Series guide
All Sonic games in order
Sonic has run for over thirty years, and a flat list of everything is unreadable. The mainline series actually falls into five eras — classic, Adventure, handheld, Wii and modern — and that is how it is listed first, in release order, with the Nintendo versions marked, because those are the ones we stock and test. After the eras come the other half of the series: the spin-offs, racers, Mario & Sonic games and compilations on Nintendo hardware, then the Sega-only titles and the digital-only releases — 77 games in all.
The short answer
Classic: Sonic 1 (1991) → 2 → CD → 3 & Knuckles (1994). Adventure: Adventure 1–2 → Heroes → Shadow. Handheld: Advance 1–3 (GBA) → Rush 1–2 (DS). Wii: Secret Rings → Unleashed → Black Knight → Colours. Modern: Generations → Lost World → Mania & Forces (2017) → Frontiers (2022) → Superstars → X Shadow Generations (2024). There is no story you must follow — pick an era and start.
Tested Sonic games in stock
GBA, DS, GameCube, Wii and Switch entries — every one play-tested on real hardware and listed exactly as it is, loose or boxed.
Sonic Advance
Personally tested · Fair condition
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Player's Choice)
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Personally tested · Good condition
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Personally tested · Good condition
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Personally tested · Good condition
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Lost World
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Rush
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Personally tested · Good condition
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Rush
Personally tested · Good condition
Team Sonic Racing
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Forces Bonus Edition
Personally tested · Good condition
Team Sonic Racing
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Mania Plus
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Colours
Personally tested · Good condition
Sonic Unleashed
Personally tested · Good condition
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)
Personally tested · Good condition
Mario & Sonic op de Olympische Spelen
Personally tested · Good condition
The classic era (1991–1994)
The Mega Drive originals that made the series. We are a Nintendo shop, so we do not stock Sega hardware — but every one of these is playable on Switch via Sonic Origins, which is exactly what it exists for.
- Sonic the Hedgehog · 1991 · Mega Drive
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 · 1992 · Mega Drive
- Sonic CD · 1993 · Mega-CD
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 · 1994 · Mega Drive
- Sonic & Knuckles · 1994 · Mega Drive
The Adventure era (1998–2005)
Sonic goes 3D. On Nintendo this era lives on the GameCube: Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is the version of Adventure 2 most Europeans actually grew up with.
The handheld line (2001–2007)
A parallel 2D series that never dipped in quality: the three Advance games on GBA, then the two Rush games on DS. Loose cartridges make this the cheapest way into classic-style Sonic.
- Sonic Advance · 2001 · Game Boy Advance
- Sonic Advance 2 · 2002 · Game Boy Advance
- Sonic Advance 3 · 2004 · Game Boy Advance
- Sonic Rush · 2005 · Nintendo DS
- Sonic Rush Adventure · 2007 · Nintendo DS
The Wii era (2007–2010)
Motion-controlled experiments and the return to form. Wii discs are plentiful and inexpensive, which makes this the budget entry into 3D Sonic.
The modern era (2011–today)
From Generations onwards everything ships on Nintendo hardware, mostly Switch. Mania is the love letter to 1994; Frontiers is the open-zone reinvention.
- Sonic Generations · 2011 · 3DS version
- Sonic Lost World · 2013 · Wii U + 3DS
- Sonic Boom (Rise of Lyric / Shattered Crystal) · 2014 · Wii U + 3DS
- Sonic Mania · 2017 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Forces · 2017 · Nintendo Switch
- Team Sonic Racing · 2019 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Colours: Ultimate · 2021 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Origins · 2022 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Frontiers · 2022 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Superstars · 2023 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic X Shadow Generations · 2024 · Nintendo Switch
The rest of the series
The five eras above are the mainline. “All Sonic games” is a much longer list, and this is the other half of it — split by whether you can play it on a Nintendo console, because that decides whether we can ever sell it to you.
Spin-offs, racers and Mario & Sonic on Nintendo hardware
Everything beyond the mainline that shipped on a Nintendo cartridge or disc, in release order. This is the half of the list a shop actually sees most: the Mario & Sonic Olympic games are the Sonic titles that pass through our hands most often, and Chronicles, All-Stars Racing and Classic Collection turn up regularly on DS.
- Sonic Mega Collection · 2002 · GameCube
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut · 2003 · GameCube
- Sonic Pinball Party · 2003 · Game Boy Advance
- Sonic Battle · 2003 · Game Boy Advance
- Sonic Gems Collection · 2005 · GameCube
- Sonic Riders · 2006 · GameCube
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games · 2007 · Wii + DS
- Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity · 2008 · Wii
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood · 2008 · Nintendo DS
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games · 2009 · Wii + DS
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing · 2010 · Wii + DS
- Sonic Classic Collection · 2010 · Nintendo DS
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games · 2011 · Wii + 3DS
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed · 2012 · Wii U + 3DS
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games · 2013 · Wii U
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games · 2016 · Wii U + 3DS
- Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice · 2016 · Nintendo 3DS
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 · 2019 · Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds · 2025 · Nintendo Switch
Never on Nintendo: the Sega years and the other consoles (1991–2010)
Master System, Game Gear, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, Neo Geo Pocket, PSP, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 — none of these games ever had a Nintendo release, so you will not find them in our shop. Many are still playable on Nintendo through a compilation: Sonic Origins Plus (Switch, 2023) adds the twelve Game Gear games, Sonic Gems Collection (GameCube) carries Sonic CD, Sonic R and Sonic the Fighters, and Sonic Adventure DX unlocks the Game Gear library as a bonus.
- Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) · 1991 · Master System / Game Gear
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) · 1992 · Master System / Game Gear
- Sonic Chaos · 1993 · Master System / Game Gear
- Sonic Spinball · 1993 · Mega Drive
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine · 1993 · Mega Drive
- Sonic Triple Trouble · 1994 · Game Gear
- Sonic Drift · 1994 · Game Gear
- Knuckles' Chaotix · 1995 · Sega 32X
- Sonic Drift 2 · 1995 · Game Gear
- Tails Adventure · 1995 · Game Gear
- Sonic Labyrinth · 1995 · Game Gear
- Sonic the Fighters · 1996 · Arcade
- Sonic 3D Blast (Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island in Europe) · 1996 · Mega Drive / Saturn
- Sonic Blast · 1996 · Game Gear
- Sonic Jam · 1997 · Saturn
- Sonic R · 1997 · Saturn
- Sonic Pocket Adventure · 1999 · Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Sonic Shuffle · 2000 · Dreamcast
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) · 2006 · PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360
- Sonic Rivals · 2006 · PSP
- Sonic Rivals 2 · 2007 · PSP
- Sonic Free Riders · 2010 · Xbox 360 (Kinect)
Digital and mobile only
The notable download-only and mobile releases. None of these ever had a cartridge or disc, so there is no second-hand copy to buy — they are here so the total on this page is honest.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I · 2010 · WiiWare / PSN / XBLA
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II · 2012 · PSN / XBLA / PC
- Sonic Dash · 2013 · Mobile
- Sonic Runners · 2015 · Mobile
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog · 2023 · PC
- Sonic Dream Team · 2023 · Apple Arcade
- Sonic Rumble · 2025 · Mobile
Buying Sonic second-hand
The Wii shelf is the cheapest way into 3D Sonic
Secret Rings, Unleashed, Black Knight and Colours sold in big numbers and second-hand prices have stayed friendly. If you want to try 3D Sonic without committing, start here — and Colours is the one that holds up best.
GameCube Sonic keeps creeping up
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle in particular has been climbing for years — it is the nostalgic favourite of a whole generation and the Chao Garden never returned. Complete-in-box GameCube copies are the collector target in this series.
The GBA and DS games play identically loose
A loose Sonic Advance or Sonic Rush cartridge plays exactly like a boxed one at a fraction of the price. If you want to play rather than display, loose is the sensible buy — we list both and say plainly which you are looking at.
Mario & Sonic is the Sonic line we see most
The Olympic games sold in enormous numbers on Wii and DS, and they are the Sonic titles that pass through our hands most often — usually loose, always cheap, and the Wii versions are still the best four-player option in the whole series. The DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U versions of the same year are different games with different events, so check the platform line.
Check which version a listing actually is
Several Sonic games exist in multiple versions that differ a lot: Generations on 3DS is a different game than on the big consoles, Colours on DS is its own game, and Unleashed differs per platform. Every listing of ours names the exact platform version — read that line before comparing prices.
Every copy tested before it is listed
Booting, saving, label, disc surface — checked on real hardware. We have been doing this since 2019, with 1400+ verified reviews at 5.0★, and we ship tracked to all 27 EU countries. Originals only; if something ever turns out not to be genuine, you get your money back.
Browse tested Sonic gamesQuestions we get asked
How many Sonic games are there?
The lists on this page name 77 games: 29 mainline titles across five eras, 19 spin-offs, racers and compilations that shipped on Nintendo hardware, 22 titles that never appeared on a Nintendo system, and 7 download-only or mobile releases — counting the main mobile games, not every phone spin-off. More than half of the whole series is playable on a Nintendo console one way or another, and every mainline game from Sonic Generations (2011) onwards is.
Do I need to play the Sonic games in order?
No. Apart from direct story pairs (Sonic 3 & Knuckles, or Frontiers before X Shadow Generations if you want the references) every Sonic game stands on its own. The order above is release order per era — pick the era that appeals and start there.
What was the first Sonic game?
Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Mega Drive, in 1991. On Nintendo hardware the series arrived a decade later, once Sega stopped making consoles — Sonic Advance (GBA) and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube) were the first.
Which Sonic game should I start with?
For classic 2D: Sonic Mania (Switch) — it is the best game in the classic style, including the originals. For 3D: Sonic Colours (Wii, or Ultimate on Switch) or Sonic Frontiers if you want the modern open-zone one. For the originals themselves: Sonic Origins on Switch collects 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles and CD.
Can you play the classic Mega Drive Sonic games on a Nintendo console?
Yes — Sonic Origins (Switch, 2022) contains remastered versions of Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD. Older compilations like Sonic Mega Collection did the same job on the GameCube.
Is Sonic ’06 on any Nintendo console?
No. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 only — it never appeared on a Nintendo platform, which is why it sits in the never-on-Nintendo list above and not in our shop. Its reputation means you are not missing much.
Are old Sonic cartridges and discs still reliable?
Generally yes. The GBA and DS games do not rely on fragile save batteries, and GameCube and Wii discs hold up well if they were stored properly. Every copy we sell is play-tested on real hardware first, including the save.
Do you ship outside the Netherlands?
We ship to all 27 EU countries with track & trace. Parcels leave from the Netherlands, there are no customs charges within the EU, and your country’s exact rate appears at checkout before you pay.
Years given are the first worldwide release; European dates were sometimes a few months later. Onze Sonic-collectie in het Nederlands.