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Psychonauts 2

August 24, 2021PlatformerESRB T

Overview

About 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 espionage agency known as the Psychonauts. Gameplay combines platforming, exploration, and combat with psychic abilities such as telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and mental connection. Players journey through imaginative levels set inside characters’ minds, each reflecting their personalities and struggles.
Story setup
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!
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At a glance

Released
August 24, 2021
Platforms
Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, macOS, PC, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4
Genres
Platformer, Adventure, Action
Play modes
Single Player
Age rating
ESRB T
Time to beat
~22 hours
Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for Psychonauts 2.

Rushed
19hoursMain story only
Typical
22hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist
26hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 6 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Psychonauts 2 offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Psychonauts 2. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBPG
CEROB
  • Violence
  • Crime
CLASS_IND12
ESRBT
  • Crude Humor
  • Fantasy Violence
  • Mild Suggestive Themes
  • Mild Language
  • Use of Tobacco
  • Alcohol Reference
GRAC12+
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug
  • Gambling
  • Violence
PEGI7
  • Violence
  • Fear

This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to human and fantasy characters, as well as pictures or sounds likely to be scary to young children. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age. Platform game, which is a sequel to the 2005 original and a follow-up to 2017's 'Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin'. Players take on the role of Razputin, who must use his psychic powers to investigate changes made to the Psychonauts organisation in the absence of the head Psychonaut. This game features mild violence involving fantasy characters and human-like characters. The human characters are cartoon-like in nature, with exaggerated features, and the fantasy characters are often surreal, including chattering teeth, germs and fruit slices. Characters can be punched, hit with objects or attacked using various psychic abilities. Reactions to violence are unrealistic: impacts often result in flashes and stars appearing above characters, without any blood or injury detail. When enemies are defeated, they disappear, sometimes in clouds of smoke. In one comic scene, a watermelon slice runs around inside a blender before being turned into a smoothie. Some scenes may be scary to younger children, including one in which the main character is kidnapped by a giant enemy and dropped into a vortex. He panics for a while until he realises that his levitation powers will allow him to escape. In one sequence, the central character enters the mind of another. This takes the form of a hospital which has been distorted into a casino. Although characters are seen at gambling tables and machines, the player does not take part in any gambling, and the sequence does not glamorise gambling or offer any specific instruction in gambling. There is some very mild comic innuendo and occasional sight of characters holding cigarettes or cigars.

USK12

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