Fantastic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The music along with the level's sound design is like a luxurious spa treatment in the maldives for your ears.”
Steam review · 28.3 h played ↗
Sonic Mania
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, PagodaWest Games2017Platformer · Adventure · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A superb fan-made love letter to classic 2D Sonic with great level design, music and pixel art. Skip it if you dislike trial-and-error, limited lives or reused zones.
Great for
Classic Sonic fans and 2D platformer players who enjoy learning levels, secrets and great music
Main risk
Trial-and-error level and boss design with limited lives can feel unfair, especially to newcomers
What players love
Best classic-style Sonic game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I will die on the hill that this is the best Sonic game of the last 20 years, and that Sonic does best in 2D.”
Steam review · 29.4 h played ↗
Beautiful pixel art and animation
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the pixel art is beautiful and vibrant”
Steam review · 124.8 h played ↗
Faithful physics and nostalgic feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The physics feel just like the Genesis games”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Excellent level design and secrets
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The best level design I've seen in any game, ever.”
Steam review · 26.3 h played ↗
Great value, runs on anything
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“optimized perfectly and runs amazingly.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and PC port issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“actual game is great pc port sucks, crashes every 30m, crashes on fullscreen, crashes on startup.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Unfair trial-and-error level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The game does not reward skill but rewards memorizing the levels.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Limited lives send you back to Act 1
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“IF YOU LOSE ALL YOUR LIVES, BACK TO THE FIRST F ING ACT AFTER AN HOUR OF TRILE AND ERROR”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Frustrating special stages
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“special stages for chaos emeralds (UFO chases) are worst I've ever seen.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Too many reused classic zones
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“but in the end of 12-13 zones only 4 are new, the rest is lifted wholesale from parts 1-3.”
Steam review · translated · 3.3 h played ↗
Annoying bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“THE BOSS IS A DEALBREAKER FOR ME”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support400 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compliant video card 256MB
Storage400 MB available space
OSWindows 7 / 8 / 10
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compliant video card 256MB
Storage400 MB available space
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