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Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers is a groundbreaking open-zone action-adventure game set on the ancient Starfall Islands. Join Sonic as he battles hordes of powerful enemies with an all-new combat system, explores the mysteries of the islands, and saves his friends!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“To each their own, but I can’t understand why people don’t gush over this game more. It’s Breath of the Wild x Death Stranding with better puzzles and movement. Somehow it’s still quintessentially SONIC — it’s fast as…”
“I wanted to play a fast-paced platformer, so I bought a random Sonic game. Little did I knew. Let's just say I was suprised, but not disappointed. Sonic Frontiers is mainly just Breath of the Wild at home, but that…”
“some of the best boss fights ive played”
16 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“To each their own, but I can’t understand why people don’t gush over this game more. It’s Breath of the Wild x Death Stranding with better puzzles and movement. Somehow it’s still quintessentially SONIC — it’s fast as…”
“I hope to god this isn't the future direction of Sonic games. This game is such a disaster. While I do like Sage and the soundtrack, the open world is painfully empty and the speed isn't fast enough to traverse it. I…”
“I wanted to play a fast-paced platformer, so I bought a random Sonic game. Little did I knew. Let's just say I was suprised, but not disappointed. Sonic Frontiers is mainly just Breath of the Wild at home, but that…”
14 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“To each their own, but I can’t understand why people don’t gush over this game more. It’s Breath of the Wild x Death Stranding with better puzzles and movement. Somehow it’s still quintessentially SONIC — it’s fast as…”
“I beg of you to play this game on hard difficulty. Most of the game is hype moment and aura but oh my goodness that ending is so good”
“There are many things I love and appreciate about this game, from the biggest lore-bending plots down to the most random spot to find a Koco. Not only is the landscape beautiful and the story more than worthwhile, but…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Took me a long time to decide whether I liked this game or not. I really wanted to but it's just problem after problem building up until I could barely limp across the finish line let alone do the Final Horizon…”
“I would give this a solid 7/10. I think the open world take on Sonic is a good direction. it's very addictive to explore the areas grinding rails, doing mini-quests etc. Sonic's movement and the smoothness of how he…”
“As someone who played OG Sonic games on Sega Genesis and the Sonic Adventure games (on Dreamcast and then Gamecube) at first I didn't know what I thought about the first "open-world" Sonic game. While I am only about an…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“There are many things I love and appreciate about this game, from the biggest lore-bending plots down to the most random spot to find a Koco. Not only is the landscape beautiful and the story more than worthwhile, but…”
“As someone who played OG Sonic games on Sega Genesis and the Sonic Adventure games (on Dreamcast and then Gamecube) at first I didn't know what I thought about the first "open-world" Sonic game. While I am only about an…”
“While this game has enjoyable platforming, super engaging combat and really fun open zone exploration, the main thing that blew me away about this game is the way it builds atmosphere. Take the very start of the game,…”
12 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I say this as a lifetime Sonic fan: literally what were they thinking?? This game suffers A LOT from a lack of direction. In most previous sonic games, stages follow a story and Sonic has a clear, narrative-driven…”
“Another Story Edit: From having just finished the Another Story, more time to cook made it even worse. Sonic Team abandoning everything they've done for the past decade to go back to Generations was unfortunately the…”
“Very mixed bag of a game to be honest the combat is very unfun in the latter half of the game aside from the Super Sonic Bosses. The final boss of the base game is atrocious whoever thought that was a good idea for a…”
10 of the 101 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I say this as a lifetime Sonic fan: literally what were they thinking?? This game suffers A LOT from a lack of direction. In most previous sonic games, stages follow a story and Sonic has a clear, narrative-driven…”
“Very mixed bag of a game to be honest the combat is very unfun in the latter half of the game aside from the Super Sonic Bosses. The final boss of the base game is atrocious whoever thought that was a good idea for a…”
“I hope to god this isn't the future direction of Sonic games. This game is such a disaster. While I do like Sage and the soundtrack, the open world is painfully empty and the speed isn't fast enough to traverse it. I…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“It's Sonic without the soul! They dropped Sonic in a bunch of photo realistic worlds with no unique artstyle and said "jobs done" the pop in is atrocious, the voice acting is insanely bad, the writing is just SEGA being…”
“I wanted to play a fast-paced platformer, so I bought a random Sonic game. Little did I knew. Let's just say I was suprised, but not disappointed. Sonic Frontiers is mainly just Breath of the Wild at home, but that…”
“THIS GAME WAS SO GOOD! it was one the first sonic games i got! il start off with the strenghts: kronos island is peak its quite dense there is alot of platforming and most of it is good just a lil bit to much on the…”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It's Sonic without the soul! They dropped Sonic in a bunch of photo realistic worlds with no unique artstyle and said "jobs done" the pop in is atrocious, the voice acting is insanely bad, the writing is just SEGA being…”
“Took me a long time to decide whether I liked this game or not. I really wanted to but it's just problem after problem building up until I could barely limp across the finish line let alone do the Final Horizon…”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I say this as a lifetime Sonic fan: literally what were they thinking?? This game suffers A LOT from a lack of direction. In most previous sonic games, stages follow a story and Sonic has a clear, narrative-driven…”
“Another Story Edit: From having just finished the Another Story, more time to cook made it even worse. Sonic Team abandoning everything they've done for the past decade to go back to Generations was unfortunately the…”
“It's Sonic without the soul! They dropped Sonic in a bunch of photo realistic worlds with no unique artstyle and said "jobs done" the pop in is atrocious, the voice acting is insanely bad, the writing is just SEGA being…”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I'd like to say I'm a pretty decent Sonic fan. I haven't played all of the games or read all of the comics, but I've been dabbling in everything since the days of Sonic Adventure 2 and I love them all. Sonic Frontiers is a bit of an oddity to me. Half the time, I am genuinely…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“[h3] 100% Achievement Review: A quick review based on my experience completing all the (available) achievements. [/h3] [u] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45897386/] Feel free to follow my curator for more 100% reviews! [/url] [/u] Title: Sonic Frontiers Summary:…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played“[h1][Yes spoilers][/h1] [h1]What I liked[/h1] Frontiers easily has the most satisfying open world gameplay in a Sonic game up to its release, which is still worth noting even if the bar for this merit is very low. The combat system was usually unobtrusive and simple enough to…”
— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Great Soundtrack · Open World · Adventure · 3D Platformer · Action · Exploration · Singleplayer · Action-Adventure · Fast-Paced · 3D · Third Person · Platformer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese * , Korean * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://frontiers.sonicthehedgehog.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 30 GB available space Additional Notes: 720p Low @ 30 FPS. Requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4 instruction set. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions