Sonic Frontiers’ Steam release has set a new record for the most concurrent players of any other Sonic game on Steam.
The gaming community has been talking about the game God of War Ragnarok quite enthusiastically in recent days, but they are also quite surprised at what Sonic Frontiers can do. It must be said that the success exceeded the expectations of the fans. The game about this speed hedgehog has a very high score from the gamers, making many people amazed.
After the game was released last week, the Steam version peaked at 19,181 concurrent players, according to SteamDB. This is significantly higher than the previous high of the series of 11,937, set by Sonic Mania about five years ago. We can also see numbers showing that the generally positive critical reception has resulted in increased interest in the game compared to recent Sonic titles.
For comparison, here’s the sales chart of Sonic titles so far on Steam:
Sonic Frontiers – 19,181 Sonic Mania – 11,937 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – 5,861 Sonic Origins – 2,668 Sonic Forces – 2,058 Sonic Generations – 1,686 Sonic Racing – 1,056 Sonic Lost World – 252 Sonic Colors Ultimate last year is now an Epic exclusive Games Store therefore doesn’t have figures on Steam yet.
The character will be greeted by Sega and Sonic Team, for whom Sonic Frontiers is a notable departure for the series. The game was met with mixed reactions when critics shook hands with the preview version earlier in the year, but the final release was generally received more positively, with a Metacritic score of 72. The game also currently has a ‘Very Positive’ rating on Steam, with SteamDB claiming that over 90% of player reviews for the game gave it a positive score.
It can be said that Sonic Frontiers is “a true hit in the 3D genre” so far, the game has received many positive descriptions as this is one of the products coming from the extraordinary efforts of the creators. game team. It may have had a huge reception earlier this year, and indeed Sonic Frontiers has made fans very excited and excited about the surprises this game brings.
However, the game has problems with the control mechanism or the camera is not very stable. However, most of the time in the game is very good. Maybe in the future the development team will support more and we can completely count on them.