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Sonic Origins

Sonic Team · SEGA · 2022-06-22

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ActionAdventureCasual

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

Releases: Jun 23, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jun 23, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 23, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 23, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 23, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the collected adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Origins Plus! With 16 legendary Sonic titles including 12 Game Gear games, new playable characters, modes, challenges, behind the scenes content, and more, this is the definitive way to play these classic games!

Sonic Origins is a 2022 Action, Adventure, and Casual game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (76% of 6330 reviews).

51
playing now
77%
positive of 6.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,471
twitch viewers (latest)
2471.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
55/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (63 downloads)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (5,509 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sonic Origins is a 2022 video game compilation developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It features remasters of the first four platform games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series—Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992), Sonic CD (1993), and Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994)—originally released for the Sega Genesis and the Sega CD. The games are playable in their original format and a new widescreen "anniversary mode". Origins adds additional game modes and missions, which allow players to unlock content in a museum.

Trailer

Sonic Origins trailer thumbnail

Sonic Origins - Official Trailer

≈780,446 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 933 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~117/week).
  • · Review velocity up 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 130k–292k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,481 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.06 at GameBillet (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 34 of 88 observed days · $21.93 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
66166120222026Week of 2022-06-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

171292026-09-15 13:00 — 45 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 68 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 52 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 71 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 105 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 69 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 87 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 86 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 45 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 68 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 62 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 34 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 79 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 112 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 46 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 73 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 117 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 53 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 116 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 171 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 78 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
82424Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 824 · peak 2,648Aug 2022 — avg 62 · peak 120Oct 2022 — avg 43 · peak 118Dec 2022 — avg 43 · peak 111Feb 2023 — avg 44 · peak 101Apr 2023 — avg 32 · peak 68Jun 2023 — avg 66 · peak 524Aug 2023 — avg 41 · peak 85Oct 2023 — avg 35 · peak 76Dec 2023 — avg 35 · peak 85Feb 2024 — avg 40 · peak 105Apr 2024 — avg 36 · peak 102Jun 2024 — avg 38 · peak 98Aug 2024 — avg 35 · peak 67Oct 2024 — avg 52 · peak 114Dec 2024 — avg 94 · peak 282Feb 2025 — avg 120 · peak 320Apr 2025 — avg 59 · peak 131Jun 2025 — avg 44 · peak 100Aug 2025 — avg 52 · peak 159Oct 2025 — avg 56 · peak 137Dec 2025 — avg 77 · peak 180Feb 2026 — avg 83 · peak 191Apr 2026 — avg 63 · peak 134Jun 2026 — avg 93 · peak 256Aug 2026 — avg 95 · peak 234
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$8.062022-04-202026-10-142022-04-20 — best price $39.992022-06-23 — best price $31.182022-08-28 — best price $39.992022-10-19 — best price $39.192022-12-08 — best price $19.992023-01-10 — best price $31.992023-02-16 — best price $39.992023-06-30 — best price $29.992023-09-22 — best price $19.772023-11-22 — best price $19.492024-01-04 — best price $26.992024-03-15 — best price $17.992024-05-06 — best price $26.992024-06-25 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $26.992024-08-30 — best price $26.992024-10-03 — best price $26.392024-11-02 — best price $26.342024-12-16 — best price $11.492025-01-20 — best price $10.792025-02-05 — best price $26.342025-03-17 — best price $29.992025-04-10 — best price $39.992025-05-06 — best price $26.652025-05-23 — best price $12.002025-06-27 — best price $11.992025-08-08 — best price $27.592025-09-18 — best price $11.992025-10-22 — best price $9.412025-11-21 — best price $10.042026-01-10 — best price $26.992026-02-18 — best price $9.002026-03-19 — best price $8.062026-04-11 — best price $26.992026-05-07 — best price $8.992026-06-01 — best price $26.992026-07-02 — best price $29.992026-07-31 — best price $8.702026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4201002026-05-13 — 181 pageviews2026-05-17 — 179 pageviews2026-05-21 — 125 pageviews2026-05-25 — 171 pageviews2026-05-29 — 148 pageviews2026-06-02 — 151 pageviews2026-06-06 — 139 pageviews2026-06-10 — 128 pageviews2026-06-14 — 183 pageviews2026-06-18 — 158 pageviews2026-06-22 — 208 pageviews2026-06-26 — 198 pageviews2026-06-30 — 166 pageviews2026-07-04 — 200 pageviews2026-07-08 — 182 pageviews2026-07-12 — 133 pageviews2026-07-16 — 145 pageviews2026-07-20 — 126 pageviews2026-07-24 — 155 pageviews2026-07-28 — 208 pageviews2026-08-01 — 149 pageviews2026-08-05 — 169 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-13 — 144 pageviews2026-08-17 — 178 pageviews2026-08-21 — 178 pageviews2026-08-25 — 196 pageviews2026-08-29 — 180 pageviews2026-09-02 — 167 pageviews2026-09-06 — 171 pageviews2026-09-10 — 198 pageviews2026-09-14 — 154 pageviews2026-09-18 — 132 pageviews2026-09-22 — 186 pageviews2026-09-26 — 172 pageviews2026-09-30 — 132 pageviews2026-10-04 — 131 pageviews2026-10-08 — 168 pageviews2026-10-12 — 153 pageviews2026-10-13 — 132 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
88.9%
earned "Welcome to Sonic the Hedgehog"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)7,86045%36
Steam (Steam)5,16721%36
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4,26025%35
PS4 (PlayStation)3,94054%36
Switch (Nintendo)1,5520%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

2DCuteRetroActionArcadeCasualClassicAdventureFast-PacedPlatformer

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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