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SONIC SUPERSTARS cover art

SONIC SUPERSTARS

SEGA · 2023-10-16

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Action

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

Releases: Oct 17, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 17, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 17, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 17, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Adventure through the mystical Northstar Islands in this all-new take on classic 2D Sonic high-speed action platforming in Sonic Superstars.

36
playing now
68%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Sonic Superstars is a 2023 platform game developed by Arzest and Sonic Team and published by Sega. It features side-scrolling gameplay similar to the Sonic the Hedgehog games released for the Sega Genesis in the 1990s. As one of four player characters—Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, and Amy Rose—the player completes side-scrolling levels as they set out to defeat Doctor Eggman and Fang the Hunter. Superstars introduces power-ups that the player can obtain by collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds and four-player local multiplayer.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 36 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 401 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~50/week).
  • · Review velocity up 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,157 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 77k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,850 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.80-73%
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.80 at GreenManGaming (2026-08-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 53 of 85 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
78678620232026Week of 2023-10-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

74142026-08-07 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 41 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 40 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 49 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 44 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 43 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$10.952023-08-222026-08-262023-08-22 — best price $59.992023-11-03 — best price $59.992023-12-21 — best price $35.902024-01-26 — best price $38.992024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-05-07 — best price $50.952024-06-27 — best price $21.592024-08-01 — best price $52.192024-08-30 — best price $55.192024-10-02 — best price $53.992024-11-02 — best price $52.742024-12-16 — best price $16.992025-01-20 — best price $16.192025-02-05 — best price $52.742025-03-20 — best price $16.592025-04-27 — best price $59.992025-05-09 — best price $23.992025-06-03 — best price $53.352025-07-14 — best price $59.992025-08-26 — best price $59.992025-10-06 — best price $59.992025-11-03 — best price $18.592025-12-12 — best price $56.392026-02-03 — best price $56.392026-02-27 — best price $16.922026-03-30 — best price $17.992026-04-26 — best price $59.992026-05-20 — best price $39.992026-07-01 — best price $12.002026-07-31 — best price $11.532026-08-26 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3271512026-05-31 — 191 pageviews2026-06-03 — 163 pageviews2026-06-06 — 195 pageviews2026-06-09 — 195 pageviews2026-06-12 — 182 pageviews2026-06-15 — 199 pageviews2026-06-18 — 196 pageviews2026-06-21 — 293 pageviews2026-06-24 — 322 pageviews2026-06-27 — 263 pageviews2026-06-30 — 230 pageviews2026-07-03 — 171 pageviews2026-07-06 — 224 pageviews2026-07-09 — 237 pageviews2026-07-12 — 173 pageviews2026-07-15 — 210 pageviews2026-07-18 — 201 pageviews2026-07-21 — 195 pageviews2026-07-24 — 151 pageviews2026-07-27 — 192 pageviews2026-07-30 — 200 pageviews2026-08-02 — 205 pageviews2026-08-05 — 157 pageviews2026-08-08 — 191 pageviews2026-08-11 — 160 pageviews2026-08-14 — 211 pageviews2026-08-17 — 236 pageviews2026-08-20 — 244 pageviews2026-08-23 — 242 pageviews2026-08-26 — 239 pageviews2026-08-28 — 184 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Charge!"
31.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements8 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)8,1019%39
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,9984%38
Steam (Steam)2,6537%38
PS4 (PlayStation)1,94314%39
Switch (Nintendo)1,0350%0
Switch (Nintendo)170%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

2DActionCasualCartoonColorfulAdventureFast-PacedPlatformerMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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