Sonic X Shadow Generations
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in Sonic X Shadow Generations, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences! Play as Shadow in a brand-new story campaign featuring…
Sonic X Shadow Generations is an adventure developed by Sonic Team, released 25 October 2024 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What Sonic X Shadow Generations is
Sonic X Shadow Generations is an adventure game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2024. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Hedgehog Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in Sonic X Shadow Generations, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences! Play as Shadow in a brand-new story campaign featuring never-before-seen abilities that prove why he's known as the Ultimate Life Form! Speed through iconic stages from Shadow's history, discover hidden secrets in an expansive hub world, and unlock new powers to take on Black Doom and save the world. Sonic X Shadow Generations also includes a complete remaster of the highly acclaimed Sonic Generations, a time-traveling adventure featuring a greatest-hits collection of 3D and 2D Sonic stages, now with upgraded visuals and new bonus content.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic X Shadow Generations is the 390th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in 2024. Its critic score of 83 is 12 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic X Shadow Generations holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2120 or FX-6300, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, 1GB or AMD Radeon HD 5770, 1GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Sonic X Shadow Generations launched on 25 October 2024, within three weeks of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic X Shadow Generations yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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