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SONIC RUNNERS

SEGA · Jun 25, 2015

Android · iOS

Everyone

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With all-new mobile friendly controls, just tap the screen to run, jump, and spin your way across a lightning-fast platform gaming world.

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Android

Critic 6.1 (4 critics) · Gamer 8.0

7.1

iOS

Critic 5.7 (9 critics) · Gamer 8.0

6.7

Critic reviews

  • 148Apps

    Campbell Bird · Jul 01, 2015

    5.0
    The ideal makeover for Sonic Runners would be to keep the core gameplay while replacing the F2P stuff with more nostalgic nods to the old games (it doesn't even have classic Sonic music in it!). Almost everything about the monetization actively detracts from the overall experience.
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  • The Jimquisition

    Jim Sterling · Jun 26, 2015

    4.5
    I’m not sure I understand everything Sonic Runners does. That sounds odd, doesn’t it? Games don’t get much simpler than a regular ol’ endless runner. There’s a ton of them available, and they all consist of making things jump while they dash across the screen. Yet somehow, this minimalistic and well-worn idea is convoluted and complicated with so many screens, menus, vague unlockables and endless announcements that my brain just can’t process it. It doesn’t want to process it.
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  • Destructoid

    Chris Carter · Jun 25, 2015

    6.0
    In practice, Sonic Runners is a fun mobile tribute to the Blue Blur, and the team that designed it should be proud -- this is how you bring a storied console franchise to the Android and iOS marketplaces. Unfortunately, the team in charge of that team decided that said fun should be gated by needless locks with cash keys, which is a problem. Give it a go and see if you can stomach the microtransactions.
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  • Gamezebo

    Jillian Werner · Jun 24, 2015

    9.0
    The final result is frantic, polished gameplay similar to what Sonic Dash fans fell in love with, as well as a more classically Sonic, platformer-inspired experience that old school players pined for. Sonic Runners should be the game of choice for retro Sonic fans, as well as anyone who enjoys go, go, go, going fast.
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  • Pocket Gamer

    Glen Fox · Jun 26, 2015

    7.0
    It's a lot of fun and exactly how 2D Sonic gameplay should play and feel on mobile. It's just a shame that it's a free to play endless runner rather than a fully-fledged Sonic game. ...Sonic Runners is a lot of fast, addictive, tappy fun but it kind of feels like a missed opportunity.
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  • Vandal

    Alberto González · Jul 09, 2015

    5.0
    Es el principal problema de Sonic Runners: si antes los jugadores éramos los avariciosos por conseguir los numerosos anillos en los mundos virtuales del erizo, ahora ha sido la propia SEGA, codiciosa, la que ha roto el saco intentando estrujar las carteras de los incautos jugadores que hayan cometido el error de descargar la app.
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