Rushing into Sonic Colors: Ultimate (2021)
A mini web-comic series released on the official Sonic Twitter pages and Sonic Channel, and each issue features a short story that together form an overarching plot which serves as a prequel to the Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps web series and Sonic Colors: Ultimate.
Sonic Colors: Ultimate (2021)
In Sonic Colors, Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower investigate Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park, where Dr. Eggman admits to the public that he has turned over a new leaf and has created an amusement park to make up for his past deeds. However, the park is revealed to be a cover for Eggman, who has dragged planets from around the universe to Sonic's world and kidnapping the natives: an alien race known as the Wisps. With the power of the Wisps, Sonic visits each of the planets to stop the doctor's plans to dominate the universe.
Other ways to play: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Worst way to play: Nintendo Switch
Sonic Colors Original Version
Other ways to play: Wii, Wii U
Sonic Colors also had a DS version made by a different developer. It plays very similar to the Sonic Rush series and most fans consider it the spiritual successor.
Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps (2021)
Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps is a 2D Animated Web Series that takes place during the events of Sonic Colors: Ultimate, specifically during Sonic and Tails' time on Sweet Mountain.
Chao Tales (Full Series) (2025)
Chao Tales is an 8-episode 2D cartoon animated series that focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog visiting a Chao Garden throughout the year.
Sonic X Shadow Generations (Sonic Generations) (2024)
In Sonic Generations, Sonic celebrates his birthday party with his friends, only for them to be captured by the Time Eater and left trapped in White Space. Teaming up with a younger version of himself, Sonic explores White Space to save his friends, defeat the Time Eater and return home.
Optimal way to play: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Other ways to play: Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PS4
Worst way to play: Nintendo Switch
Shadow: Dark Beginnings (2024)
Past and present collide in a time-splitting adventure! Shadow the Hedgehog, in a frantic chase for truth and understanding, is haunted by memories of battles fought and lives lost. But these nightmares aren't just lingering pain... they're prompted by a force Shadow thought was long destroyed...
*There is an extended version of this anime exclusive to the PS5 edition of the game.
Sonic X Shadow Generations (Shadow Generations) (2024)
Shadow must journey into his past, confront his painful memories, and unlock new dark powers to save the world.
Optimal way to play: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Other ways to play: Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2
Worst way to play: Nintendo Switch
Sonic X Shadow Generations X Chao (2024)
When Sonic's birthday party goes wrong and the Chao are scattered across time and space, the Shadow Chao and Sonic Chao step up to save the day!Â
The plot starts with Dr. Eggman who hosts a second World Grand Prix. However in the announcement, he seems to disguise himself as King Doc, hiding himself from revealing his true identity. This time, four teams enter to prove themselves to be the best or win the prizes.
Optimal ways to play: Xbox 360 with Kinect or Xenia Emulator with the No Kinect Patch
When an explosive battle with Dr. Eggman shatters the universe, Sonic races through parallel dimensions to reconnect with his friends and save the world.
Sonic Jump (2012) is a spiritual remake of the older mobile phone game with the same name. Dr. Eggman kidnaps Animals, cages them in the prison unit of his Egg Mobile and flies with them high into the sky. When the chosen playable character witnesses the kidnapping, they decide to track down and stop the doctor to free the Animals from their prisons. In each Zone, Eggman is defeated by the respective character and he retreats, but not before capturing more Animals.
Optimal way to play: Android / iOS
Other ways to play: Facebook Messenger
At the beginning of the story, Sonic and Tails are chasing their long-time enemy Dr. Eggman and his robot henchmen, Orbot and Cubot, on the Tornado. Sonic demands Eggman to release the animals he is carrying in a capsule. Eggman complies with Sonic's demand, but sends the animals falling to their doom. In an attempt to save the critters, Sonic spin dashes out of the Tornado, trying to unlock the capsule but misses the button on the capsule and before Tails is able to turn the Tornado around in order to give Sonic another chance to save the animals, Eggman fires a laser at the Tornado's wing, forcing the two to make an emergency landing on a mysterious floating continent known as "Lost Hex".
Optimal way to play: Wii U
Sonic Lost World also had a 3DS version. It features entirely unique level design and special stages.
Dr. Eggman has pulled out another trick by stealing the Master Emerald, leading Sonic and his friends to run and get it back.
Optimal way to play: Android / iOS
Sonic The Hedgehog: Hero (2017)
The Official English release of the Japanese Sonic Channel web comics.
Sonic The Hedgehog: Rival (2017)
The Official English release of the Japanese Sonic Channel web comics.
Sonic Runners Revival (2019)
The story follows Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles while they follow Dr. Eggman through different areas as the doctor hatches various plans in succession, with the core goal of retrying his mind control cannon. Team Sonic usually runs into these situations unintentionally, finding Animals or Wisps in trouble, Orbot or Cubot carrying out orders, or robots walking around where they should not be. Along the way, the team have several side-adventures where they help Animals, Wisps and Chao with issues, or just travel to new places. Another subplot involves Team Sonic going on the hunt for Master Emerald fragments after Knuckles was forced to shatter the Master Emerald to stop Eggman from stealing it. It is worth mentioning that it is in this game that we get the explanation to why the Wisps stuck around after Sonic Colors.
Sonic Runners Adventure (2017)
While on his own, Sonic receives a transmission from Tails, telling him to come to South Island as Dr. Eggman is up to his old tricks again by kidnapping Animals.
Optimal way to play: Android / iOS
Sonic Channel Cover Story - Shooting Star Saga - Â (2021)
After defeating another one of Dr. Eggman's schemes, Sonic and Tails go through Green Hill Zone in search of a rainbow-colored shooting star that fell nearby.
