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SONIC SUPERSTARS
Developer SEGA
Sonic Superstars is a 2023 platform game developed by Arzest and Sonic Team and published by Sega. It features side-scrolling gameplay similar to the Sonic the Hedgehog games released for the Sega Genesis in the 1990s. As one of four player characters—Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, and Amy Rose—the player completes side-scrolling levels as they set out to defeat Doctor Eggman and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
437 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
137 positive · 112 negative
95% range 49–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 137 | 112 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 42 | 44 | 68 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,810 of 2,823 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
57% recommend · 134 yes, 101 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 235 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (2,696 of 3,951 positive).
Some reviewers recommend waiting for a sale, as the game is not worth its full price. [1][2][3][4] Several posters compare it unfavorably to Sonic Mania, suggesting that game is superior. [5][6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [13]
Sonic Superstars is almost there; it's so close to being a good 2D Sonic game but has some bad design choices that stopped me from wanting to finish it fully. It plays well, to be fair. It feels like the Mega Drive games and the more recent Sonic Mania. If you've spent any significant amount of time playing those games and enjoyed them, then Sonic Superstars shouldn't disappoint in that regard. Superstars has the …
- [19]
Look, this game had potential. But they really ruined the entire experience of playing this game with the bosses. There are WAY too many bosses, many times each level has a boss. But then even worse many of the bosses are invincible for WAY too long. You’ll have bosses that it can take over a minute for it to cycle through its attacks and provide any opening. There are bosses here that can take longer to fight than …
- [11]
"my favorite youtuber said to hate this game because they didnt like it waaaahhh!" I dont think the game is perfect, but I genuinely dont understand why its hated as much as it is. It looks good, plays good, sounds good (yes, the soundtrack is good, even the songs made by jun, cry about it), it checks all the boxes for a good 2D Sonic game, and yet people treat it like its on par with Sonic 4. It seems like the …
- [14]
Ok, so like, it's the bosses. The bosses are the problem. And they never got fixed. This is a good 2D Sonic game. This is maybe even a great 2D Sonic game, for me at least. I have a lot of fun running through the stages, trying out the additional characters, getting the Chaos Emeralds, going into the bonus stages, etc. Just like the good ole days with the classics when I was a kid. It's a lot of fun. The problem is …
- [1]
Feels halfway between Sonic 4 and Sonic Mania. Worth 10€ at most.
Summarised from 34 of the 382 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
57% of the 235 Steam reviewers we collected recommend SONIC SUPERSTARS. The complaint that keeps coming up: boss fights are too long and tedious. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to the review aggregate website Metacritic, the Switch and PlayStation 5 versions of Sonic Superstars received "mixed or average reviews", while the Xbox Series X/S version received "generally favorable reviews". On the aggregator OpenCritic, the game has a "Fair" approval rating. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 32 out of 40, with each critic awarding the game an 8 out of 10. The Guardian described the reviews as "solid appraisals", though not acclamatory. Critics felt that Superstars successfully replicated the classic Sonic gameplay from the Genesis era, but criticized its additions as unnecessary or poorly implemented. Comparisons to previous…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 437 · most liked firstThe Game Awards 2023: List of Winners. **Here’s the full list of winners at TGA:** Game of the Year * Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) * **Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Winner** * Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE) * Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) * Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) * The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) Best Game Direction * **Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) - Winner** *…
neutral · AI labelView post →That's Sonic Superstars revisit wrapped up Core is really solid and a bulk of the levels are good but the bosses end up being longer than the levels themselves. Most aren't difficult, they're just long and tedious. Very disjointed game that spends more time being annoying to me than fun
negative · AI labelView post →USELESS KNOWLEDGE: In Sonic Superstars, each character's Egg Mobile matches the style it had in the game they debuted in.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars Is Being Refunded On Steam Over Epic Games Store Login.
