Games like Psychonauts
Closest overall match: Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas at ★ 4.5. Quickest to finish: Sonic CD at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Psychonauts — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Great Soundtrack, Third Person and Singleplayer.
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57%
1. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Shares Cartoony, 3D Platformer, 3D, Action-Adventure and Comedy and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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55%
2. A Hat in Time
Shares 3D Platformer, Cute, Exploration, Third Person and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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54%
3. Brutal Legend
Shares Action-Adventure, Comedy, Third Person, Great Soundtrack and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
53%
4. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Shares Cult Classic, Comedy, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
53%
5. Sonic CD
Shares Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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52%
6. Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Shares Surreal, Cute, Exploration, Partial Controller Support and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
52%
7. Jet Set Radio
Shares Cult Classic, 3D Platformer, Third Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
52%
8. Sonic Adventure 2
Shares 3D Platformer, Comedy, Third Person, Partial Controller Support and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
51%
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Shares Comedy, Third Person, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
51%
10. Dead Rising
Shares Comedy, Third Person, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
51%
11. Dead Rising 2
Shares 3D Vision, Comedy, Third Person, Partial Controller Support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
50%
12. Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Shares Third Person and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
13. Sonic Generations
Shares 3D Vision, 3D Platformer, 3D, Third Person and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
14. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Shares Third Person, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
49%
15. ICO
Shares Action-Adventure; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
16. Mega Man 11
Shares Great Soundtrack, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
17. Metroid: Zero Mission
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
18. Rayman Origins
Shares 3D Vision, Cartoony, Comedy, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
19. Batman: Arkham Origins
Shares 3D Vision, Action-Adventure, Third Person, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; about 8h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
49%
20. Terraria
Shares Exploration, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 11h longer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
21. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
49%
22. Puppeteer
Shares 3D Platformer, 3D, Exploration and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
48%
23. Guilty Gear Isuka
Shares Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
48%
24. Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Shares 3D Vision, Cult Classic, Comedy, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
48%
25. Alice: Madness Returns
Shares 3D Vision, Psychological, Surreal, Action-Adventure and Third Person and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4
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What is the best game like Psychonauts?
On our similarity model, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is the closest match to Psychonauts — shares Cartoony, 3D Platformer, 3D, Action-Adventure and Comedy and 3 more tags.
Which game like Psychonauts is rated highest?
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 4,117 players.
Are there games like Psychonauts on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like Psychonauts on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Psychonauts on Android or iOS?
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How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Psychonauts on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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