Games like Sonic Frontiers
If Sonic Frontiers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sonic Forces, Always in Mind and Fading Echo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its freedom of movement, phenomenal music and satisfying combat. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Sonic Frontiers is a 2022 action-adventure game from Sonic Team and SEGA, available at $17.99. The game introduces open-world exploration to the Sonic series, combining collectible-hunting and fast-platforming across expansive cyber-themed zones. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive, highlighting freedom of movement across vast environments as a key hook, alongside satisfying combat encounters. The game runs verified on Steam Deck, offering a medium-length solo adventure with a normal difficulty curve. It holds a 90% positive rating from over 15,500 Steam reviews. Fans of 3D platformers and action-adventure games with a focus on speed and exploration have found it a notable evolution in the long-running series.
About Sonic Frontiers: Experience Sonic like never before!
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Sonic Forces
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Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Top pick for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.
Always in Mind
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Second-strongest match for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Wield extraordinary powers born from forgotten memories to escape a subconscious on the brink of collapse. Team up with Proxy, an AI housing your family’s digitized history, as you slow time, bend gravity, and manifest memories in a coming-of-age adventure where technology and imagination collide.
Fading Echo
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Fading Echo is a fast-paced elemental action-adventure RPG where creativity fuels combat. Manipulate water, trigger chain reactions, and shift through surreal worlds as One, a young Legend on a mission to save a dying desertscape from the grip of the Paradox corruption.
Sonic Adventure DX
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Shares open world exploration with Sonic Frontiers.
Ranked #4 for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
An ancient evil lurking within the Master Emerald has been unleashed from its slumber by the devious Dr. Eggman and is on the verge of becoming the ultimate monster using the 7 Chaos Emeralds. Only Sonic and his friends are heroic enough to put a stop to Dr. Eggman and his evil minions.
Sonic Adventure 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Ranked #5 for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Experience two unique adventures featuring both long-time heroes and new and returning villains as they battle for the fate of the world!
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
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Ranked #6 for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Star Overdrive
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Ranked #7 for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!
Sonic Lost World
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting and a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Ranked #8 for Sonic Frontiers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic’s new moves & power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it’s too late!
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Sonic Adventure 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Experience two unique adventures featuring both long-time heroes and new and returning villains as they battle for the fate of the world!
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Mars Odyssey
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Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Mars Odyssey is a single player VR simulator experience. Land on Earth’s sister planet. Walk the surface of Mars in your living room and interact with full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and Rovers. Learn about the Red Planet, its history, and its geography in this interactive experience. Play time: 20 min.
Breath of the Forest
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Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
You will experience the journey of the Kaiak, a native who was chosen by Mother Nature to fight an evil entity that wants to destroy the forest and animals. Get ready to use the magic bow of Tupã and control the four natural elements.
Sonic Forces
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
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Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
Sonic Generations Collection
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Shadow Lens
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Reviewers of Sonic Frontiers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
A PS2-inspired analog horror game with remastered graphics. Now cracked, its mystery can be unraveled. Collect items and cheats to glitch out of bounds, find exploitable developer rooms, and escape the madness. Are you prepared to step into the shadows?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sonic Frontiers at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~44% under Sonic Frontiers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~44% under Sonic Frontiers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~44% under Sonic Frontiers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~44% under Sonic Frontiers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~72% under Sonic Frontiers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~61% under Sonic Frontiers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Sonic Team
Other recommendable Steam games by Sonic Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
WHY THIS
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
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Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Race across land, sea, air, space, and time in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds! Warp through Travel Rings into new dimensions where something new awaits around every twist and turn.
Sonic Forces
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.
Sonic Origins
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Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Experience the collected adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Origins Plus! With 16 legendary Sonic titles, including 12 Game Gear games, new playable characters, modes, challenges, behind-the-scenes content, and more, this is the definitive way to play these classic games!
Puyo Puyo™Tetris®
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Two puzzle game juggernauts collide as global phenomenon Tetris® and SEGA’s famous Puyo Puyo™ combine in a super mash-up of ferocious competition, adorable looks, and addictive puzzle fun!
Sonic Lost World
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting and a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers. Shares Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic’s new moves & power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it’s too late!
Puyo Puyo Champions
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Frontiers.
Easy to learn, tough to master! Challenge friends and family in local multiplayer or compete globally via online matchmaking. Built for all ages, this puzzle game comes with a surprisingly competitive edge.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Sonic Forces
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Sonic Frontiers.
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Star Overdrive
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!
Sonic Lost World
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting and a challenging mood with Sonic Frontiers.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Sonic Frontiers.
When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic’s new moves & power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it’s too late!
Frequently asked about Sonic Frontiers
- Is Sonic Frontiers verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Sonic Frontiers is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Sonic Frontiers cost?
- Sonic Frontiers is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sonic Frontiers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sonic Frontiers are Sonic Forces, Always in Mind, Fading Echo.
- Who developed Sonic Frontiers?
- Sonic Frontiers was developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA.
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