Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Steam Deck Verified

Sonic Team · Racing · Sep 25, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $69.99. It has been as low as $34.99.

93%
Very Positive
17k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 150 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Servers and matchmaking: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 17k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise33% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The only negative cons I have with the game is the one special challenge has insanely strict requirements on some tracks, the highly extremely rare track bumps that send you to orbit, and sometimes your friends might get disconnected randomly for no reason, luckily that issue happens mostly before a race starts, so its not a big issue as you can just restart the game and invite them back in, and the DLC characters currently are not voiced with is a bit more understandable but still sad.
150 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is incredibly mid, which is disappointing considering Sonic's history of great soundtracks.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay itself is great.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
•There’s a lot of single player content to enjoy & unlocks to work on when you’d like to take a break from multiplayer.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
•Graphics & animations are another spot where it definitely doesn’t quite reach that premium pinnacle.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I was traveling recently and wanted to play the game with friends on the Steam Deck the way I'd play Mario Kart on the Switch, but it wouldn't make it past the title screen in offline mode.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters150 reviews
Audio65 reviews
Gameplay61 reviews
Multiplayer61 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Steam Deck24 reviews
Optimization22 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance35 reviews
77%
Monetization34 reviews
65%
Crashes24 reviews
71%
Difficulty23 reviews
87%
Players complain% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking25 reviews
52%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $69.99. The lowest we've tracked is $34.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $69.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
44
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.