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Sonicis one of the most recognizable gaming characters ever.
Being featured in movies and TV shows has helped him build that fame.
The first game was released in 1991.
Since then, barely a year has gone by without a Sonic title.
However, they’re all still part of the Sonic series.
If you count them and the main instalments, here is how many Sonic games there have been.
There Are 114 Sonic Games
Remaster, re-releases, and remakes haven’t been counted.
Yet, it doesn’t include titles set in the Sonic universe that don’t revolve around Sonic.
Therefore, 2005’s Shadow the Hedgehog hasn’t counted.
The main 2D platformers account for 22 of the games, while16 of them are 3D platformers.
On top of that, there have been 11 main racing games and nine Olympic ones.
A bunch of the titles haven’t ever been released in the US.
27 of the 114 games were released in the 1990s, which is when the series first began.
This pales in comparison to the 2000s, though, which saw the release of 53 Sonic games.
Sonic Cafe helped with this, as all the games on that service came out during that decade.
26 games were released in the 2010s, while only eight have come out in the 2020s.
He may still appear in some of them, but he’s not the star.
It is a falling-block puzzle game, so it’s very different from the standard Sonic titles.
This is the theme of non-Sonic Sonic games, as most move away from the series' signature gameplay.
Dr. Robotnik is the titular character of two titles.
We know the blue blur is fast, but exactly how fast?
And how did he get his super speed in the first place?
