Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Story: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Co-op: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 29k player reviews · updated
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
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The movement is smooth and feels wonderful, the replayability is solid because of the secrets and number of playable characters and the difficulty is just hard enough to keep you entertained the whole time.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is flawless, its made with pure unadulterated mastery of its source material and expands upon it perfectly.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Visuals are crystal clear and supports windowed and full screen in 60Hz.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The classic games used to slap way harder in terms of difficulty, while Sonic Mania is much more relaxed and accessible.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Well designed stages, several playable characters with different gimmicks, so much replayability, and a great DLC that introduces so much by changing so little.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
a fun game were you can play as the fastest thing alive sonic or a flying fox tails and lastly the strong red echidna knuckles as you try to stop dr eggmans plans of taking over the world with a new gemstone the phantom ruby its a lot of fun and dosent lag on a bad pc like mine :D
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay47 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Difficulty12 reviews
Characters9 reviews
Performance5 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface100% still recommend
Controls100% still recommend
Multiplayer100% still recommend
Players complain
Story92% still recommend
Crashes57% still recommend
Co-op80% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Co-op
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Remote Play Together
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$19.99
The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
6 points recordedtoday · $19.99
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