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Sonic Forces

Sonic Team · SEGA · 2017-11-07

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ActionAdventure

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

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

The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.

28
playing now
59%
positive of 8.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
55/100
IGDB user rating (107 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 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 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 216k–519k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,645 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.97-78%
Microsoft Store$9.99-50%

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 33 of 78 observed days · $2.09 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

3672026-08-06 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$47.28$7.902017-09-212026-08-302017-09-21 — best price $42.702018-01-08 — best price $39.992018-09-17 — best price $39.992019-07-10 — best price $9.192019-10-31 — best price $35.992020-01-23 — best price $39.742020-04-01 — best price $9.192020-06-14 — best price $35.892020-07-28 — best price $9.992020-09-24 — best price $31.912020-10-29 — best price $35.892020-12-01 — best price $39.992021-01-04 — best price $35.992021-02-01 — best price $39.992021-02-28 — best price $39.992021-03-27 — best price $39.992021-04-25 — best price $39.992021-05-24 — best price $39.992021-10-01 — best price $31.912022-03-04 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $35.992023-01-05 — best price $35.992023-04-29 — best price $7.902023-08-07 — best price $8.392023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-05-06 — best price $35.992024-08-31 — best price $32.792024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-06-03 — best price $35.552025-09-16 — best price $31.992025-12-05 — best price $35.152026-03-19 — best price $8.962026-05-22 — best price $8.962026-08-13 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

Player tags

2D2.5DMemesActionColorfulAdventureFast-PacedPlatformerStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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