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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!

Release DateJun 22, 2022
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)66.8% (mixed) Bottom 30% / 65.2%  Bottom 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)65.3% / 63.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.7K  Top 10% / 3.4K  Top 10%
Curators83 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time14.2 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar21 minutes
Followers10.7K  Top 10%
Owners± 79.9K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 67.5K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.8M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sonic Origins steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Sonic Origins's Steam rating and reviews from June 2022 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 58.4% (June 2022) to 65.1% (December 2023).

Sonic Origins is an AAA level success, with 3.4K reviews Top 10%. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sonic Origins and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Sonic Origins's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Spanish - Spain (9%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 25 languages represented. The game is translated in 12 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sonic Origins percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Sonic Origins depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 29 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 7 hours), it can be a sign that Sonic Origins crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Presentation is great
  • Connected story across games
  • Fun mission mode
  • Retry special stages
  • Boss rush
  • Coin system
  • Choice between Classic and Anniversary modes
  • Additional animated cutscenes
  • Ability to play as all three original characters
  • Drop dash and Spin dash available in all games
  • Bugs and glitches
  • Removed original songs
  • Poor audio quality
  • Lack of challenge
  • Shoddy ports
  • Poor physics
  • No achievements for classic versions
  • Denuvo Anti-tamper
  • Lack of original genesis versions
  • Shady business practices

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 66.8% rating  Bottom 30% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Sonic Origins's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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