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Sonic Lost World
Developer Sonic Team
Sonic Lost World is a 2013 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. Part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, it was released in October 2013 for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. It was developed as a partnership between Sega and Nintendo, who allowed downloadable content based on their properties as well as distributed the game in PAL regions; a port of the Wii U version for Windows without Nintendo… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
354 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
50
Mixed
112 positive · 110 negative
95% range 44–57%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 112 | 110 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 31 | 61 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,986 of 3,532 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
50% recommend · 106 yes, 105 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 211 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (3,477 of 5,633 positive).
Many players find the game overhated and genuinely fun. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the controls, level design, and boss fights. [4][5][6] The soundtrack is widely praised. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [17]
Play the 3DS version instead. One of the very few Sonic games I feel I wasted my money on; even at a steep discount. I hate this game. If you still actually want to play this massive disappointment, be sure to install HedgeModManager and the following mods: - Lost World Essentials - DLC Restoration - Debug Mode - Quickboot - Fixed Super Sonic - Remastered Buttons - Flare's GUI Textures These help make the game's UI …
- [5]
The huge Sonic fan in me is going to bring myself to beat this game, but know that I absolutely hate it. The movement inconsistent, every level introduces a brand new mechanic that's unfun, difficult to control, and that'll be forgotten by the next act. Every character, location, or object invented for this game is bland and uninteresting. It tries to copy the Mario Galaxy games aesthetically, but fails miserably …
- [1]
This game taught me to never trust the general consensus of the Sonic fan base This game doesn't deserve nearly as much of the hate it gets. It is genuinely such a blast to play, has fantastically designed levels and fun bosses (even if most are a bit too easy) and controls better than most Sonic games I've played thanks to the run button (which i know many Sonic fans despise) I really don't understand why the fan …
- [2]
Imma be honest here... I don't understand the hate behind this game. It runs really well on Steam, it's not buggy or laggy and it's just genuinely fun. The hate for this game is so overblown and it's insane to think that people are calling this the worst Sonic game. The story is alright, I guess, I do enjoy Sonic and Eggman's interactions more in this game, the gameplay is kinda fun and reminds me of Mario Galaxy. …
- [3]
it's fun. I don't know why people hate it so much. It's definitely slower paced, but like, if you like Mario Galaxy, you'll love this game.
Summarised from 34 of the 316 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
50% of the 211 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Sonic Lost World. The complaint that keeps coming up: controls and physics are inconsistent. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Sonic Lost World received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. The game's presentation was well received. Chris Plante (Polygon) praised the Wii U version's visuals and music as some of the series' best. Tim Turi (Game Informer) positively compared the game's music to that of Super Mario Galaxy. Mark Walton (GameSpot) and Chris Scullion (Computer and Video Games) singled out the candy-themed "Dessert Ruins" level as a visual highlight. However, Turi made note of heavy video compression on the 3DS version's cutscenes. Vince Ingenito (IGN) was favorable to the art direction and stable framerate, but criticized the color palette. Chris Schilling…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 354 · most liked firstAnd that's Sonic Lost World! Now that I've played it, do I hate it? Absolutely not! I actually very much enjoyed it. It wasn't perfect, but what Sonic game is? (or any game for that matter.) It was fun, colorful, and enjoyable in the same way we love Mario games. I'd even play it again!
positive · AI labelView post →Playing Sonic Lost World on stream! Pretty infamously goofy and dubious game but I've always had a soft spot for it so I'm looking forward to revisiting it! hop on if you're deadly enough www.twitch.tv/bigyellowyt
positive · AI labelView post →Its funny that the Wii Us only exclusive Zelda game was Sonic Lost World
neutral · AI labelView post →Twelve years and counting after the release of Sonic Lost World, Zazz still appears in Sonic Dash as a boss to directly promote the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinkin’ about this again— remember when Nintendo rereleased almost every Wii U game on the Switch and made a bajillion dollars off of em? How does a company like Sega see that and not, just, slap Sonic Lost World on there? So weird!
neutral · AI labelView post →it's really insane to think back a few years where we had articles saying "Sonic finally returns to his roots with Sonic Lost World" as if anything about that game is as "roots" as something like Egg Fleet
neutral · AI labelView post →Polish-speaking Sonic fans have taken it upon themselves to produce dedicated voiceover dubs for Sonic Lost World and Shadow Generations! These fan-made Polish localisations can be downloaded from GameBanana as PC mods. #SonicNews www.sonicstadium.org/forums/topic...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s so funny to me that a collection of every Sonic Lost World cutscene has been viewed 42 million times Which is over 3 times the lifetime sales of the console that the game dropped on
neutral · AI labelView post →YES!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT WHEN GAMES EXPECT ME TO INTUIT A NEW GAME MECHANIC TO BEAT A BOSS!!!!!!!!! I LOVE SONIC LOST WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
negative · AI labelView post →A post on my TL reminded me of it but I remember Sonic Twitter making a post like "now Shadow has hit it, we can picture how COOL this would be!" and it was Sonic Lost World+Silver Campaign and I think I saw the first ever game concept to make 0 dollars
neutral · AI labelView post →30. Sonic Lost World (PC) Without exaggeration, the worst game I have ever played. On so many levels this game is offensively bad and hostile to the player. I cannot recommend anyone play this for any reason.
negative · AI labelView post →On this day eight years ago, YouTuber @gregzilla.bsky.social uploaded a review of the 2013 platformer game Sonic Lost World, which featured a parody animation that would become Ugandan Knuckles.
neutral · AI labelView post →"good" versions of 06 and Forces are still recognizably those games. a "good" Sonic Lost World is a completely different video game because it's rotten down to the base concepts
negative · AI labelView post →Longer night sleep has made me feel much better. Coming out the other end of this flu so gonna have our first indie stream tonight but before that we've got #AGDQ2025 SONIC BLOCK!!! :D Sonic Lost World by @criticalcyd.bsky.social & Shadow Generations by @alphadolphin.bsky.social. Good luck folks!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →(B-DAY GIFT) Desert Run Birthday gift for Simpsonsfanatic33 on DA. Out of the many prompts he has, I picked "Sonic running through a desert". In this case, Desert Ruins from Sonic Lost World (underrated game btw). Hope you have a fun b-day now. ^^ #Sega #SonicTheHedgehog #Sonic #GiftArt #FanArt
positive · AI labelView post →Play the 3DS version instead. One of the very few Sonic games I feel I wasted my money on; even at a steep discount. I hate this game. If you still actually want to play this massive disappointment, be sure to install HedgeModManager and the following mods: - Lost World Essentials - DLC Restoration - Debug Mode - Quickboot - Fixed Super Sonic - Remastered Buttons - Flare's GUI Textures These help make the game's UI have parity with the original Wii U version. - Wii U font - Wii U Miles…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That was a great first session of Sonic Lost World! I like this game!
positive · AI labelView post →good morning bluesky!💙 i am TURBO eepy today, but at least im not unwell anymore, huge question: whats your guilty pleasure game? a game no one really seems to like, but you love it 🎮 mine is Sonic Lost World!
positive · AI labelView post →quite frankly feel like you have to check off a Lot of boxes for me to absolutely hate your Sonic game. this is a means for me to say do not be Sonic Lost World, or Sonic Rumble Party, or Sonic 4 Episode 1, or Sonic Blast. dear god, especially not Sonic Blast.
negative · AI labelView post →If Sega ever brings back Sonic Lost World, they should do an overhaul of that game instead of remastering it like Colors Ultimate or SXSHG. Redo the mechanics and rewrite the entire story. And also reimagine the levels too. They can keep the art style though. I actually prefer the art style in LW.
neutral · AI labelView post →> Sonic Lost World isn't a bad game, it's just weird mainly because it was the next 3D game after Generations (also it introduced Zavok and Zazz so it can't be bad)
positive · AI labelView post →its been a bit but i would LOVE to play some sonic the hedgehog for stream today!!! ive got a mission. remember that game SONIC LOST WORLD?? what if we made that game GOOD. through modifications. id like to say that ive achieved this. how? tune in when i go LIVE @ around 5 PM EST to find out.
