews2026-08-26 — 431 pageviews2026-08-30 — 364 pageviews2026-09-03 — 467 pageviews2026-09-07 — 464 pageviews2026-09-11 — 340 pageviews2026-09-15 — 332 pageviews2026-09-19 — 345 pageviews2026-09-23 — 500 pageviews2026-09-27 — 417 pageviews2026-10-01 — 386 pageviews2026-10-05 — 368 pageviews2026-10-09 — 369 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
51.8%
earned "Your Last Chance to Chicken Out"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-05-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)39,7619%37
PS4 (PlayStation)9,98928%38

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

FunnyActionComedyClassicSurrealCartoonyAdventurePlatformerStory RichCult Classic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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