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Sonic Generations Collection
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 25,520
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Scrap Metal” (Defeated Metal Sonic): only 53% of starters get there.
- 87% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 25,706 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 13.1h for positive, 4.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (86.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Scrap Metal Defeated Metal Sonic. Most players quit here 53% −47
- Sunny side up Defeated Death Egg Robot. 49% −4
- Shadow Boxing Defeated Shadow. 36% −12
- Perfect Punisher Defeated Perfect Chaos. 36%
- Silver Got Served Defeated Silver. 29% −7
- Boom Boom Dragoon Defeated Egg Dragoon. 28% −1
- All Stages Clear! Cleared Sonic Generations. 27% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- The Opening Act Completed the first stage. 100%
- GREEN HILL Restored! Restored the GREEH HILL stage Gate. 93%
- Bright Star Got Rank S in an act. 80%
- CHEMICAL PLANT Restored! Restored the CHEMICAL PLANT Stage Gate. 72%
- Eradicator Defeated 100 enemies. 68%
- SKY SANCTUARY Restored! Restored the SKY SANCTUARY Stage Gate. 62%
- Scrap Metal Defeated Metal Sonic. 53%
- Shooting Star Got Rank S in acts three times. 49%
- Sunny side up Defeated Death Egg Robot. 49%
- Trickstar Executed a trick with a seven-step combo or longer. 46%
- SPEED HIGHWAY Restored! Restored the SPEED HIGHWAY Stage Gate. 45%
- CITY ESCAPE Restored! Restored the CITY ESCAPE Stage Gate. 43%
- SEASIDE HILL Restored! Restored the SEASIDE HILL Stage Gate. 40%
- Action Hero Performed all of Sonic's actions in Act 2. 38%
- Shadow Boxing Defeated Shadow. 36%
- Perfect Punisher Defeated Perfect Chaos. 36%
- Ring King Reached the goal without dropping any of the rings you collected in GREEN HILL Act 1. 36%
- Demolition Derby Wrecked 30 or more cars in CITY ESCAPE. 34%
- CRISIS CITY Restored! Restored the CRISIS CITY Stage Gate. 33%
- ROOFTOP RUN Restored! Restored the ROOFTOP RUN Stage Gate. 32%
- PLANET WISP Restored! Restored the PLANET WISP Stage Gate. 31%
- Walk on Air Cleared SKY SANCTUARY without falling even once. 30%
- Silver Got Served Defeated Silver. 29%
- Boom Boom Dragoon Defeated Egg Dragoon. 28%
- Treasure Hunter Collected all the Chaos Emeralds. 28%
- All Stages Clear! Cleared Sonic Generations. 27%
- Blazing Meteor Got Rank S in acts seven times. 23%
- A Quick Breather Got the Red Star Ring atop the highest spot in ROOFTOP RUN. 20%
- Look Both Ways Reached the goal in CRISIS CITY without being hit by a tornado-carried car. 19%
- Jump for Joy! Found the spring hidden in GREEN HILL Act 1 and reached the goal with a Red Star Ring. 15%
- Supersonic! Cleared a regular stage as Super Sonic. 15%
- Blue Comet Got Rank S in acts 12 times. 13%
- Halfway Point Cleared half the missions. 12%
- The Byway or the Highway Got the Red Star Ring located on the shortcut route in SPEED HIGHWAY. 12%
- Greased Lightning Cleared Green Hill within one minute. 11%
- Join the Ranks Joined the rankings. 11%
- A 30-Second Test Participated in a 30 Second Trial. 11%
- Walkie Talkie Chatted with all of Sonic's friends you saved. 11%
- Walk on Water Cleared CHEMICAL PLANT without entering the water. 11%
- Color Power! Got the Red Star Ring by using an Orange Wisp in PLANET WISP. 8.5%
- Bonds of Friendship Completed all of Sonic's friends' Challenges. 7.6%
- Secret Sleuth Got the Red Star Ring located in the hidden room in SEASIDE HILL. 7.5%
- Mission Accomplished! Cleared all the missions. 7.3%
- Big Bang Got Rank S in all acts. 7.2%
- Red Ring Collector Got all Red Star Rings. 5.2%
- (Hedge)Hogging It All Up! Got all collectibles. 4.8%
- Mad Skillz Got all custom skills. 4.7%
- Can't Touch This Took no damage while defeating the final boss. 3.6%
- Time Attacker Played Time Attack on all stages. 3.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.