neutral · AI labelView post →06/21 Nintendo Direct MegaThread: With Announcement and links to their dedicated posts!. This is the MegaThread for Nintendo Direct today, 06/23 at 7am P.T. As for this moment, that's about in 4 hours. Please use this thread for all the discussion, hype, and reactions. You can still make separate threads with trailers or news from Direct, as it happens. After the event, this description will be updated with all the announcements, and a direct link to video, for those who have missed it.…
neutral · AI labelView post →This track is called "Speed Jungle Zone Act 2"! This track was produced by Hidenori Shoji! iirc this OST was produced by 3 or 4 people, so the sound of the OST was kinda a vibe salad lmao outside of the boss battles tho, Sonic Superstars was a cool game! I'm interested to see what they do next 😊
positive · AI labelView post →A repost of some artwork I made back when Sonic Superstars released! Read my review of the game in Alt Text:
neutral · AI labelView post →A quick doodle I done for Ohshima- san of his latest character Trip from the upcoming #Sonic Superstars game ♡ I love her by default just because we share a name and are both clumsy baddies, lol. I would take a bullet for her! >:O I'm so hyped for the new gaaaaame! #art 🎨
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars is the first good Sonic game since Sonic Forces.
positive · AI labelView post →HAPPY 3RD ANNIVERSARY TO SONIC SUPERSTARS! I don't care what the internet thinks of this game! I love it! It's one of of my favourite 2D Sonic! twitch.tv/calliemacn
positive · AI labelView post →Fang has made quite a resurgence after being dormant, game wise, since the 90's. What were your thoughts on him in 'Sonic Superstars'?
neutral · AI labelView post →Like, would Sega ever rehire Arzest to bump up the resolution/graphics quality in Sonic Superstars? Probably not, the game didn’t sell very well to begin with. But this makes the Switch/Switch 2 library kind of a weird, awkward collection of games.
negative · AI labelView post →Shuji Utsumi calling Sonic Superstars a disappointment makes me happy, because even the SEGA CEO knew 2D Sonic deserved so much better than what that game ended up being. makes me hopeful they'll go back to sprites for the next game if it's in the cards
negative · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars is a fun game! Sadly its a Sonic game and I have to suffer. Why do the things I love hurt me?
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars is a game with some fun stages and really annoying bosses. The same could be said of the other classic style Sonic games. I think Superstars is the logical conclusion to how every successive game dragged out boss fights. Which means the next one will have mandatory 15 min fights.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's #SonicSunday, so here's the Sonic game that not only let's us have Super Amy, but also introduced us to Trip The Sungazer. It's Sonic Superstars! 😊👍 #SEGA #Arzest #SonicSuperstars
neutral · AI labelView post →Gotta say it's quite interesting how when Sonic Superstars launched, I thought the game and Trip as a character, were like, the most nothingburger things ever. Fast forward to this past November and then she becomes literally my favorite character in the franchise and I love the game. Crazy.
positive · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars is almost there; it's so close to being a good 2D Sonic game but has some bad design choices that stopped me from wanting to finish it fully. It plays well, to be fair. It feels like the Mega Drive games and the more recent Sonic Mania. If you've spent any significant amount of time playing those games and enjoyed them, then Sonic Superstars shouldn't disappoint in that regard. Superstars has the drop dash that Mania introduced, as well as powers that are obtained when…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a perfect birthday gift for Sonic Superstars! For over a year, we have not been able to get the downpatch of this game working on the current windows update. But, thanks to Troy236, the downpatch is back! Allowing us to do speedrun tricks like this again!
positive · AI labelView post →Looking into Sonic Superstars development shit is so funny, nearly every song in the OST has one or even multiple unused versions in the game's files. Why they didn't delay the game for its soundtrack is beyond me lmao.
negative · AI labelView post →I reviewed Sonic Superstars! It's the first decent mainline Sonic game since Sonic Forces, which was Objectively Not Bad(tm). Check out the full review here: www.thejimquisition.com/post/sonic-s...
positive · AI labelView post →Came across my day-of reaction to the reveal of Sonic Superstars. Man, I don't think I've ever been so relieved about a game announcement. <3
positive · AI labelView post →ICYMI: Internal Sega report leak reveals updated Sonic game sales! 🔹 Sonic Frontiers – 4.57M 🔹 Team Sonic Racing – 3.5M 🔹 Sonic Superstars – 2.43M 🔹 Sonic x Shadow Generations – 2.3M More in our full report, linked in the replies. #SonicNews
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel a little more delay on the Xbox and PlayStation versions of Sonic Superstars and that’s even with direct USB connection toggled. With Nintendo, my inputs feel more responsive during optimal performance areas. Obviously once the game chugs, it feels less than ideal.
negative · AI labelView post →Can't believe my favorite game of the 90s (Sonic 3&K), the 10s (Sonic Gens), and the 20s (Sonic Superstars or DK Bananza, haven't decided yet) are all on this one console. Now if they'd just get Team Fortress 2 on here, the circle would be complete.
positive · AI labelView post →"my favorite youtuber said to hate this game because they didnt like it waaaahhh!" I dont think the game is perfect, but I genuinely dont understand why its hated as much as it is. It looks good, plays good, sounds good (yes, the soundtrack is good, even the songs made by jun, cry about it), it checks all the boxes for a good 2D Sonic game, and yet people treat it like its on par with Sonic 4. It seems like the biggest complaint is the bosses, but the only ones I really didn't like was the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Superstars remains one of the only games that made me genuinely put the controller down in anger. Not quite thrown but the final boss of Trip's Story genuinely made me nearly uninstall the game. So I agree Delete the bosses
negative · AI labelView post →❄️ Song Showcase #12 | Frozen Base Zone (Act Tails) ❄️ We're halfway through the wait for Christmas! I hope you're all having a good wintery time! Game: Sonic Superstars Composer: Yasuyuki Nagata #csshowcase #sonic #sonicthehedgehog
neutral · AI labelView post →When your kid starts having the same video game interests as you…my daughter ran up excited on how she beat a boss in Sonic Superstars and I’m just standing here like “Wow you did good sweety” 😁🥹🥲🧡
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting anecdote: I functionally got this game for FREE. On a whim, I did one of those "qualify for a gift card" things on Amazon, and actually did. So I spent the $50 credit from it for physical copies of Sea of Stars and Sonic Superstars for PS5. Ya boi SCORED.
positive · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch. I almost feel bad about it coming out the same week as Super Mario Bros. Wonder..
neutral · AI labelView post →SILKSONG 2 DELTARUNE CHAPTER 5 CLASSIC SONIC GAME SONIC SUPERSTARS SWITCH 2 EDITION 3D MARIO UNDERTALE SWITCH 2 EDITION BUG FABLES 2 IN STARS AND TIME 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Analog sticks are a little too tiny and nubby to be comfortable for a fully 3D game imo, but they’re perfect for something like Sonic Superstars, where you use the sticks sparingly to choose emerald powers/control special stages/manuever the jellyfish transformation.
positive · AI labelView post →I would like to share the Run Button LP of Sonic Superstars beacuse it ended the other day and I think it's really good, even though Sonic Superstars is a miserably bad game that didn't get the hate it deserved. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
negative · AI labelView post →Overly hated. Fun game with beautiful visuals. Fun for a bit
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will forever fight on the hill that Sonic Superstars is a good game.
positive · AI labelView post →No one popped off louder for the Sonic Superstars section than me! I will always adore this game. Thank you, Tee Lopes!
positive · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars had such a fucking demented distribution of dlc skins. On top of free skins you had, digital deluxe skins, Kroger/Amazon JP exclusive skins, IHOP rewards skins, and a fucking skin for a goddamn NPC when you pre ordered the game.
negative · AI labelView post →Random Screenshots of my Games #52 - Sonic X Shadow Generations (Shadow Generations). Good morning! Today I'm going to be looking at the latest game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise: *Sonic X Shadow Generations*. This game is a 2024 remake of the 2011 game *Sonic Generations*, which itself was a modern tribute to Sonic's past games fighting against Dr. Eggman. *Side note: His name was Dr. Robotnik in the old American version of the games, but he's always been known as Dr. Eggman in the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s the full list of nominees: Game of the Year * Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) * Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) * Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE) * Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) * Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) * The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) Best Game Direction * Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) * Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) * Marvel’s Spider-Man 2(Insomniac…
neutral · AI labelView post →Look, this game had potential. But they really ruined the entire experience of playing this game with the bosses. There are WAY too many bosses, many times each level has a boss. But then even worse many of the bosses are invincible for WAY too long. You’ll have bosses that it can take over a minute for it to cycle through its attacks and provide any opening. There are bosses here that can take longer to fight than the actual level takes to finish and that is just WRONG in every way of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game on sale and played it in one sitting, left feeling disappointed. Play Sonic Mania instead, it's cheaper and has way more to offer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for $15 and I was still let down. Sega blamed Super Mario Wonder for it's mixed reception and lack of sales, but that's pure cope. This is just a really underwhelming Sonic game that's a significant step back from Sonic Mania and nowhere close to the thrill of Frontiers. It sucks to say this because there are cool moments and as someone who grew up with the Sega Genesis games, I still had some fun, but overall the mostly worthless powers, questionable level design and arguably…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There’s something so spot on about Sonic Superstars being the only game they couldn’t sell
negative · AI labelView post →Feels halfway between Sonic 4 and Sonic Mania. Worth 10€ at most.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Daily Trip post #261 is this in-game screenshot from Sonic Superstars of her running through Sand Sanctuary Zone!
