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Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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
29 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Легендарная ретро игра из детства. Боже! Какая же здесь имбовая атмосфера с музыкой, играется с большим биля кайфом РЕКОМЕНДУЮ”
“pretty good. mostly got it so i can play modded, but it was very fun to go through vanilla”
“This Game is AWESOME!! Keeps the Soul of the 16-Bit days and Plays Widescreen, Amazing Game! I wish they would Remaster ALL of the SEGA Sonic Classics to support WideScreen HiDef That would be great, The Cut-Scenes in…”
9 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“This Game is AWESOME!! Keeps the Soul of the 16-Bit days and Plays Widescreen, Amazing Game! I wish they would Remaster ALL of the SEGA Sonic Classics to support WideScreen HiDef That would be great, The Cut-Scenes in…”
“Fantastic re-imagining of the classics with some cool new stages too. Some quaint new animations that arent needed but appreciated, such as the crouch or look up.”
“I love everything about this game.Its zones are open but not confusing and almost every zone is so fun and creative.There is a perect balance of speed and platofrming.Earlier levels make it really easy to go fast while…”
8 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Легендарная ретро игра из детства. Боже! Какая же здесь имбовая атмосфера с музыкой, играется с большим биля кайфом РЕКОМЕНДУЮ”
“This game is a certified MASTERPIECE. For 25$ or 6.25$ (on sale), you get the highest quality 2D sonic game (and in my opinion the BEST sonic game), 2 campaigns with 5 characters each, levels jam packed with secrets…”
“I love everything about this game.Its zones are open but not confusing and almost every zone is so fun and creative.There is a perect balance of speed and platofrming.Earlier levels make it really easy to go fast while…”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“After playing this game, I can say for certain that I'm a Sonic fan now. Takes everything I liked from Sonic 3 and Knuckles and improves on it. The game isn't without it's flaws; the boss fights are hit or miss, some…”
“This game is a certified MASTERPIECE. For 25$ or 6.25$ (on sale), you get the highest quality 2D sonic game (and in my opinion the BEST sonic game), 2 campaigns with 5 characters each, levels jam packed with secrets…”
“The best 2D Sonic game, and the mods are cool to play with.”
5 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“This Game is AWESOME!! Keeps the Soul of the 16-Bit days and Plays Widescreen, Amazing Game! I wish they would Remaster ALL of the SEGA Sonic Classics to support WideScreen HiDef That would be great, The Cut-Scenes in…”
“I love everything about this game.Its zones are open but not confusing and almost every zone is so fun and creative.There is a perect balance of speed and platofrming.Earlier levels make it really easy to go fast while…”
“It gives the old feel of the classics. and i might play this for hours. The pixel art is great and the bosses are a little hard but at least it gives it more playtime. Sega should make more games like this”
9 of the 100 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“After playing this game, I can say for certain that I'm a Sonic fan now. Takes everything I liked from Sonic 3 and Knuckles and improves on it. The game isn't without it's flaws; the boss fights are hit or miss, some…”
“Sonic Mania was enjoyable for the most part. I see that this game gets a lot of praise for essentially being a modern-day 2– D Sonic game, and while I had fun with it, I think I’ve come to realize I prefer more of the…”
“I wish Steam allowed you to give a "neutral" review on games. Look, it's a fine Sonic game and all, but the special stages annoyed me, Tails's AI is braindead and this game feels rather slow-paced.”
3 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“My amazing Sonic Frontiers was taken down, but the Biblical words I had typed must be preserved. I think therefore I..... No... This does not even deserve a proper introduction. *sigh* Where do I even begin, well I…”
“I'm mixed on it. I like the game, but theres too much going on some of the stages at times I cant judge where the rockets are visually to jump. Thats probably cause I have an issue with depth of all that going on screen…”
3 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“No Sonic game before this one made me wish to do unspeakable things. Just throw every cheap shot you've got and confusing level design in the game and some people will eat it up and tell you to "git gud" when you're…”
“I didn't like this game. i could only get through the first 3 levels before I quit. Its slow and just un fun. There's barley any checkpoints and you only get 3 lives to get through a level. That would be fine if the…”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“i own this game on 3 systems, it's just that good. Doesn't try to do too much, just a nice simple sonic game that brings me back to my childhood on the genesis/megadrive. Thanks sega”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Best Classic Sonic game ever! brings back old levels, adds new features, basically a really good remaster of the old Sonic games combined. Modding community is just flawless, the engine is smoother than butter, the smooth succulent sprites are TOP NOTCH! Would recommend this to…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“One of the prettiest and most well animated games of all time. Too bad I go so fast I cant see ♥♥♥♥”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:43 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
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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, Casual |
| Player tags | Great Soundtrack · 2D · Platformer · Retro · Classic · Pixel Graphics · Fast-Paced · Colorful · Adventure · Action · Side Scroller · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.sonicthehedgehog.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compliant video card 256MB DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Additional Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.