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Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Team · SEGA · 2022-11-07

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog · Modes: Single player

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!

351
playing now
89%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (84 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 76h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

351 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 351 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 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 566k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,288 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.60-68%
Microsoft Store$39.99

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 51 of 81 observed days (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

447912026-08-06 22:00 — 187 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 155 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 177 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 116 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 176 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 222 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 123 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 179 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 203 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 103 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 156 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 158 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 91 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 134 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 170 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 131 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 213 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 341 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 177 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 171 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 278 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 319 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 248 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 345 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 335 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 207 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 334 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 351 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$11.992022-08-242026-08-262022-08-24 — best price $52.792022-10-20 — best price $53.992022-11-24 — best price $52.732022-12-24 — best price $37.192023-01-20 — best price $53.992023-03-16 — best price $34.962023-05-01 — best price $39.992023-05-29 — best price $40.192023-07-14 — best price $49.772023-09-02 — best price $49.772023-09-29 — best price $52.732023-11-29 — best price $20.952024-01-05 — best price $52.692024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-05-07 — best price $52.692024-06-27 — best price $18.892024-08-02 — best price $19.992024-08-20 — best price $19.102024-10-01 — best price $59.992024-11-01 — best price $53.992024-12-06 — best price $52.732025-01-14 — best price $59.992025-02-03 — best price $52.732025-03-17 — best price $59.992025-04-14 — best price $19.192025-05-07 — best price $59.992025-06-01 — best price $59.992025-07-10 — best price $20.992025-08-08 — best price $55.192025-09-18 — best price $17.992025-10-22 — best price $15.982025-12-05 — best price $52.692026-01-12 — best price $59.992026-02-25 — best price $59.992026-03-24 — best price $52.732026-04-23 — best price $16.162026-05-11 — best price $39.992026-06-26 — best price $17.592026-07-27 — best price $39.992026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.2k2772026-06-01 — 403 pageviews2026-06-04 — 322 pageviews2026-06-07 — 480 pageviews2026-06-10 — 372 pageviews2026-06-13 — 291 pageviews2026-06-16 — 753 pageviews2026-06-19 — 495 pageviews2026-06-22 — 891 pageviews2026-06-25 — 856 pageviews2026-06-28 — 526 pageviews2026-07-01 — 483 pageviews2026-07-04 — 451 pageviews2026-07-07 — 394 pageviews2026-07-10 — 400 pageviews2026-07-13 — 370 pageviews2026-07-16 — 359 pageviews2026-07-19 — 417 pageviews2026-07-22 — 334 pageviews2026-07-25 — 326 pageviews2026-07-28 — 307 pageviews2026-07-31 — 289 pageviews2026-08-03 — 277 pageviews2026-08-06 — 326 pageviews2026-08-09 — 350 pageviews2026-08-12 — 329 pageviews2026-08-15 — 418 pageviews2026-08-18 — 460 pageviews2026-08-21 — 454 pageviews2026-08-24 — 388 pageviews2026-08-27 — 554 pageviews2026-08-28 — 357 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6502026-08-26 19:15 — 6 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 10 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

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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