10 Failed PS2 Games That Became Cult Classics

Psychonauts is one of the best platformers the PS2 ever released, and that is actually a pretty hefty list. However, unlike its more successful counterparts like Jak & Daxter or Sly Cooper, Psychonauts sold like actual garbage.

Now, granted, we know why this is, and it has nothing to do with the game itself. Microsoft, Majesco, and the developer Double Fine really just fumbled the whole thing from top to bottom, bickering with each other constantly to the point where an entire console generation went by before the game was released.

Psychonauts got its butt whooped in sales for what was then a dying generation, but those who were in the know remember Psychonauts as being some of the most fun they've ever had on the PS2.

This comes from tight controls, fun characters, and dark humor. Everything about the game strikes this brilliant balance between being timeless, and yet as an aughties kid, your scribe can point to the exact year this game came out while blindfolded.