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Sonic Forces cover art

Sonic Forces

Sonic Team · SEGA · 2017-11-07

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 07, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 07, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Nov 07, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 09, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Sonic Forces is an Action and Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 8645 reviews).

10
playing now
59%
positive of 8.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
55/100
IGDB user rating (107 ratings)
17
Nexus mods (2.1k downloads)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (39,425 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Sonic Forces is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was produced in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The plot focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog joining a resistance movement formed by his friends, alongside its new rookie and another version of himself. Together, they must stop Doctor Eggman, who has conquered most of the world alongside Infinite, his newest lackey who has been empowered by the Phantom Ruby. It features three gameplay modes: "Classic", side-scrolling gameplay similar to the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, "Modern", 3D gameplay similar to Sonic Unleashed (2008) and Sonic Colors (2010), and a mode featuring the "Avatar", the player's custom character.

Trailer

Sonic Forces trailer thumbnail

Sonic Forces - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2017

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 416 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~52/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 217k–521k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,690 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.90 at GameBillet (2022-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 36 of 78 observed days · $12.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3662026-09-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 32 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
34311Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 343 · peak 2,020Feb 2018 — avg 39 · peak 81May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 46Aug 2018 — avg 16 · peak 34Nov 2018 — avg 25 · peak 113Feb 2019 — avg 24 · peak 69May 2019 — avg 28 · peak 75Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 35Nov 2019 — avg 23 · peak 95Feb 2020 — avg 41 · peak 139May 2020 — avg 22 · peak 52Aug 2020 — avg 22 · peak 44Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 66Feb 2021 — avg 25 · peak 58May 2021 — avg 26 · peak 67Aug 2021 — avg 30 · peak 93Nov 2021 — avg 30 · peak 70Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 53May 2022 — avg 35 · peak 77Aug 2022 — avg 23 · peak 46Nov 2022 — avg 28 · peak 78Feb 2023 — avg 24 · peak 58May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 43Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 41Feb 2024 — avg 22 · peak 67May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 47Aug 2024 — avg 18 · peak 39Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 66Feb 2025 — avg 33 · peak 107May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 61Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 51Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 47Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 45May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 44
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$42.70$7.902017-09-212026-10-112017-09-21 — best price $42.702018-01-04 — best price $39.992018-07-20 — best price $39.992019-04-30 — best price $9.992019-09-17 — best price $39.992019-12-26 — best price $9.972020-02-07 — best price $39.392020-04-21 — best price $35.892020-06-17 — best price $35.892020-07-28 — best price $9.992020-09-13 — best price $35.892020-10-22 — best price $35.892020-11-17 — best price $35.892020-12-16 — best price $39.992021-01-17 — best price $39.992021-02-10 — best price $39.992021-03-06 — best price $39.992021-03-30 — best price $39.992021-04-25 — best price $39.992021-05-21 — best price $39.992021-08-04 — best price $35.992022-01-04 — best price $39.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-11-15 — best price $31.992023-02-07 — best price $7.902023-05-08 — best price $9.992023-08-22 — best price $31.902023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-04-29 — best price $8.892024-08-19 — best price $8.982024-10-24 — best price $9.992025-04-24 — best price $9.992025-07-14 — best price $39.992025-10-22 — best price $9.022026-01-01 — best price $39.992026-03-24 — best price $35.992026-05-22 — best price $8.962026-08-10 — best price $35.992026-10-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3741382026-06-01 — 146 pageviews2026-06-05 — 201 pageviews2026-06-09 — 175 pageviews2026-06-13 — 153 pageviews2026-06-17 — 175 pageviews2026-06-21 — 204 pageviews2026-06-25 — 210 pageviews2026-06-29 — 187 pageviews2026-07-03 — 152 pageviews2026-07-07 — 182 pageviews2026-07-11 — 160 pageviews2026-07-15 — 230 pageviews2026-07-19 — 203 pageviews2026-07-23 — 175 pageviews2026-07-27 — 161 pageviews2026-07-31 — 149 pageviews2026-08-04 — 167 pageviews2026-08-08 — 182 pageviews2026-08-12 — 172 pageviews2026-08-16 — 216 pageviews2026-08-20 — 201 pageviews2026-08-24 — 216 pageviews2026-08-28 — 161 pageviews2026-09-01 — 177 pageviews2026-09-05 — 201 pageviews2026-09-09 — 205 pageviews2026-09-13 — 214 pageviews2026-09-17 — 160 pageviews2026-09-21 — 209 pageviews2026-09-25 — 233 pageviews2026-09-29 — 201 pageviews2026-10-03 — 188 pageviews2026-10-07 — 172 pageviews2026-10-11 — 175 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
91.7%
earned "A New Story Begins"
21.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing6 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2017-11-07, latest 2017-12-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)122,8173%49
Xbox One (Xbox)10,1953%48
Steam (Steam)6,9998%48
Switch (Nintendo)4950%0
Switch (Nintendo)2500%0
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D2.5DMemesActionColorfulAdventureFast-PacedPlatformerStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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