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Psycholonials
While in communication with supernatural forces, two influencers launch a daring new social media brand.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-19.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Really loved the game, story was pretty interesting, loved the characters and art, and the music was incredible. Also Zhen was right!!!”
5 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Really loved the game, story was pretty interesting, loved the characters and art, and the music was incredible. Also Zhen was right!!!”
“TLDR: I would tentatively recommend this this game now that it's free. To preface all of this, I'm no professional, so take everything I say with an earth-sized grain of salt. I'd recommend anyone on the fence to just…”
“(My playtime is inaccurate, I read it on homestuck.com) This story is so personal and ideological that this review can't recommend or not recommend it. You need to read it front to back in order to form an opinion on…”
4 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Really loved the game, story was pretty interesting, loved the characters and art, and the music was incredible. Also Zhen was right!!!”
“(My playtime is inaccurate, I read it on homestuck.com) This story is so personal and ideological that this review can't recommend or not recommend it. You need to read it front to back in order to form an opinion on…”
3 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“free and made me cry happy”
“TLDR: I would tentatively recommend this this game now that it's free. To preface all of this, I'm no professional, so take everything I say with an earth-sized grain of salt. I'd recommend anyone on the fence to just…”
“(My playtime is inaccurate, I read it on homestuck.com) This story is so personal and ideological that this review can't recommend or not recommend it. You need to read it front to back in order to form an opinion on…”
14 of the 65 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 65 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-19
“I like it! It's like a big shonen political thriller smushed into a bouillon cube. And a Homestuck postscript. I came in during Act 5, not deep in the fandom as the friends that brought me in... I fell off somewhere in Act 6 when it felt like an endlessly recursive finger puppet…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“It's a pretty good game. I think the best way to read Psycholonials, or to be fair anything done by Andrew Hussie in recent memory, is to see it as a character study (and, in this case, political commentary) coated under some clown irony paint and a plot much denser than its…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“bueno obviamente todos lo jugamos por ya sabemos que, pero voy a tratar de hablar del juego este sin involucrar al elefante en la habitacion; el juego, bueno, novela visual, entretiene, no te va a volar la cabeza pero eso, entretiene. tiene sus momentos flojos, pero tampoco te…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
5 New Languages Available
New translations have been added! New languages: NEDERLANDS, 繁體字, DEUTSCHE, ITALIANO, POLSKI (Dutch, Chinese (Traditional), German, Italian, Polish)
Chapter 9 now available!
Chapter 9 is now available. If you have already purchased Psycholonials, you can download the update to get the new content. If you're purchasing for the first time, you'll receive chapters 1 through
Chapter 8 now available!
Chapter 8 of 9 is now available. If you have already purchased Psycholonials, you can download the update to get the new content. If you're purchasing for the first time, you'll receive chapters 1 thr
Chapter 7 now available!
Chapter 7 of 9 is now available. If you have already purchased Psycholonials, you can download the update to get the new content. If you're purchasing for the first time, you'll receive chapters 1 thr
Chapter 6 now available!
Chapter 6 of 9 is now available. If you have already purchased Psycholonials, you can download the update to get the new content. If you're purchasing for the first time, you'll receive chapters 1 thr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-19.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Dark · Dark Humor · Drama · Crime · Philosophical · 2D · Story Rich · Political · Indie · Singleplayer · Satire (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, German, Dutch, Polish, Traditional Chinese |
| Official site | http://psycholonials.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10 Processor: Dual core 2.0GHz+ Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM Storage: 2 GB available space