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Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin

PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift • 2018

Should you play it?

Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!

What works

  • Faithful psychonauts story and characters
  • Immersive and vibrant vr experience
  • Clever use of psychic powers in puzzles
  • High production values and writing
  • Accessible gameplay for vr newcomers

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short length (~2-3 hours)
  • Linear progression with limited exploration
  • Awkward or unintuitive vr controls
  • Lack of replay value
  • Price considered high by some for content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Her Majesty's SPIFFING

  • Journey of a Roach

  • Witch's Pranks: Frog's Fortune Collector's Edition

  • The Journey Down: Chapter One

  • The Next BIG Thing

  • A Fisherman's Tale

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Three

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • COCOON

  • Deponia Doomsday

More exploratory

Games that feels like Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Outer Wilds

  • Down the Rabbit Hole

  • The Station

  • Maskmaker

  • Metamorphosis

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Broken Age

  • Grim Fandango Remastered

  • Day of the Tentacle Remastered

  • Psychonauts

  • Costume Quest

Similarity map

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).

Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Value, Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026