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Sega announced Sonic Frontiers has sold over five million units.

"We've Found Our Flame – and it's you!" said Sega. "Thank you for helping Sonic Frontiers surpass 5 MILLION copies sold!"

In celebration of the sales milestone, Sega has made Sonic’s shoes from Sonic Adventure 2 available for all players.

Sonic Frontiers released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam in November 2022, and for the Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2026.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.

Not counting things like combining Director's Cuts and enhanced re-releases, this is Sonic's biggest confirmed 3D platformer ever.

Didn't Sonic 2 sell more than 6M copies on the Mega Drive?
Sonic 1 was mass bundled but it also sold over 15M there.

Pretty impressive figures for a 3D platformer. As Salnax has already pointed out, biggest confirmed figures for a 3D Sonic game to date. Well deserved IMO! Really looking forward to what Sonic Team has up their sleeve for the sequel. 🙂

It's a very fun game. Unpolished, yes, but it gives the player a lot of challenges, a very large map to explore, lots of things to do, and a good balance of action and speed segments.

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