Psychonauts — Fix & Refund Help
2005 · Platformer, Action · Double Fine Productions · ESRB Teen · Metacritic 87
Fix Psychonauts or build a refund appeal
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Refund eligibility & appeal
Informational consumer reference — not legal advice.
My appeal package — Psychonauts
Refund window: under 2 hours played and within 14 days of purchase — no questions asked.
Appeal letter draft
Subject: Refund request — Psychonauts (Crashes / won’t start) Dear Steam Support, I am requesting a refund for Psychonauts, purchased on [purchase date]. The game is game crashes at launch or during play, which makes it unusable for me. Purchase details: - Game: Psychonauts - Platform: Steam - Purchase date: [date] - Playtime: 1 hour(s) - Issue: game crashes at launch or during play This is a genuine technical issue rather than a change of preference. I have included my system information and steps already tried. Please process a refund or offer an alternative resolution. Thank you, [Your name] [Account/order number]
Evidence checklist
- Receipt / order confirmation with date
- Screenshot or clip of the issue (error code, crash, FPS counter)
- System specs (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS, driver version)
- Steps already tried (driver update, file verify, reinstall)
- Server-status screenshot if the issue is online/matchmaking
Generated at GameFixPro · 2026-08-21
Official PC requirements
Publisher-published values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | OS: Windows 98 SE/2000/XP | OS: Windows 2000/XP |
| Processor | Processor: 1.0 GHz Pentium(R) III and AMD Athlon(tm) | Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium(R) IV and AMD Athlon(tm) |
| Memory | Memory: 256 MB of RAM | Memory: 512 MB of RAM |
| Graphics | Graphics: 64 MB GeForce (tm) 3 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 8500 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX and Go series) | Graphics: , 128 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI(R) Radeon 9600 or higher |
| Storage | DirectX®: version 9.0 or higher (included with game) | DirectX®: version 9.0 or higher (included with game) |
| DirectX | Hard Drive: 3.75 GB minimum hard drive space | Hard Drive: 6.0 GB minimum hard drive space |
| Item 7 | Sound: DirectX&reg 9.0 or higher compatible sound card | Sound: DirectX&reg 9.0 or higher and Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series sound card |
| Item 8 | Controls: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse | Controls: Game Pad (optional) |
About Psychonauts
Double Fine Productions and Tim Shafer are known for making very curious games out of amazing ideas. Psychonauts is exactly about some idea. You have to get inside people's mind and help them fight with their fears or memories from the past. We follow a story of Raz, who runs away from the circus and goes to the summer camp for Psychonauts - people with special abilities. They refuse to teach him but allow him to participate in "Basic Braining" course. When his talent becomes clear, he's being invited to an experiment. After receiving a vision, he realises that there's a sinister plan behind the camp and only he can save everyone there. The game exists in two different worlds - a real one and a mental one. If the real world leaves no question about it, the mental world is one of the most interesting features of the game. Twisted minds, memories from the past and deepest fears is something you are about to encounter with. Having a number of abilities like telekinesis or invisibility will help you cure a person's psychological issue.
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Fix & refund help →Sources & attribution
- Game metadata and requirements via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- Refund verdicts summarize each platform's published policy (Steam, Epic, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo) and are not a guarantee of outcome.
- Fix steps are ordered troubleshooting guidance based on common causes — they are not official developer support.
How the refund verdict works
The verdict compares your playtime and purchase date against the platform's published window (14 days / 2 hours on Steam and Epic; discretionary on PlayStation; 14-day capped on Xbox; no-refund policy on Nintendo eShop for downloaded software). Technical defects are weighed more favourably than preference changes, which is why the appeal letter template asks you to state the specific issue and attach evidence.