[ Sonic the Hedgehog ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete play and watch order for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise — every mainline console and handheld game from 1991 to 2024, plus the Paramount film trilogy, the Knuckles miniseries, and all animated TV series including SatAM, Sonic Underground, Sonic X, Sonic Boom, and Sonic Prime. Covers both the games in release order and the full screen universe for newcomers and longtime fans alike.
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1991The 1991 launch title that introduced Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis, directed by Yuji Naka and designed by Hirokazu Yasuhara and Na…
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1992The 1992 Genesis sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog, introducing Miles 'Tails' Prower as a two-tailed fox sidekick available for cooperative two-p…
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1993The 1993 Sega CD entry developed alongside Sonic 2, set on the alien world of Little Planet which Robotnik has chained to a mountain and beg…
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1994The 1994 Genesis companion cartridge to Sonic the Hedgehog 3, concluding Sonic's battle with Robotnik to prevent the Death Egg from relaunch…
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1994The 1994 Genesis entry following Sonic and Tails to Angel Island after Robotnik's Death Egg crashes there. The island's guardian Knuckles th…
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1996The 1996 Genesis and Saturn entry developed by Traveller's Tales, the final Sonic game on the Genesis. Robotnik has enslaved the Flickies —…
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1998The 1998 Dreamcast launch title directed by Yuji Naka, the series' first full 3D platformer. Doctor Robotnik discovers Chaos, an ancient wat…
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2001The 2001 Game Boy Advance entry developed by Dimps, the first Sonic game on a Nintendo handheld. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy — each with…
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2001The 2001 Dreamcast and GameCube entry, the last Sonic game developed for the Dreamcast. Two parallel campaigns — Hero (Sonic, Tails, Knuckle…
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2002The 2002 GBA sequel developed by Dimps, emphasising higher-speed momentum-based gameplay over the first Advance. Doctor Eggman has kidnapped…
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2003The 2003 multi-platform entry, the first mainline Sonic game released simultaneously across non-Sega platforms. Doctor Eggman announces a fl…
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2004The 2004 GBA third entry in the Advance series, developed by Dimps. Doctor Eggman has split the world into seven separate zones; Sonic and T…
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2005The 2005 multi-platform spin-off focusing on Shadow the Hedgehog, who suffers from amnesia and seeks to uncover his true origin amid an alie…
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2005The 2005 Nintendo DS entry developed by Dimps, the first Sonic game on the DS. A dimensional rift pulls Blaze the Cat — a princess from a pa…
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2006The 2006 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 entry developed by Sonic Team for the franchise's 15th anniversary. Three campaigns — Sonic, Shadow, and…
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2007The 2007 Nintendo DS sequel to Sonic Rush, again developed by Dimps. Sonic and Tails crash-land on a group of islands and must construct sea…
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2008The 2008 Nintendo DS role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Sega, the only RPG in the mainline series. After Knuckles is ki…
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2008The 2008 multi-platform entry developed by Sonic Team, which split gameplay between high-speed daytime stages and brawler-style Werehog stag…
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2010The 2010 Wii and DS entry developed by Sonic Team, praised for streamlining the series after the divisive Unleashed Werehog gameplay. Doctor…
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2011The 2011 platform entry celebrating Sonic's 20th anniversary, developed by Sonic Team. A villainous entity called the Time Eater kidnaps Son…
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2013The 2013 Wii U and 3DS platformer developed by Sonic Team in collaboration with Nintendo, exclusively for Nintendo platforms at launch. Soni…
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2017The 2017 multi-platform entry developed by Sonic Team, set in a world where Doctor Eggman — aided by the villain Infinite and the power of t…
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2017The 2017 side-scrolling platformer developed by Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games, and Headcannon to celebrate Sonic's 25th anniversary,…
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2022The 2022 open-world action platformer developed by Sonic Team, the series' first fully open-zone title. Sonic and his friends are pulled thr…
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2023The 2023 side-scrolling platformer developed by Arzest and Sonic Team, with original Sonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima contributing for the fir…
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2024The 2024 standalone campaign developed by Sonic Team, released bundled with a remaster of Sonic Generations as Sonic X Shadow Generations. S…
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