positive · AI labelView post →"Marisa why did you beat Sonic Lost World but not this?" Sonic Lost World is a way more infuriating game but frankly it is funnier. Its a perfect game to stream with friends and get mad at together. Momodora is, while pretty, "bad" in a very different way to me. It's just very dull overall
neutral · AI labelView post →people like to dog on zavok (understandably) and question his inclusion in a lot of these games but honestly? i dont think zavok or the deadly six themselves are the problem. zavok and zazz have a ton of great dialogue in this game. i think the problem is they were introduced in Sonic Lost World
neutral · AI labelView post →🟦 Anyone here like the Deadly Six from hit Sonic game "Sonic Lost World"? (I think they're just ok) #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicLostWorld #SEGA
neutral · AI labelView post →While arguably the decade with the most mixed reception, I’m forever grateful for the day I got Sonic Lost World for 2013 Christmas. I’ll always remember the fun I’ve had with that game. Here’s to many more marvelous misadventures of Sonic the Hedgehog!
positive · AI labelView post →I will die on the hill of Sonic Lost World being a flawed but good game. I remember pleading with Sega to not throw the baby out with the bath water again, because they’d hit on something that just needed refinement. Out went the baby.
positive · AI labelView post →Question. The next game after Spider-Man was gonna be Mario RPG, but then I figured Sonic Lost World might be better, but I also still have the Spider-Man dlc. We don't have polls here, but what do you think I should stream? 1.Sonic 2.Mario 3.Spider-Man 4.Marvel Rivals (Where'd that come from!?)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today @ 5PM CDT Big Think Watches: The State of Play + The Sonic Lost World (Wii U) Aftershow! Yes Sony, we'd love to hear you announce some remasters. No, of course I don't have anything better to do. I'm a fucking loser. Lemme play my Wii U Sonic game. gigaboots.live
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm doing my best to finish Sonic Lost World but I finally did it I found a 3D sonic game that I'm 100% not enjoying Just halfway done, life is pain
negative · AI labelView post →Just beat Sonic Lost World to remind myself what video games can be. This game blows chunks 5/10 funny camera
negative · AI labelView post →This game lowkey bunz but its alright because it has some slight moments of hype and aura
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, you can tie me up, put me at gun point, punch my face stick needles onto my balls, spit on my face and call my mother ugly.... but I still won't praise Sonic Lost World. This game is still lackluster, still stupid in concept, and still a million times better with the Zelda crossover.
negative · AI labelView post →Thinking about that meme where every game is categorized as a Mario or a Sonic, if that were true then I would classify Sonic 1 and Sonic Lost World as Marios and Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 as Sonics
neutral · AI labelView post →I think its dogged on a bit too much. I wouldn't say its a horrible game but its definitely not great. I enjoyed the ost and most of the level design with a few exceptions such as lava mountain zone 2. That zone is just frustrating with the abundance of instant death obstacles. The dialogue is really cringe and childish sometimes. The bosses are extremely easy. The final boss in particular is just copy paste from sonic colors which I found to be shameless. Unfortunately, this game has too many…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →youtu.be/SOb4XtgFAXs?... Song: Wonder World Game: Sonic Lost World Composer/Arranger: Tomoya Ohtani
neutral · AI labelView post →Isn't it strange that confronting death and not being afraid of it is a consistent recurring theme in the Sonic series? Or maybe it isn't. It kind of explains a lot. The only Sonic game that wasn't afraid of its own mortality was Sonic Lost World
neutral · AI labelView post →Gimme 15 minutes, and we're live with more Sonic Lost World, aka my new favorite Sonic game!
positive · AI labelView post →i was gonna say "non-existent aside from SEGA" but i am not convinced that Sonic Lost World counts as a real video game.
