Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin

This is a pretty short side-adventure in the broader universe, but it strangely has very broad implications for the story of the Psychonauts 2. It's fun to play, but it's bizarre that the story is gated behind VR hardware.

Ford yelled at me for using Virtual Desktop without an ethernet cable and if that is not the most psychonauts/tim schafer thing in the entire universe i really dont know what else is

overall this is one of those VR games- if you're a VR enthusiast you know the kind im talking about. back in 2016-2018 when VR was new and exciting, but nobody wanted to invest real money into making a bespoke gameplay loop so its just a short little adventure game where the characters get close and you can pick up things and throw them around. Batman Arkham VR, Job Simulator, fuck even Danganronpa had a short stupid VR spinoff thing.

fun if you're a psychonauts fan, but if you dont have VR this isnt exactly a hot app. worth borrowing a friends headset or something for an afternoon.

Don't have any doubt, this game is an Psychonauts game, not just a weird token VR pitstop.

For a almost decade old VR game, it holds up. Its a completed seated VR experience and for what it its, it works just fine. You don't need a motion controller of any sorts, everything is control with 4 degrees of movement with some leniency on the 6th if you so please.
That being said you definitely shouldn't play this on a phoneVR if that's all you have + a controller/keyboard. You can definitely get away with doing that but you'll be doing yourself a disservice.
Aesthetically the game holds up SUPER well, thing isn't just a bit chunky of a install for no reason, this game is made at a higher fideltly compare to the previous game and thanks for VR you can easily see it.


Gameplay wise its serviceable and not painful, you should be told that you can move things forward by grabbing it then blasting it if needby, I figure that out a bit late myself.

Overall, would recommend to others, feel free to wait for a sale and yes you probably should play this yourself before playing Psychonauts 2 eventually, or guess you can be lame and watch someone else play it through a bit-crunch video/stream. That would also be a disservice to yourself.

I feel this game being made the way it is is kinda of a blessing. Even though I said against resorting to it earlier, this game being simple and by result being accessible is a good thing for everyone. Even though I doubt my enthusiasm at times, its a good thing
because Psychonauts, at least the first one is in my opinion a bucketlist game.
Having more of this series is a good things as well, and even if I cannot speak for it yet, people been waiting awfully long for the second game to exist. The bridge between the gap between the first than second not being inaccessible is nice if you think about it that way.

Pretty good VR puzzle game. The controls are designed for a traditional controller and feel somewhat awkward on motion controls, but it's not a deal breaker. The gimmick of jumping between perspectives is used well and it has some cool visuals. The writing and design are hilarious as with most Double Fine games.

Great little Psychonauts game. Same atmosphere and humor.
Length: 3h +-

It can be played while sitting down in a chair!

Great great psychonauts fun ~!

It really REALLY pains me to give this a negative review but there's just too many issues. I played on a 3080 setup with psvr2 so it ran flawlessly. However, there is some visibility of the main menu during the entire game which meant having to have the eye pieces further away from my eyes to obscure it. From the looks of things, when the game engaged just two rings for eyes appear over the title screen. It's hard to describe but it's definitely a software fault sadly.
For the record, I really love psychonauts. I love the story and everything about the other games so I've wanted to play this forever but just not had the opportunity until now. I know it's an early VR game, but playing in 2025 the gameplay just isn't very fun or intuitive.
The story is nice, but only for fans, absolutely not an entry point to the series as it's set between the two main games. There are also some beautiful vistas in the game, being cartoons, on modern hardware the game stands up really well visually, but honestly this is for the hardcore fans only and even then I'd say it's a bit too broken to recommend playing over just watching a play through.
Get it if you are a completionist fan of psychonauts and also be aware you're going into a very early VR game so controls are confusing.

It's a fairly nice little VR experience and even better if you're a fan of Psychonauts. It's 100% worth it if you're buying it on sale or as part of one of the bundles.

The only issue I had with the game are the controls. This game is 6 years old now and was created with the HTC Vive Pro in mind, especially with the controls. There's no way you can rebind them from within the game, so you need to play around with the buttons on your controller to figure out what they do and if they're usable.

The game worked well on my Pico Neo 3 Link, I just had to figure out the controls.

Only like 5 puzzles but it was pretty cool

Amazing experience, but not without glaring issues...

Before I can praise this game, I need to address the HUGE elephant in the room — this game DOES NOT support Steam Link, which is just baffling. That's like selling a game on a PlayStation and asking the player to buy an Xbox Kinect.

To play this game, you either need to buy a third-party software called Virtual Desktop OR download the necessary software to use QuestLink.

Hopefully, it goes without saying, this is ridiculous. If it's on Steam, you should be allowed to play it with Steam Link. And for this reason alone, I can't recommend this game. If you're asking for money, troubleshooting and extra software shouldn't be necessary to play your game.

Now, about the game...

It's ok! I had a LOT of fun. It's very engaging, there's tons of dialogue and things to interact with, the powers are fun, and using them to mess with the characters is pretty satisfying. The effects used to illustrate psychic powers look amazing in virtual reality, and they also do this thing where they'll draw your attention to something to give you a little scare and catch you off guard. Very clever stuff.

If you don't mind the troubleshooting, and the game is on sale, and you're thinking about grabbing it, I would say go for it! The game is very charming, and it definitely deserves a try!

I ain't gonna lie, they talk way too frequently.

Great game, but since I've upgraded to a Meta Quest 3 it will not run.

if youre a fan of psychonauts like me and have access to a vr system, definitely check it out, its a pretty straightforward point and click, got done with it in 3 hours but was engaged the whole time! Lot of fun!

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is a good game

VR doesn't get enough love, THis is a fantastic experience coming from someone who's loved the series for a long time. PICK THIS GAME UP. IT'S INCREDIBLE

Only supports the vive controllers. No remapping function for others. Basically unplayable

The vr game set in a world of a game I loved... I waited to play 2 till I got vr and could play this game, don't make the mistake I made, just watch it played on youtube and be done with it, this game is an overly simplistic point and click adventure, with 3 points where you will get stuck for a while.

don't get me wrong, I personally don't regret buying this and playing it, the humor, the characters, I love it all, its fun how they play with scale, its amazing how the artstyle is even better with depth, and further annoys me how games don't have a vr version if only just for viewing things in 3d.

but this game, its effectively a tech demo for vr, and given how I can constantly see the menu to the left and right, a very dated tech demo that's borderline broken, disorientating as hell (not in a good way, in a I have a headache way, likely at least in part caused by the menu always being at the sides), and probably broken on modern vr controls/headsets.

my god the controls of looking at what I needed to point to, and 3/4ths the time its not going the right way...

I wish there was more here, I wish there was gamplay, I wish this was more then a tech demo, I wish some things would be brought up to modern vr/options would be added, but nope...

hard to recommend, not a chance in hell is it worth it at full price and the 5$ I paid was probably well over what it's worth.

a product of its time and it shows in the worst ways.