Psychonauts 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Psychonauts 2

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • Creative and imaginative level design
  • Engaging story and characters
  • Polished platforming and combat
  • Strong narrative and emotional depth
  • Extensive exploration and collectibles

Things to keep in mind

  • Some pacing issues with cutscenes
  • Platforming can be frustrating at times
  • Limited replayability beyond collectibles
  • Some characters underutilized
  • Lack of manual save and single save slot

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • RUBATO

  • Sephonie

  • Psychonauts

  • Okami HD

  • South of Midnight

  • Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

Less intimate

Games that feels like Psychonauts 2 but with less focus on close relationships

  • Yooka-Laylee

  • Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

  • SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS

  • Gori: Cuddly Carnage

  • Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition

  • Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Psychonauts

  • Costume Quest

  • Headlander

  • RAD

  • Broken Age

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Psychonauts 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Psychonauts 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Psychonauts 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Thrill, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026