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Sonic Forces
Developer Sonic Team, Hardlight
Sonic Forces is a 2017 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was produced in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The plot focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog joining a resistance movement formed by his friends, alongside its new rookie and another version of himself. Together, they must stop Doctor Eggman, who has conquered most of the world alongside… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
387 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
51
Mixed
117 positive · 111 negative
95% range 45–58%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 117 | 111 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 18 | 20 | 83 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
2 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
2,815 of 5,291 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
52% recommend · 110 yes, 102 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 212 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (5,155 of 8,698 positive).
Many reviewers find the game overhated and enjoyable despite its flaws. [1][2] Others criticize it as short, boring, and poorly designed. [3][4][5]
Representative posts
- [3]
as a tails and silver fanboy, this game sucks as a gamer, this game still sucks major ass but to be fair it has cool ost, character maker and nice aesthetic
- [4]
Unfortunately, Sonic Forces is not a good game. The concepts are good and the idea of being able to make your own hero is novel, but the repetitive level design, poor writing, and overall jankiness of the game is very unappealing. Not to mention, this game is beatable in an easy Sunday afternoon in about 2-3 hours. 4/10
- [1]
OVERHATED. Yeah. I said it. Shoot me. I do have some bias, as this is my first Modern Sonic game, it still is very fun. No matter what anyone says, the soundtrack is GREAT. I will acknowledge this game has problems, the story isn't written well, and the game is EXTREMELY short, speedrunners beat this game glitchless in like 45 minutes or something, but you will get around 3 to 4 or maybe 5 hours on the first …
- [9]
I can't believe I'm saying this, but 100%ing this game was really fun. I know, this is worst sonic game and yeah its flaws are glaring, but some levels are very well designed (sabotaged by bad physics, but still, well-designed) and the time attack missions were really fun to accomplish. If you have nothing better to do, buy the game on sale. If you have something better to do, please, play any other sonic game …
- [2]
Character writing might be the actual only flaw, everything else is good, definitely overhated for what it is.
Summarised from 34 of the 349 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Sonic Forces sits at 51% positive across 228 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Sonic Forces received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Writing for Polygon, Jeremy Parish praised the game's visuals and character customization, but criticized its repetitive boss fights and argued the game did not advance the series' design. Parish disliked the ranking system, which rewards players for completing stages quickly rather than exploring them for collectibles, and dismissed the tag team sections as "under-developed" because players would prefer to use Modern Sonic whenever the Avatar was not required. The four reviewers of Famitsu were more positive, praising the character creation system, story, and soundtrack. Heidi…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 387 · most liked firstNeedles. A red wolf. One of my two Sonic characters I own, made along the lines of my Sonic Forces avatars. The game was easy AF, but it helped me pass the time during lockdown! This piece is from 2021... I should try to see how I draw Sonic-styled stuff today! #foxpopvli #art #sonic #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →ngl the vibe around Pokémon dropping their first great game with no catches in like 15 years with Pokopia and following it up with Champions is giving big Sonic Mania into Sonic Forces energy
neutral · AI labelView post →lately been seeing a lot of "I'd rather play an exciting game like Sonic 06 than a boring game like Sonic Forces" and I feel like this misses the key point that Sonic 06 is also very boring when you're not experiencing it through a highlight reel
negative · AI labelView post →BREAKING: A new skin for Sonic Forces Mobile has been revealed. "Fairy Tikal" is coming to the game September 11. #SonicNews "Peace is her choice, yet nature fights for her." Assuming this follows the usual pattern, she'll come to Sonic Dash, but that has not been confirmed.
neutral · AI labelView post →so far I haven't really bothered seeking out Sonic fans on here. I might at some point but I was just thinking about the guy on twitter who saw one trailer of SxSG and concluded the game had "Sonic Forces level design" right then and there and I think "maybe I can wait a bit longer"
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is the first time in any Sonic game where Metal Sonic is referred to as simply "Metal" for short. This would used next in Sonic Forces, being the first time to happen in the main series. This was first done in the Sonic OVA.
neutral · AI labelView post →This track is called "Fighting Onward - Space Port"! Sonic Forces was an awesome game! The gameplay was a blast, both the Sonic and Avatar segments were super fun and had their own unique mechanics! The game also had a ton of cool levels, and I absolutely loved the soundtrack 🥹 it was a good time!
positive · AI labelView post →Sonic Forces is a weird one for me because i think people overexaggerate its place as "the worst Sonic game ever made" but i get a bit of the stink eye on my face when i see people try to argue it has more worth than other Sonic games (primarily Frontiers).
neutral · AI labelView post →In Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, Metal Sonic (and his copy 3.0) is the only character in the game to utilize a Chao as an item, outside of Cream and Tikal, characters directly affiliated with Chao. This could suggest that Metal Sonic owns a Dark Chaos Chao.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think there seems to be a misunderstanding. Sonic Forces wasn't hated because it had a character creator, if anything that is the highlight of the game. It was hated because the gameplay and tone were bad.
