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Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Team · SEGA · 2022-11-07

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Nov 07, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 08, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 08, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 08, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

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!

Sonic Frontiers is an Action, Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $13.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 28531 reviews).

208
playing now
89%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (84 ratings)
47
Nexus mods (15k downloads)
4.05★
PlayStation Store rating (18,433 ratings)
71/100
opencritic · fair · 56% recommend · from 137 critics
28h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 76h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

208 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Sonic Frontiers is a 2022 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Its story follows Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends, who after falling into a wormhole are left stranded in an artificial dimension of the Starfall Islands known as Cyber Space. Sonic escapes the dimension and sets off on a mission to rescue his trapped allies by defeating the islands' "Titans". Combining traditional Sonic the Hedgehog series elements with an open world structure, the gameplay of Frontiers sees the player controlling Sonic through the islands in order to collect the Chaos Emeralds, which are necessary to defeat the Titans. This is accomplished by completing various challenges strewn throughout that test the player through platforming, puzzle solving or combat encounters.

Trailer

Sonic Frontiers trailer thumbnail

Sonic Frontiers - Showdown Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 208 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,562 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~195/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,481 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 574k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,697 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$13.99-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.99 at Fanatical (2026-05-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 53 of 80 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.0k9.0k20222026Week of 2022-11-01: 9,030 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,847 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

361762026-09-16 05:00 — 139 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 118 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 228 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 222 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 104 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 213 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 212 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 92 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 285 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 218 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 76 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 144 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 192 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 147 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 255 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 196 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 109 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 150 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 219 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 256 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 130 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 242 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 208 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 208 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.0k154Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 4,030 · peak 19,104Jan 2023 — avg 740 · peak 2,071Mar 2023 — avg 420 · peak 3,590May 2023 — avg 224 · peak 488Jul 2023 — avg 406 · peak 953Sep 2023 — avg 670 · peak 10,605Nov 2023 — avg 251 · peak 612Jan 2024 — avg 255 · peak 575Mar 2024 — avg 212 · peak 445May 2024 — avg 204 · peak 461Jul 2024 — avg 247 · peak 469Sep 2024 — avg 316 · peak 987Nov 2024 — avg 254 · peak 539Jan 2025 — avg 389 · peak 901Mar 2025 — avg 346 · peak 840May 2025 — avg 226 · peak 490Jul 2025 — avg 193 · peak 348Sep 2025 — avg 226 · peak 614Nov 2025 — avg 433 · peak 1,673Jan 2026 — avg 316 · peak 591Mar 2026 — avg 217 · peak 422May 2026 — avg 189 · peak 382Jul 2026 — avg 200 · peak 375Aug 2026 — avg 218 · peak 534
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$11.992022-08-242026-10-142022-08-24 — best price $52.792022-11-01 — best price $52.692022-12-20 — best price $37.772023-01-10 — best price $53.992023-03-16 — best price $34.962023-05-05 — best price $40.192023-06-29 — best price $26.072023-08-25 — best price $26.392023-09-29 — best price $52.732023-12-04 — best price $53.992024-02-05 — best price $59.992024-05-03 — best price $20.502024-06-27 — best price $18.892024-08-09 — best price $55.192024-09-16 — best price $59.992024-10-24 — best price $20.992024-12-06 — best price $52.732025-01-23 — best price $35.992025-02-20 — best price $17.992025-04-05 — best price $52.742025-05-07 — best price $59.992025-06-03 — best price $53.352025-07-18 — best price $52.732025-09-04 — best price $17.992025-10-22 — best price $15.982025-12-18 — best price $17.992026-02-06 — best price $17.992026-03-20 — best price $16.922026-04-23 — best price $16.162026-05-22 — best price $39.992026-07-16 — best price $39.992026-08-26 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.2k2892026-06-01 — 403 pageviews2026-06-05 — 478 pageviews2026-06-09 — 420 pageviews2026-06-13 — 291 pageviews2026-06-17 — 513 pageviews2026-06-21 — 844 pageviews2026-06-25 — 856 pageviews2026-06-29 — 435 pageviews2026-07-03 — 419 pageviews2026-07-07 — 394 pageviews2026-07-11 — 383 pageviews2026-07-15 — 333 pageviews2026-07-19 — 417 pageviews2026-07-23 — 351 pageviews2026-07-27 — 354 pageviews2026-07-31 — 289 pageviews2026-08-04 — 295 pageviews2026-08-08 — 343 pageviews2026-08-12 — 329 pageviews2026-08-16 — 455 pageviews2026-08-20 — 404 pageviews2026-08-24 — 388 pageviews2026-08-28 — 357 pageviews2026-09-01 — 433 pageviews2026-09-05 — 365 pageviews2026-09-09 — 507 pageviews2026-09-13 — 450 pageviews2026-09-17 — 384 pageviews2026-09-21 — 400 pageviews2026-09-25 — 422 pageviews2026-09-29 — 359 pageviews2026-10-03 — 307 pageviews2026-10-07 — 389 pageviews2026-10-10 — 459 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15802026-10-11 21:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 158 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-15 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 12:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 16:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-15 17:34 — 14 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "Unknown Threat"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-11-08, latest 2022-12-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)34,10726%41
Steam (Steam)15,19419%40
PS4 (PlayStation)13,06128%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)9,53417%40
Switch (Nintendo)1,2120%0
Switch (Nintendo)750%0
Switch (Nintendo)350%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

3DActionCombatAdventureLore-RichFast-PacedOpen WorldPlatformerStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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