Can I Run Psychonauts?
Double Fine Productions released Psychonauts in 2021. It is an action adventure game, published by Xbox Game Studios. It offers a single player campaign. Steam lists support for 9 languages. Its Metacritic score stands at 89. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. It carries 57 achievements. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Cloud saves are enabled. With more than 12 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-3225, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 560 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700K, Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around platforming routes. There are 17 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a third person view.
Why Psychonauts is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Psychonauts. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Psychonauts within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Psychonauts calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Psychonauts needs only 8 GB of RAM. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Psychonauts at the floor and Psychonauts at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Disk footprint is light, near 30 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Psychonauts?
Older hardware holds up here: Psychonauts runs on modest graphics, with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 560 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Psychonauts's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Psychonauts?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Psychonauts?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-3225, AMD Phenom II X6 1100T; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon RX 560; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 (64 bit).
How much storage does Psychonauts need?
Psychonauts needs about 30 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Psychonauts?
The RTX 3060 runs Psychonauts comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Psychonauts?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Psychonauts is the GPU.