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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Sega, 2012), Sumo Digital's kart racer, is the sequel to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Vehicles transform between car, boat, and plane mid-race, and courses change between laps; Metacritic 82, 1.36 million sold.
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic & Knuckles, 1994 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis platformer, second half of Sonic 3 made playable via Lock-On Technology cartridge slot; combining adds Knuckles, Super Emeralds, Hyper forms.
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic 3D Blast, aka Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island, is a 1996 isometric platform game by Traveller's Tales for Sega Genesis and Saturn, with Flicky-collecting gameplay and a 2017 director's cut.
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure (ソニックアドベンチャー) is Sonic Team's 1998–99 Dreamcast 3D platformer, the series' first full 3D entry and best-selling Dreamcast game at 2.5 million copies, with six interlocking character campaigns and the Chao Garden.
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast, June 23, 2001), also known as Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on GameCube, is Sonic Team's hero-versus-dark 3D action game with Shadow, Rouge, three gameplay styles, and the VMU-linked Chao Garden.
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is a 2014 Wii U action-adventure game developed by Big Red Button and published by Sega, part of the Sonic Boom spin-off series tied to the animated show.
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is a 2014 Nintendo 3DS 2.5D platformer by Sanzaru Games and Sega, part of the Sonic Boom franchise alongside Rise of Lyric. It features the Enerbeam gadget, playable Sticks, exploration-focused levels, and Metacritic "generally unfavorable" reviews.
Sonic CD
Sonic CD (ソニックCD) is a 1993 Sega CD platform game with time travel between past, present, and future stages, debuting Amy Rose and Metal Sonic; remastered in 2011 by Christian Whitehead and now in Sonic Origins.
Sonic Colors
Sonic Colors (ソニックカラーズ) is a 2010 Sonic the Hedgehog platformer for Wii and DS set in Dr. Eggman's interstellar amusement park, where Wisps grant Color Powers; remastered as Sonic Colors: Ultimate in 2021.
Sonic Dream Team
Sonic Dream Team (ソニックドリームチーム) is a 3D Sonic platformer by Sega Hardlight, released December 5, 2023 as an Apple Arcade exclusive, with six playable characters, four zones, and a dream-world story against Eggman.
Sonic Forces
Sonic Forces is a 2017 Sonic Team/SEGA platformer for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, with Modern Sonic, Classic Sonic, and a customizable Avatar using Wispons against Eggman and Infinite; critics gave mixed reviews.
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers (ソニックフロンティア) is Sonic Team's 2022 Sega action-adventure, the first open-zone Sonic game, set on the five Starfall Islands with Cyberspace stages, Sage, 3.2M+ sales, and Metacritic 70.
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes (ソニックヒーローズ) is a 2003 Sega 3D platformer by Sonic Team USA, directed by Takashi Iizuka, with 12 characters in four three-member teams and speed/fly/power formations; Metacritic 72 (GameCube).
Sonic Lost World
Sonic Lost World is a 2013 3D platformer by Sonic Team, exclusive to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS (later PC), featuring parkour moves, Color Powers, and the Deadly Six villains; Metascore 63 on Wii U.
Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania (ソニックマニア) is a 2017 2D Sonic the Hedgehog platformer by Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, and PagodaWest Games with Sonic Team, published by Sega; expanded as Sonic Mania Plus in 2018.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a 2025 kart racer by Sonic Team and Sega, released September 25, 2025. Its Travel Ring portals shift races into 15 CrossWorld courses, and a six-slot Gadget Plate customizes vehicles; it sold over 1 million units by October 2025.
Sonic Robo Blast 2
Sonic Robo Blast 2 (SRB2) is a free 3D Sonic the Hedgehog fangame by Sonic Team Junior, built on a modified Doom Legacy Doom engine, in development since 1998, open source under GPL-2.0, with co-op and deathmatch multiplayer and a large modding scene.
Sonic Rumble Party
Sonic Rumble Party (ソニックランブル), formerly Sonic Rumble, is SEGA and Rovio's free-to-play 32-player party royale in Dr. Eggman's toy world, launched November 5, 2025 on iOS, Android, and Steam, rebranded March 16, 2026, and later cited by Sega for weak performance.
Sonic Spinball
Sonic Spinball (Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball) is a 1993 Sega Genesis pinball-platformer hybrid by Sega Technical Institute and Polygames, made as a fill-in for the delayed Sonic 3, with four tables, three lives, and no save system.
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) is Sega's 1991 Genesis/Mega Drive platformer by Sonic Team (Naka, Ohshima, Yasuhara) that introduced Sonic, sold over 4 million copies, and launched the franchise.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), or Sonic '06 (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ), is Sonic Team's 15th-anniversary 3D platformer for Xbox 360 and PS3, released November 14, 2006, rushed, glitch-ridden, and scored 46/100 on Metacritic, a franchise low point later delisted.
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) (character)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) is Sega's blue hedgehog mascot, debuted June 23, 1991 on the Mega Drive/Genesis; supersonic speed, spin dash, rings, 1.77 billion game sales, and a $1 billion film franchise.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Sega's 1992 Genesis platform game (Sega Technical Institute) that introduced Tails, the spin dash, and two-player mode, and the 2022 Paramount film that earned $71 million in its record video game movie opening weekend.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a 1994 Sega Genesis platform game and the third main Sonic entry, also the name of a 2024 Paramount film directed by Jeff Fowler.
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed (Sonic World Adventure, ソニックワールドアドベンチャー) is a 2008-2009 Sega platform game by Sonic Team, directed by Yoshihisa Hashimoto, splitting daytime speed stages from Werehog night brawling on the purpose-built Hedgehog Engine; Metacritic 60 (X360), 54 (PS3).
Sorry We're Closed
Sorry We're Closed: retro-styled story-driven survival horror by à la mode games (Bournemouth, UK), published by Akupara Games; PC November 14, 2024, consoles March 6, 2025. Michelle's Third Eye switches between London reality and a demon world; Metacritic 83.
Soulcalibur II
Soulcalibur II (ソウルキャリバーII) is Namco's 2002/2003 3D weapons-based fighter for arcades, PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, with exclusive guests Link, Spawn, and Heihachi, Metacritic 92-93, and Weapon Master Mode.
Soulframe
Soulframe is Digital Extremes' upcoming free-to-play fantasy action RPG, set in Midrath, tested via the Preludes pre-alpha with 2,000 weekly lottery invites; no firm release date.
South of Midnight
South of Midnight: Compulsion Games' 2025 third-person action-adventure set in a magical American Deep South; Hazel's Weaving power, stop-motion art, Olivier Derivière score, Game Pass day one, PS5/Switch 2 in 2026.
South Park: Snow Day!
South Park: Snow Day! is a 3D four-player co-op hack-and-slash game by Question LLC and THQ Nordic, released March 26, 2024 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch, with roguelike card mechanics and a Metacritic score of 59.