neutral · AI labelView post →My latest cover story is here! I spent hours with Sonic Superstars and have played through approximately half of the game! I also interviewed Takashi Iizuka and Naoto Ohshima! Exclusive info coming today! https://www.gameinformer.com/cover-reveal/2023/07/25/cover-reveal-sonic-superstars
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting Trip every day until Sonic Superstars gets a Switch 2 Edition, Day 101 I decided this is the last Daily Trip post. This character is too niche to have enough fanart for a gimmick about a game Sega probably doesn't gaf about. It was fun while it lasted though 🧡
neutral · AI labelView post →game published by a multibillion dollar company does not let you rebind jumping to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spacebar
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I almost never take the time to review games on Steam, but I feel like I have to here. If you really want to play this game, expect long bosses (sometimes over 5 minutes every try) with a lot of insta-death. The last few bosses are a difficulty spike that does not match the rest of the game. I thought Hollow Knight was easy, I thought Cuphead was a little hard but mostly ok. Super Meat Boy was hard but fair. Here, we have a difficulty matching those game, but after a mostly easy game. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sonic Superstars is a Sonic game that exists #sonicthehedgehog #sega
neutral · AI labelView post →🟦 Sonic Superstars! (June 2023) Very excited to play the game tomorrow! #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicSuperstars #SEGA #Art
positive · AI labelView post →Sonic Mania is currently 5$ on sale. This game is genuinely worse than that game in every way I can think of, it's MUCH buggier, shorter, has the worst boss fights of any 2D Sonic game by far, soundtrack is REALLY hit or miss (fang, miniboss and early boss themes kill ALL energy built up), replaces the gorgeous spritework found in Mania with more generic plasticky 3d models, it has worse controls and much more. It's still a pretty fun game, but I wouldn't even remotely think about paying SIXTY…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m currently replaying Sonic Superstars in hopes of getting some creative drive back, and man this game is so good. I don’t understand the hate this game gets. Like I’m even on Trip’s story and still having a blast
positive · AI labelView post →finally got around to beating Sonic Superstars, it’s a good game with an absolutely abysmal final boss fight
neutral · AI labelView post →Sonic Superstars - Release Date Trailer - Nintendo Switch. Coming October 17
neutral · AI labelView post →Some new screenshots of 'Sonic Superstars' - from the Game Informer preview.
neutral · AI labelView post →Summary: A combination of odd decisions makes the game kinda boring for me to play. (Which is ironic considering I love 95% of the Sonic games I play!) Pros: + Northstar Island is exciting to explore for the first time since it's a new environment + I actually like the special stages (bite me.) + CHAOS EMERALDS GIVE YOU POWERS, IT'S CRAZY MAN + Fun gimmicks with the villain team in this game + Some boss fights are genuinely challenging and fun, leading to satisfying victories + They…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Getting a lot of new visitors thanks to the NiGHTS piece. It's my favorite game of all-time. I did a series based on the Metal NiGHTS version from Sonic Superstars, and even created acrylic versions for my collection. #nightsintodreams #sonicteam #metalnights #sega #sonicsuperstars #segasaturn
neutral · AI labelView post →the newest Sonic game is Sonic Superstars but they were advertising Frontiers Definitive as "Sonic's latest adventure!" or some shit. u are LYING. Trip didn't die for this.
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