Fantastic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“THIS IS THE BEST IN THE FRANCHISE IN MY OPINION”
Steam review · 214 h played ↗
Sonic Frontiers
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Sonic Team20223D Platformer · Adventure · Action
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
An ambitious open-zone Sonic with great movement, epic Titan boss fights and a superb soundtrack, but a repetitive collect-a-thon with camera, pop-in and physics jank. Skip it if you dislike grinding.
Great for
Sonic fans who enjoy open-world collectathons, big boss spectacle and great music, and can tolerate jank
Main risk
The open world is a repetitive token grind that feels empty, with janky camera and physics
What changed in the last 30 days
84 recent reviews
Recent negatives mostly call the game mid, boring and a tedious collectathon with weak open-zone design. No specific new patch or bug is clearly identified, so confidence is moderate.
84 recent reviews
What players love
Epic Titan and Super Sonic boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Fighting the Titans while using Super Sonic feels epic, especially with the soundtrack playing in the background.”
Steam review · 26.7 h played ↗
Fun, fast open-world movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it's one of the most satisfying movement systems I've ever played”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
Serious, engaging story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The story has become serious for the first time in a long while, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.”
Steam review · translated · 17.6 h played ↗
Lots of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“many hours of gameplay and replayability, insane songs to listen to and amazing boss fights”
Steam review · 56.9 h played ↗
Strong mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“there is an abundance of mods that have been made and are currently being developed by the very alive and passionate modding community”
Steam review · 140.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Empty, bland world with pop-in
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Egregious asset pop-in and high speed don't mix.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Bad camera and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Controls and camera are janky.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Repetitive token-grind open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This is a recipe for an incredibly boring, inflated playtime.”
Steam review · 29.9 h played ↗
Frustrating boss fights and parry
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“it's just a parry simulator where you hold L2 for the ranged atk”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Cyberspace levels reuse old stages
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the cyber space levels just feel so stiff and janky”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Final Horizon DLC difficulty spike
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“The levels of sucking ass the DLC does cannot be comprehended by a human mind.”
Steam review · 37.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 8 GB
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage30 GB available space
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