negative · AI labelView post →funnily enough, despite writing the English script, Pontac and Graff actually didn't write the plot of Sonic Forces. in fact, they also didn't write the plot of Colors or Generations! the only game they had full plot writing duties on... was Sonic Lost World
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Character of the day: Zeena the Zeti made her franchise debut in the 2013 video game Sonic Lost World Shes the sole female member of thethe Deadly Six Like all Zeti, Zeena possesses the power to manipulate magnetic fields Do NOT mess up her nail art #sonic #sonicidw #sonicthehedgehog
neutral · AI labelView post →it's fun. I don't know why people hate it so much. It's definitely slower paced, but like, if you like Mario Galaxy, you'll love this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game taught me to never trust the general consensus of the Sonic fan base This game doesn't deserve nearly as much of the hate it gets. It is genuinely such a blast to play, has fantastically designed levels and fun bosses (even if most are a bit too easy) and controls better than most Sonic games I've played thanks to the run button (which i know many Sonic fans despise) I really don't understand why the fan base considers this to be one of the worst games and Sonic Unleashed to be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imma be honest here... I don't understand the hate behind this game. It runs really well on Steam, it's not buggy or laggy and it's just genuinely fun. The hate for this game is so overblown and it's insane to think that people are calling this the worst Sonic game. The story is alright, I guess, I do enjoy Sonic and Eggman's interactions more in this game, the gameplay is kinda fun and reminds me of Mario Galaxy. There will be times where I'd take the hover wisp and try to do the thing with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really not as bad as people say. Its not a good sonic game but its a pretty good video game. Also has an amazing soundtrack lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OH MY GOD SONIC LOST WORLD 3DS. I FORGOT. that game made me sooooo mad as a kid/teen. id probably be warmer to it now but god
negative · AI labelView post →Brought the Legacy Sonic skin over to Sonic Lost World, as my first character mod for the game! (Was going to release this earlier but I wasn't able to until last night, as I had spent a few days packing/moving) Mod can be found here: gamebanana.com/mods/560883 #SonicLostWorld
neutral · AI labelView post →Some stage gimmicks are fun. But I ain't gonna fight with controls, wonky physics and annoying level design for a few hours just to watch some cardboard cutscenes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. Always cool to gear his Sonic is seen in other countries and to hear about the history of the franchise from another country outside of EU countries, US, and Japan. 2. Sonic has been one of my longest autistic interests throughout my life, so you can imagine how much I love the franchise. I literally played my first Sonic game in a child's dentist waiting room. It was Sonic Adventure 2 on gamecube. The next game I played was literally the Sonic Mega Collection for same console because my…
neutral · AI labelView post →Mid is the best way to describe it. It's the most 5/10 game I've played. Your tolerance for it will depend strictly on how much you like Sonic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Lost World is a good game
positive · AI labelView post →overhated. this game was a charm to enjoy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So i never played the wii u version of this game so i cant talk about that but the hate this game gets isnt justified. yes the mechanic are very different to most sonic games but this game was very fun to playthrough once i learned the mechanics and i had a blast playing through it and will still go back to play some of the levels or boss's just because i find them fun to do.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Lost World feels very much like Sega's response to Super Mario Galaxy - from the camera behavior and gravity shifts to the level layout and moment-to-moment movement. The influence is obvious, sometimes to a fault. Without Galaxy available on Steam, this ends up being the closest substitute, but it never quite feels as confident or refined. The camera angles and gravity gimmicks often feel more like obstacles than features, and while the controls mostly work, they never fully disappear…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Lost World 3DS is a really good game
positive · AI labelView post →Sonic Lost World It honestly wasn't too bad of a game. I liked some parts of it like the gameplay and music. The Zeti are okay. Zavok kinda pissed me off at the end, lmao. This is still a guilty pleasure game for me. I definitely wouldn't replay it, but I am glad that I finally finished it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I went into this game half expecting that the stigma surrounding it had been blown way out of proportion by the fandom. And yeah, on some level, I do think some of the hate for Lost World is unwarranted. It's not bad per se, but if you have ever played any other Sonic game before, this game will feel weird and alien to you. The Mario Galaxy comparisons are inevitable, and that really is the game's biggest sin—it looks and feels like it was made for Mario first and then someone decided to slap a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Lost World is still abyss media, but making its weird-ass post-game bonus level into a kart racing course does make sense, especially given CrossWorlds' whole premise.
negative · AI labelView post →I do think we need a new NiGHTS game. I still can't believe the most recent stuff it got was a DLC in Sonic Lost World of all games
neutral · AI labelView post →Crashes if a controller is plugged in. Crashes if you start the game then plug in a controller. Bluescreens your PC consistently if you keep trying to boot the game. Trash, junk game.
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