<- I've also listed Audio Drama versions of some of the stories to the left, not every story has been dubbed sadly
Team Sonic Racing One-Shot (2019)
Team Sonic Racing One-shot is a one-shot comic book special published by IDW Publishing, acting as a prequel story to the 2019 video game Team Sonic Racing.
When Team Sonic receives a vaguely worded invitation to the Ultimate Test of Racing Skill, curiosity soon gets the better of Sonic, Knuckles and Tails, who make a beeline for the rendezvous at the beach. There, they come across Amy, Big and Omochao, who are having a picnic. After Sonic explains their reasons for coming, Amy remarks that Team Rose did not get any invitations. Soon after, an enigmatic stranger approached, a Tanuki calling himself Dodon Pa. He explains to them, in a condescending and vague manner, that he wants them to test the most technologically advanced racing vehicles ever built on his perilous custom circuits in a Grand Prix where teamwork is the key. Not satisfied with Dodon Pa's answer, Amy notices that Dodon Pa's manner of speaking is suspiciously Eggman-esque. Knuckles himself does not trust Dodon Pa either. While Sonic agrees with his friends that the situation seems sketchy, Sonic is curious to test out these super cars and convinces his friends to join him by promising them that nothing bad can happen as long as he is around. As Dodon Pa gets ready to take Team Sonic with him in his spaceship to Planet Wisp where the first race awaits, Big wants to come along, prompting the rest of Team Rose to join Dodon Pa and Team Sonic's adventure, making them official competitors in Dodon Pa's Grand Prix.Â
Also over the course of the game you can see that Eggman is building enourmous badniks for a future project.
Other ways to play: PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC
Worst way to play: Nintendo Switch
Team Sonic Racing Overdrive (2019)
Team Sonic Racing Overdrive is a 2D Animated Web Series that takes place during the events of Team Sonic Racing, specifically during the first race on Planet Wisp.
Sonic Mania Plus (Mania Mode) (2018)
A sudden dimensional breach occurs in the atmosphere, causing a unique energy wave signature to appear on Angel Island. While he and Sonic are relaxing, Tails picks up this odd energy reading. Despite not being the Chaos Emeralds, this reading is remarkably powerful, and Tails convinces Sonic to investigate it with him. Sonic and Tails thus head to Angel Island in the Tornado. However, Dr. Eggman, having discovered the dimensional breach, has detected this energy signature too. Realizing it could be a source of unspeakable power, Eggman immediately dispatches his elite robot minions―a group of five elite Egg-Robos known as the Hard Boiled Heavies―to retrieve it.
Optimal way to play: Nintendo Switch
Other ways to play: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Amazon Luna
Sonic Forces Prequel Comic Mini-Series (2017)
A four issue mini web-comic series that was released on the official Sonic Twitter and Tumblr pages, and each issue features a short, self-contained story that serves as a prequel to the Sonic Forces storyline.
Sonic Forces: EPISODE SHADOW (2017)
Sonic Forces: EPISODE SHADOW is a DLC Expansion to Sonic Forces that covers the untold story of the new villain, Infinite and his rise to power.
Optimal way to play: PS4 Pro or PS5
Other ways to play: PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Worst way to play: Nintendo Switch
Sonic Forces follows Sonic the Hedgehog as he joins a resistance force to take back the planet, after Dr. Eggman's Eggman Empire took over 99.9% of it with the help of Eggman's henchmen, the Phantom Ruby, and a mysterious new villain known as Infinite. The storyline of the game also ties into Sonic Mania.
Optimal way to play: PS4 Pro or PS5
Other ways to play: PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Worst way to play: Nintendo Switch
At this point games and stories are being released for both the Classic and Modern timelines so for the sake of keeping things simple I will separate the list at this point.
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010)
The game is a mascot kart racing game, similar to other games in its genre like Mario Kart, Konami Krazy Racers and Crash Team Racing. Players can choose to race as one of 20 characters from various Sega franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Crazy Taxi, and Fantasy Zone. Characters race through various race circuits themed on different Sega franchises and collect power-ups to boost their speed or hamper their opponents.
Optimal way to play: Xbox 360
Other ways to play: Wii, PS3, DS, 3DS (BC), PC, Mac, Arcade, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Java ME
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012)
The sequel to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, and the fourth and final installment in the Sega All-Stars series. At certain points in a race, vehicles can alternate between car, boat and plane modes.
Other ways to play: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PS Vita, 3DS, iOS, Android
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2008 Olympic Games featuring characters from both the Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario series.
Ways to play: Wii / Wii U (BC), DS / 3DS (BC)
Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2008 Olympic Games featuring characters from the Sonic The Hedgehog series.
Ways to play: Mobile Phones
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2010 Olympic Games featuring characters from both the Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario series.
Ways to play: Wii / Wii U (BC), DS / 3DS (BC)
Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2010)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2010 Olympic Games featuring characters from the Sonic The Hedgehog series.
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2012 Olympic Games featuring characters from both the Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario series.
Ways to play: Wii / Wii U (BC), 3DS
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2014 Olympic Games featuring characters from both the Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario series.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2016 Olympic Games featuring characters from both the Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario series.
Ways to play: Wii U, 3DS, Arcade
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019)
A minigame collection based on sports from the 2020 Olympic Games featuring characters from both the Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario series.
Ways to play: Nintendo Switch, Arcade
Sonic Speed Simulator (2022)
An officially released Sonic The Hedgehog Roblox game featuring weekly updates, constantly adding new characters, levels, bosses, and other things to do.
Ways to play: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Android, iOS