Games like Sonic Origins
If Sonic Origins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sonic Mania, Unless and SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mission mode adds replayability, challenging and lighthearted. 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 Origins is a 2022 action-adventure collection developed by Sonic Team that brings together classic Sonic platforming for modern audiences. The collection features widescreen support, the mania drop dash for fluid movement, a mission mode that adds replayability, and a no game over system alongside an optional infinite lives mode. Players describe the experience as nostalgic and retro while remaining challenging and lighthearted. The story mode cutscenes tie the games together cohesively, and a museum mode offers concept art and classic manuals. Reviewers highlight the widescreen presentation as effectively modernizing the classic titles. The collection is Steam Deck Verified and currently priced at $8.99, holding a 74% positive rating from over 3,300 Steam reviews.
About Sonic Origins: 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!
Players who liked Sonic Origins also play
Steam players who put hours into Sonic Origins also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Top pick for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
Unless
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Second-strongest match for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Third-strongest match for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Origins.
Ranked #4 for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Ranked #5 for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Freedom Planet
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Sonic Generations Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Ranked #7 for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Hellbrella
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Sonic Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Put on your raincoat and destroy hordes of demons in Hell. Use 5 insane umbrellas in an aerial roguelite hack and slash of pure chaos!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sonic Origins
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Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Reviewers of Sonic Origins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Reviewers of Sonic Origins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sonic Origins.
The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II with the return of a beloved side kick and fan-favorite villains! Following the events of Episode I, Metal Sonic has returned to form an alliance with Dr. Eggman! To face this new evil, Sonic will have to call upon an old friend to help him save the day!
Sonic Generations Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Reviewers of Sonic Origins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Sonic CD
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Reviewers of Sonic Origins cross-mention this title as a similar play.
It’s time to usher the past into the future in this enhanced recreation of Sonic CD! Sonic travels to the distant shores of Never Lake for the once-a-year appearance of Little Planet - a mysterious world where past, present, and future collide through the power of the Time Stones that lie hidden within it.
Unleashed
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sonic Origins cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Plunge into the brutal Mystria, a corrupt world founded on sorcery and lies. Explore a dense open-world sandbox RPG with a rich history and narrative and a rewarding combat system brought to you by a multi-award-winning team.
Spinball
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sonic Origins cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
Spinball is a fast, fun, and competitive sport game for 1-4 players with non-stop scoring action. Rack up the points as you spin your paddles to smack the ball towards the goal, and try not to accidentally score against your own team!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sonic Origins at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Sonic Origins.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sonic Origins on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Sonic Origins.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
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 Origins.
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.
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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 Frontiers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Experience Sonic like never before!
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
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
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
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 retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.
Puyo Puyo™Tetris®
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Action and Casual with Sonic Origins.
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 a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Adventure with Sonic Origins.
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 nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Another title from Sonic Team, the studio behind Sonic Origins. Shares Casual with Sonic Origins.
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 Mania
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Downwell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sonic Origins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Kaze and the Wild Masks
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sonic Origins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
Sonic Generations Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sonic Origins.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Sonic Origins.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Hellbrella
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Sonic Origins.
Put on your raincoat and destroy hordes of demons in Hell. Use 5 insane umbrellas in an aerial roguelite hack and slash of pure chaos!
Frequently asked about Sonic Origins
- Is Sonic Origins verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Sonic Origins 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 Origins cost?
- Sonic Origins is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sonic Origins?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sonic Origins are Sonic Mania, Unless, SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS.
- Who developed Sonic Origins?
- Sonic Origins was developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA.
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