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PSYCRON
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“This is a very well-done little Metroidvania. The action and movement are superb, and the skillset was rather unique, particularly the dash upgrade, probably my favorite one. The music is also great, with a blend of genres to add some life to the decrepit atmosphere. Overall a…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Metroid Fusion 2 EDIT: I just finished the game. Cleared it with 88% completion rate and took me a bit under 4 hours to finish because I died multiple times and had to backtrack lol. Highly recommend this one if you're a fan of Metroidvania games especially at the low price…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“A review copy was provided by the developer. Follow my Curator page, Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Average ★★★☆☆ First Impressions Despite growing up with the NES and SNES, I didn't actually play the Metroid series…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 1.06
What, a PSYCRON update?? More likely then you'd think! Thanks to Lojemiru and Miepee, this update fixes the game's longstanding issues with older integrated GPUs/Steam Decks had where certain visual e
Update 1.05
PSYCRON v1.05 is here to stay and again, is a lot of small bugfixes and tweaks. Bugfixes: There are multiple PSYCRON on board Ceremos! Except there aren't, and two PSYCRON won't spawn in the same room
Update 1.04
Surprise surprise, another small bugfixes patch. As per usual, any and all thoughts are welcome on the Discord ! Bugfixes: Fixed a wrongwarp during the escape Fixed a softlock in the 3.5th area Fixed
Update 1.02
1.02 is now out and is another small features/bugfixes patch. Feel free to join the Discord to stay tuned on future updates/tell me if something's not working! New Features: On the SUIT screen you can
Update 1.01
A small bugfix and QOL update. Feel free to join the Discord to stay tuned on future updates/tell me if something's not working! QOL Updates Item collection percentage is now displayed on the pause sc
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Exploration · Sci-fi · 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Action-Adventure · Atmospheric · Space · Side Scroller · Platformer · Controller (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-6300U Memory: 300 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 125 MB available space