Psychonauts 2
Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2021. It continues the story of Razputin “Raz” Aquato, a young psychic who joins the international psychic…
Psychonauts 2 is an adventure developed by Double Fine Productions, released 24 August 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $20.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 22.1 hrs to finish.
What Psychonauts 2 is
Psychonauts 2 is an adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Razputin Aquato, trained acrobat and powerful young psychic, has realized his life long dream of joining the international psychic espionage organization known as the Psychonauts! But these psychic super spies are in trouble. Their leader hasn't been the same since he was kidnapped, and what's worse, there's a mole hiding in headquarters. Raz must use his powers to stop the mole before they execute their secret plan--to bring the murderous psychic villain, Maligula, back from the dead!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 57 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Psychonauts 2 holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 214 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 22.1 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $20.99, that works out to about $0.95 per hour of the main story, or $0.81 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-3225, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 560. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $20.99 at Steam, 65% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹195.00 (about $2.05), while United Kingdom pays £8.02 — 5.2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 3 on Steam, which is about $2.99.
What it launched against
Psychonauts 2 launched on 24 August 2021, within three weeks of Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes and Tales of Arise. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Deathloop, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes, Tales of Arise.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Psychonauts 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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