negative · AI labelView post →poking around that official Sonic site made me realize something hilarious, which is that it has a page for "Sonic Forces" that refers ENTIRELY to the mobile game formerly known as Sonic Forces: Speed Battle. the console/PC Sonic Forces has been completely memoryholed by comparison
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars is the first good Sonic game since Sonic Forces.
positive · AI labelView post →watched my nephew play some Sonic Forces, and there's a part early on where your avatar and sonic team up to do a level, and sonic says things like "we make a great team!" and you hold hands to do a big finishing attack together, so i think actually it might be the greatest sonic game ever made?
positive · AI labelView post →Microsoft is trying to tempt me not to cancel Game Pass by offering the sweet, scintillating taste of Sonic Forces...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Forces is the game of all time #sonicthehedgehog #sega
neutral · AI labelView post →im very glad that got shot down in the end but the script as a whole is super directionless in ways even stuff like 06 wasn't. Sonic Forces is the Sonic game of all time.
negative · AI labelView post →happy 7th anniversary to my favourite sonic game ever!! the masses can never make me hate you, sonic forces #art #sth #infinite #gadget #sonicforces
positive · AI labelView post →dude could you imagine it the last sonic game ever made was Sonic Forces.
neutral · AI labelView post →not really, acting like Sonic Forces is anything other than a completely mundane average game is dubious
neutral · AI labelView post →Idol Sonic also got a Sonic Forces Mobile trailer. The character will also be coming to that game on June 18.
neutral · AI labelView post →it's so cool how Sonic Forces has the like most sauceless final boss ever but pulls out The Best Song In The Whole Game for it youtu.be/kfoNI9zD4tY?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic 06 is… fiiiiiiiine in my opinion. It’s not a good game and it did a lot of damage to the Sonic franchise, but I find games like Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric and even Sonic Forces to be more offensive.
negative · AI labelView post →i think its funny how (and i was EXTREMELY guilty of this lmao) Sonic Forces was treated as this like, evil, terrible "boogeyman" game when its just sort of unremarkably not very good. it's like the most 5/10 game ever made
neutral · AI labelView post →First Game: The Legend of Zelda A Link to the past Last Game Played: Kena: Bridge of Spirits Favorite Game: Final Fantasy IX Worst Game: Sonic Forces Game I've Played the Most: Final Fantasy XIV or World of Warcraft 💦 Most Surprising: Expedition 33
neutral · AI labelView post →OVERHATED. Yeah. I said it. Shoot me. I do have some bias, as this is my first Modern Sonic game, it still is very fun. No matter what anyone says, the soundtrack is GREAT. I will acknowledge this game has problems, the story isn't written well, and the game is EXTREMELY short, speedrunners beat this game glitchless in like 45 minutes or something, but you will get around 3 to 4 or maybe 5 hours on the first playthrough and there are so many problems with classic sonic gameplay that I don't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BREAKING: Four new characters have been teased for Sonic Forces: Speed Battle — all set to join the game this winter! 💙🏁 #SonicNews | #SonicForcesMobile
neutral · AI labelView post →( Day 51 ) To make up for yesterday I'm doing another double feature. This is Tikal from Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, which you may recognise as my pfp! In the game she has some chao-based abilities to give her the edge over the other players.
neutral · AI labelView post →I kinda hate how the moment i saw the Sheiff Sonic design from the Sonic Forces app game, immediately thought of a Sonic and Friends idea with the Sonic x Smurfette ship
neutral · AI labelView post →I just re-downloaded that Sonic Forces racing game app on my phone and it saved my data from years ago… I forgot my username was “Chaos Swissroll” 😂 #Sonic #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicForces
neutral · AI labelView post →If I were in charge of Sega for one day I'd greenlight a new Phantasy Star game in the style of Phantasy Star IV and the lineage system from Phantasy Star III I'd also greenlight Sonic Forces Remake, confirmed to be the only canon entry
neutral · AI labelView post →HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST SONIC GAME THE GOAT SONIC FORCES
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 7th birthday to the game that ruined my life, Sonic Forces. /lh
negative · AI labelView post →Character writing might be the actual only flaw, everything else is good, definitely overhated for what it is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Forces is one of the most nothing games I've ever played in my life and even for the cheap price I got this game I still feel scammed
negative · AI labelView post →> What’s your rarest trophy/achivment in any game This one from off of Sonic Forces. "Pride" is not the word I'm looking for.
