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Soldier of Fortune (video game)
Soldier of Fortune (2000) is a Raven Software first-person shooter published by Activision, built on the Quake 2 engine with the GHOUL hit-location system, consultant John Mullins, and notorious dismemberment gore; ports to Dreamcast, PS2, and Linux followed.
Solid Snake
Solid Snake is the fictional stealth soldier protagonist of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear series, debuting in Metal Gear (1987), starring in Metal Gear Solid (1998), voiced by David Hayter, and concluding his saga in Metal Gear Solid 4 (2008).
Soma (video game)
SOMA (Soma) is a 2015 first-person sci-fi survival horror game by Sweden's Frictional Games, creators of Amnesia. Released September 22, 2015 on PC and PS4, it follows Simon Jarrett in the underwater base PATHOS-II, exploring consciousness and identity, with a safe mode and a 2026 spiritual successor, Ontos.
Song of the Deep
Song of the Deep is a 2016 metroidvania action-adventure game by Insomniac Games, published by GameTrust, following Merryn, who builds a submarine to find her lost father; Metacritic 69, Steam Very Positive.
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 Dreams Collection
Sonic Dreams Collection: 2015 free compilation of four parodic Sonic minigames (Make My Sonic, Eggman Origin, Sonic Movie Maker, My Roommate Sonic) by Arcane Kids, framed as leaked Dreamcast prototypes from MJSTUDIO.
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 Generations
Sonic Generations (ソニック ジェネレーションズ) is Sega's 2011 20th-anniversary Sonic platformer for PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and 3DS, starring Classic and Modern Sonic; remastered in 2024's Sonic X Shadow Generations.
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)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) is SEGA's 1991 Mega Drive/Genesis high-speed platformer franchise starring the blue hedgehog; over 1.77 billion units sold or downloaded, expanded into films, TV, and merchandise, with a 35th anniversary in 2026.
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.