Sonic the Hedgehog series achieved yet another huge milestone in its decades-long journey!
In SEGA’s latest investor’s relations report for 2020 the company revealed that the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise moved a total of 1.14 billion copies across various titles and platforms.
This includes the downloads of mobile titles such as Sonic Dash and Sonic Forces Speed Battle, which account for 350 million downloads and 50 million downloads respectively.
With lots and lots of titles
Sonic has had a really long stretch of games. If we only focus on 2D and 3D platformers we already have this list;
- 2D platformers
- Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD
- Sonic Chaos
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic Triple Trouble
- Knuckles’ Chaotix
- Sonic Blast
- Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
- Sonic Advance
- Sonic Advance 2
- Sonic Advance 3
- Sonic Rush
- Sonic Rush Adventure
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
- Sonic Mania
- 3D platformers
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Sonic Heroes
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic and the Secret Rings
- Sonic Unleashed
- Sonic and the Black Knight
- Sonic Colors
- Sonic Generations
- Sonic Lost World
- Sonic Forces
But as many of you are aware Sonic starred in racing, sporting arcade, educational, various spin-offs and compilations. That list is absurdly long.
30th anniversary
With Sonic’s 30th anniversary coming our way next year, we can only guess what SEGA has in store for Sonic fans!