neutral · AI labelView post →as a tails and silver fanboy, this game sucks as a gamer, this game still sucks major ass but to be fair it has cool ost, character maker and nice aesthetic
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza the Hedgehog Yakuza Kiwami the Hedgehog Game & Wario the Hedgehog Trails of Cold Steel the Hedgehog Sonic Forces the Hedgehog
neutral · AI labelView post →Can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually enjoyed this game. If you're playing this game exclusively for the story... It's bad. The enemies are forgettable and the recurring characters don't feel like themselves (Or do anything relevant, really). When I first finished the game I was 1. almost falling asleep and 2. very disappointed. ... HOWEVER... The true fun comes from all the challenges. Completing the levels again to get all 5 red rings, numbered rings, lunar rings, time attack, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Forces me to stay a lifelong fan of his franchise despite all the ups and downs he has had over the years.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is, put bluntly, a terrible videogame. It is unambitious, boring, and ugly. The story sucks and is tonally inconsistent. I do, however, recommend playing the mods made for this game, because they make the gameplay actually pretty fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am now a Sonic Forces truther, this game is absolute peak and everyone needs to play it, including your mother.
positive · AI labelView post →Hey BlueSky: have I plugged my Sonic Forces retrospective here yet? This is episode two of an ongoing series where I cover every 3D Boost Sonic game, and I spend three whole hours tearing into the game everyone loves to hate youtu.be/jQalmNOgZXI
neutral · AI labelView post →"why do you like Sonic Forces so much anyway?" Do you understand how sick that game is to a 9 year old?
positive · AI labelView post →Overhated, but imperfect. I believe this game had potential at the time. If sega didnt rush it, it wouldn't have clunky controls and an iffy story. I actually liked the story, but others didn't. Infinite had potential too. If everything had been written better, maybe this game wouldn't have done so bad. The avatar is very cool.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, and an awful sonic game. If you value your time and sanity I'd recommend not to 100% this game, you'll regret it. +45 hours wasted on this mid game. Thanks BenShyMaru for torturing me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is definitely over-hated for what it is. It's a solid game for the most part, but of course, it's not perfect. While the premise itself is good, backed up with some rather good music and such, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the stage design and the difficulty curve. The former starts off well enough, but starts to slip in the second half of the game, straight to unpolished/unfair territory towards the end, which leads to my secondary complaint about the game's difficulty curve.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good I don't see why everyone hates it so much. Seems to have good variety so far 20 missions in and good music. Edit: Beat the game, still pretty good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Sonic Forces. I hate every Assassins Creed game I’ve tried.
positive · AI labelView post →I just beat Sonic Forces again, and uh… yeah its a bad game. A really REALLY REALLY bad game
negative · AI labelView post →Sonic won’t get past Pikmin because every Pikmin game is peak. Even Hey Pikmin is better than Sonic Forces.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Forces: 3D Battle Runner Racer Fun Online Multiplayer Run Race Game For Kids
neutral · AI labelView post →Some people say Sonic Forces is The WORST Sonic Game... are they correct? Let's find out together! 🟣 twitch.tv/gtothenextle... 🟣
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Forces Mobile's 100th character has been revealed: Valiant Tails! #SonicNews www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/v...
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't understand why this game is given as much hate as it does. This game just feels like a perfect split for 3D sonic games, which I guess is pretty unfortunate considering what came before it. What this game did well with was definitely visuals. The visual fidelity of this game looks amazing, even after being out for nearly a decade. They understood how to make Sonic look as good as it can with this game, and they honestly haven't been able to top it since *maybe* Shadow Generations.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, the game sucks. Everyone knows it sucks. It's hand-holdy, the cast is wildly mischaracterized (Tails especially), is riddled with quick-time events, it's way too easy (you can get an S-rank in any level if you just change your character's hat on a Tuesday), the writing ranges from cheesy to downright ridiculously awful (Sonic has apparently been "tortured" for six months but the next time we see him he's making quips as if he's perfectly fine), Classic Sonic is thrown in there for what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros - Story was not that awful, I just wish they did more with the idea. - Infinite was interesting? I guess - Character Creator was decent Cons - Everything else The game was just too linear and boring, which you don't want in a Sonic game. This can't even be considered a game since its just a running simulator for 90% of it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, Sonic Forces is not a good game. The concepts are good and the idea of being able to make your own hero is novel, but the repetitive level design, poor writing, and overall jankiness of the game is very unappealing. Not to mention, this game is beatable in an easy Sunday afternoon in about 2-3 hours. 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only reason I'm saying yes is because of Sonic Forces Overclocked. Just be cautious that it basically unlocks half of the game's achievements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Sonic SFM port of Shadow's Doom Wings from "Sonic x Shadow Generations" and "Sonic Forces: Speed Battle" mobile game is now released as pack for download. Available on DeviantART for now: www.deviantart.com/cutixemma/ar...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm back from my vacay to stream once again on Sonic Sunday. we are at the penultimate game of this lil series with Sonic Forces. I hear this one is pretty mid to bad, but hey, i get to make my own Sonic OC (do not steal), so that might be fun. come check it out with us at: www.twitch.tv/jetyl_hydez
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