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Sonic Mania cover art

Sonic Mania

Christian Whitehead · SEGA · 2017-08-29

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ActionAdventureCasual

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

Releases: Aug 29, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 15, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 15, 2017 (Xbox One)

Experience the ultimate celebration of past and future in Sonic Mania, an all-new 2D Sonic adventure running at a crisp 60FPS with stunning HD retro-style graphics.

Sonic Mania is an Action, Adventure, and Casual game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 28650 reviews).

225
playing now
94%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (322 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

225 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Sonic Mania is a 2017 platform game developed by Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games and Headcannon and published by Sega. Produced in commemoration of the Sonic the Hedgehog series' 25th anniversary, Sonic Mania pays homage to the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, featuring speedy side-scrolling gameplay. It takes place over 13 levels, including several redesigned from past games. The story follows Sonic, Tails and Knuckles as they venture to defeat Doctor Eggman and his robotic henchmen, the Hard-Boiled Heavies.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 225 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,934 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~242/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 716k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,650 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.47-78%
GreenManGaming$4.50-77%
Gamesplanet$4.79-76%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
WinGameStore$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.80 at GameBillet (2026-06-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 62 of 113 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45945920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

241682026-08-06 21:00 — 126 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 101 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 163 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 125 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 164 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 98 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 164 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 135 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 75 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 147 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 92 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 122 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 226 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 107 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 84 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 174 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 181 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 143 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 215 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 190 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 108 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 171 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 210 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 225 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-05-302026-08-262017-05-30 — best price $16.382017-09-12 — best price $15.482018-02-01 — best price $16.192018-07-11 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $5.752019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $6.592020-01-17 — best price $6.792020-02-25 — best price $19.992020-05-31 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-27 — best price $6.792020-10-12 — best price $19.992020-11-16 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-01-26 — best price $16.882021-02-26 — best price $16.882021-03-30 — best price $16.882021-04-29 — best price $4.992021-05-30 — best price $16.882021-10-05 — best price $15.992022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-08-09 — best price $4.072022-12-08 — best price $4.992023-03-17 — best price $8.002023-06-30 — best price $3.952023-09-11 — best price $17.992024-01-08 — best price $17.992024-07-26 — best price $4.502024-11-02 — best price $17.542025-02-04 — best price $13.492025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $17.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-04-26 — best price $19.992026-06-07 — best price $17.482026-08-09 — best price $2.022026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5402272026-05-30 — 319 pageviews2026-06-02 — 227 pageviews2026-06-05 — 337 pageviews2026-06-08 — 277 pageviews2026-06-11 — 260 pageviews2026-06-14 — 322 pageviews2026-06-17 — 273 pageviews2026-06-20 — 485 pageviews2026-06-23 — 512 pageviews2026-06-26 — 410 pageviews2026-06-29 — 351 pageviews2026-07-02 — 308 pageviews2026-07-05 — 381 pageviews2026-07-08 — 275 pageviews2026-07-11 — 309 pageviews2026-07-14 — 268 pageviews2026-07-17 — 281 pageviews2026-07-20 — 315 pageviews2026-07-23 — 416 pageviews2026-07-26 — 311 pageviews2026-07-29 — 317 pageviews2026-08-01 — 295 pageviews2026-08-04 — 239 pageviews2026-08-07 — 293 pageviews2026-08-10 — 299 pageviews2026-08-13 — 282 pageviews2026-08-16 — 440 pageviews2026-08-19 — 392 pageviews2026-08-22 — 438 pageviews2026-08-25 — 388 pageviews2026-08-27 — 356 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.0k02026-08-26 19:15 — 2,825 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 2,864 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 3,013 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2,871 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
58%
earned "Now It Can't Hurt You Anymore"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)97,2222%18
Steam (Steam)28,0016%18
Xbox One (Xbox)16,6744%18
Switch (Nintendo)3,1870%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

2DRetroActionCasualClassicColorfulAdventureFast-PacedPlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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