When did Sonic Dash come out?

Sonic Dash was released on 7 March 2013 for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

Sonic Dash (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Sonic Dash

Sonic Dash is an endless runner platformer video game developed by Hardlight and published by Sega. It was released exclusively on mobile phones, and is the second game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series…

60 7 March 2013

What Sonic Dash is

Sonic Dash is an arcade game developed by Hardlight and released in 2013. It was published by Sega Corporation. It is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sonic Dash is played as an endless runner, similar to the Temple Run and Rayman Jungle Run video games.In the game, the player directs Sonic through levels, collecting rings and avoiding obstacles and enemies. Unlike other games in the series, Sonic automatically moves forward at all times, similar to Sonic and the Secret Rings. Players are able to share and compete for accomplishments such as "fastest time" or "longest distance".

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Sonic Dash is the 281st of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was 3D Sonic the Hedgehog in 2013. Its critic score of 60 is 11 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.

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How it was received

Sonic Dash holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Sonic Dash launched on 7 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Dash yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer