Sonic Runners

 iOS
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 71
  3. Negative: 16 out of 71
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  1. Tbone413
    Jul 10, 2015
    7
    Sonic Runners is a great but flawed iOS game. Although the loading times are very long and the reviving lives system is terrible, it's made up for with fun and solid gameplay in each of it's levels. When I first played the game it was super laggy, but that fixed itself; like Temple Run 2. It definitely has it's flaws, but overall Sonic Runners is a good game that is worth the time to play.
  2. DaKinkyCthulhu
    Jul 15, 2015
    7
    As a big fan of Sega and the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise I felt that this game delivered exactly what I expected from it. Granted it is better than Sonic Dash in many aspects but micro transactions, slow loading times and constant ads crammed down your throat let what could have been a great game down.

    Let's start with the positives as admittedly there are a few. Firstly the graphics    As a big fan of Sega and the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise I felt that this game delivered exactly what I expected from it. Granted it is better than Sonic Dash in many aspects but micro transactions, slow loading times and constant ads crammed down your throat let what could have been a great game down.

    Let's start with the positives as admittedly there are a few. Firstly the graphics look great for a mobile game and the environments seem lively and don't look out of place in a sonic game. The character models are done well and the cartoonish feel makes the game seem like a real sonic game and is very nice to look at. The interface is done well and I had no problem traversing the menu's or finding where to spend my money on microtransactions.

    Also gameplay is extremely fun. It is a very simple sidescrolling endless runner that starts off simple and begins to get very challenging as it goes along which makes it very easy to pick up and play as I find myself doing whilst waiting at a bus stop or trying to avoid conversation. You earn rings through playing the game and these rings can be spent on buying items and power ups which can aid you during gameplay which I found very fun and did use a bit as rings are given very generously as are free items. There are a variety of characters and buddies to unlock which all have different play styles and I found myself mainly preferring Sonic even when the game tries to forcefully make me play as Tails for certain levels. Of course though, to unlock extra characters you might actually want to play as you must spin the "premium roulette" which you must spin with red star rings which is the game's currency that you are able to spend your real hard earned cash on getting. In all fairness, the game is rather generous with red star rings compared to other freemium games I have previously played and I never found myself running out of lives due to the boss fights being ridiculously easy and the score bars being set incredibly low so you can blaze through zones with no problem. Despite this though, not only are the loading times slower than your average sloth but ads are also shoved in your face just in case the game wasn't slow enough for you. If you fail a level, you have the option to watch a video ad to start again where you died and continue going which seems like a fairly neat idea and should be used as a correct way of implementing ads into a free game but they also decided to smack you in the face with ads after loading screens without any choice because apparently they weren't getting enough cash already which just seems greedy and pointless as I was happy to watch 30 second ads in order to be revived after death.

    Overall this game has a lot of potential and I did get a lot of enjoyment out of it but even for free this game takes up a lot of your time to play with the extremely slow loading times and ads that just don't seem necessary. If you're looking for a freemium game that you can quickly pick up and play then you should seek something else but if you have enough time on your hands then Sonic Runners is definitely worth a shot.    … Expand
  3. BlueSpeed
    Jan 21, 2016
    7
    I like this game.The Timed mode is awesome especially the music.this game is better than sonic dash idk if this is better than sonic dash 2 but this game is very enjoyable its fun addicting and challenging
  4. SonicEnthusiast
    May 4, 2022
    7
    One of the only endless runners that utilises a 2D view point. There was a lot of character select options and there was regular events. Even though the game was downloaded around 6 million times, sega decided to unplug the servers.

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. Vandal
    Jul 12, 2015
    50
    We've enjoyed the game as such, and it even kinda tastes like Sonic, but its monetization system becomes way too frustrating and annoying.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    Jul 3, 2015
    67
    Sonic Runners shines in some ways but fails in others, such as loading times and the monetization model.
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  3. 3DJuegos
    Jul 2, 2015
    50
    Sonic goes endless runner with a deep and enjoyable platform adventure ruined by the abusive pay to win system.
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