Games like Psychonauts
If Psychonauts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Psychonauts 2, Alice: Madness Returns and Disney's Chicken Little — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters are unforgettable, dark humor lands perfectly and levels reflect mental states. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Psychonauts is a 2006 action game from Double Fine Productions that tasks players with exploring mental worlds using telekinesis powers, collectathon objectives, momentum-based platforming, and puzzle-platforming challenges. Set within the minds of various characters, the adventure follows young psychic Raz as he navigates vibrant mental landscapes while mastering psychic abilities. The game has earned a 96% positive rating from 8,804 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck. Players describe the experience as comedic, nostalgic, and whimsical, and reviewers highlight the unforgettable characters, levels that reflect mental states, and high replayability. It is a solo-only challenging adventure of medium length priced at $9.99 USD.
About Psychonauts: 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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Psychonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Top pick for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Alice: Madness Returns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.
Disney's Chicken Little
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Psychonauts.
Third-strongest match for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Based on Walt Disney’s feature 3D animation film Chicken Little, Chicken Little the action-packed video game catapults you into the hair-raising adventures of the movie and beyond.
Pogo3D
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Psychonauts.
Ranked #4 for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
One-Handed Rage-Inducing 3D Platformer! Use only a mouse. Bounce off platforms and even the walls to reach the next checkpoint. Go on a linear adventure through an interconnected world, or quickly test your skills in challenge mode.
Miner Ultra Adventures 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Ranked #5 for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Our friend Miner is back !!! Amazing adventures with extreme difficulty, this 3d platform game will surprise you and give you a lot of satisfaction to overcome all the challenges !!! Be versatile and have quick reflexes to be the best !!!
Voodoo Vince: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Psychonauts.
Ranked #6 for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
The classic character platformer is back after 13 years and newly remastered! Help Vince run, jump and fight his way through cemeteries, swamps and an evil carnival as he seeks to save his creator Madam Charmaine from the clutches of Kosmo The Inscrutable.
SUSHI SOUL UNIVERSE
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Psychonauts.
Ranked #7 for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Multiverse sushi eating 3D action game! An epic love story with a sushi theme! ...sushi! very delicious! Apologize because it's too delicious!
Asterix & Obelix - Mission Babylon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Psychonauts fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Dive into an epic and brand-new adventure with Asterix & Obelix! Experience a story full of humour, epic battles and unforgettable encounters in a thrilling platform game!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Psychonauts
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Portal
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Supraland
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Psychonauts.
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Psychonauts.
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Sunset Overdrive
WHY THIS
Shares collectathon and a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.
Psychonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
It Takes Two
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Batman: Arkham City
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Psychonauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Psychonauts at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Psychonauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Double Fine Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Double Fine Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Psychonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Brutal Legend
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts. Shares Action with Psychonauts.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
Grim Fandango Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Spacebase DF-9
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
Costume Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Psychonauts.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts.
A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.
Full Throttle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Psychonauts.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Psychonauts.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
Frequently asked about Psychonauts
- Does Psychonauts run on Steam Deck?
- Psychonauts is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Psychonauts cost?
- Psychonauts is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Psychonauts?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Psychonauts are Psychonauts 2, Alice: Madness Returns, Disney's Chicken Little.
- Who developed Psychonauts?
- Psychonauts was developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios.
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