Great with mods installed
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“mods only make this release worth it on steam so only buy if you want to play sonic adventure with mods!”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗
Sonic Adventure DX
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%SEGA2011Platformer · 3D Platformer · Adventure
$7.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A charming, ambitious 3D Sonic classic with great Sonic levels and music, but the Steam port is buggy and nearly requires mods. Skip it if you hate camera jank or Big's fishing.
Great for
Sonic fans and retro 3D platformer lovers willing to install mods and tolerate jank
Main risk
The unmodded port is buggy, with a bad camera, clipping, and tedious non-Sonic campaigns
What players love
Charm, nostalgia and cheesy story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The voice acting and cutscenes have definitely aged, but honestly, I think they just add to the charm for the game.”
Steam review · 55.5 h played ↗
Iconic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is iconic, the world feels surprisingly cozy”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
Six characters with varied playstyles
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Sonic Adventure gives you a nice variety of things to do, characters to play, and things to collect.”
Steam review · 26 h played ↗
Sonic's stages and controls feel great
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Sonic physics peaked in this game. I can't describe just how fucking good it feels to control Sonic and run around and spindash all over the place”
Steam review · 166.1 h played ↗
Lots of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Lots of content and fun.”
Steam review · 46.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bad, buggy port of a port
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Easily the worst version of the game.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Terrible, fighting camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Half your time is spent fighting the camera which has a mind of it's own.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Clipping, falling through floors, glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Within minutes you'll get flung into the side of a wall, start running up the side of a piece of geometry, then clip through the wall and fly sideways off into the ether and die.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Clunky, slippery controls and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The controls are floaty and slidy at best which is terrible for any kind of platforming.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Big the Cat and weak non-Sonic campaigns
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Big’s story literally ruins the entire fucking game.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Poor hub navigation and vague hints
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Having to search like 10 minutes everytime for the next level In the hub worlds sucks”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support1.8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® XP
Processor3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4
Memory2GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compatible, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series, ATI Radeon™ X1600 Video Card with 256MB RAM
Storage1.8GB Hard Drive space
Recommended
Processor2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory2GB RAM or more
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c/Shader3.0 compatible, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 series or higher, ATI Radeon™ X1900 Video Card with 512MB RAM
Storage4GB Hard Drive space
OSWindows® XP
Processor3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4
Memory2GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0c compatible, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series, ATI Radeon™ X1600 Video Card with 256MB RAM
Storage1.8GB Hard Drive space
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