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Sonic Runners Adventure

The Action Platformer Legend

Ratings

Age

4+

Category

Adventure

Languages

English

Sonic Runners Adventure brings the world's fastest hedgehog back to mobile in a premium arcade experience. Featuring a variety of replayable levels and an exciting story mode, players must dash through iconic environments, jump over obstacles, and battle the nefarious Dr. Eggman. Unlock a roster of high-speed legends, each with super abilities, and pair them with unique buddies to maximize your combo score. Best of all, once downloaded, the game can be played entirely offline.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

82/100

Sonic Runners Adventure is a high-speed breath of fresh air for fans of the Blue Blur. Unlike many modern auto-runners that feel like generic temple runs, this one captures the actual 'feel' of a Sonic game. Gameloft has managed to cram iconic locations and heart-pounding loops into a surprisingly small download size without sacrificing the visual flair or the sense of speed.

The best part is the roster. You aren't just stuck with Sonic; you can unlock Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow, each bringing unique abilities that change how you approach levels. Combining these with 'Buddies' (tiny companions with buffs) adds a layer of strategy to the skill-based combo gameplay. While it does have arcade elements, the inclusion of a story mode and offline playability makes it a standout title on the App Store for when you're on the go.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 25 2026

Features

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4 iconic locations with HD graphics

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Unlockable characters: Tails, Knuckles, Shadow

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Offline play support

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Epic boss battles against Dr. Eggman

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Iconic Sonic music tracks

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Q&A

Yes, after the first session, Sonic Runners Adventure can be played completely offline.

Ratings & Reviews

This game is good (even though on the sonic wiki said that this game is unavailable
Thu Dec 05 2024 A game that was to be made

I used to have this on my iPad and I downloaded it again and played this back in 2018 and here. I am playing the game in 2024. I might make a sonic fan game and Sonic Runners 2 which is a 3-D and 2-D game that has improved physics characters uses their console/PC designs instead of iPad and phones and I believe that if this fangame was real I would make a sonic model go with the frontiers model because I just like that model anyways wish you a merry Christmas and I’ll see you guys tomorrow peace peace, and get ready for the scratch website to get raided on the 7th of December :( (and yes, I don’t know when it will end and you basically have to not update about what you’re doing and close The profile picture comments OK I think I’m going a bit off topic I was back to talking about this fangame I have been rambling about two seconds. this fangame would have accurate sonic voice acting, and the animations just looks very accurate to the current year animations you guys have to check out the game shadow generations that was peak anyways i skiwin am gonna stop this here I’m gonna continue playing this game :)

Gameloft please read
Thu Jun 11 2020 GameloftReviewer

Before you just think I’m going to dump on this game, I’m not. I just want to criticize it so you can make it better. First off, I think the amount of updates this game gets is underwhelming. Sure it came out years ago and it’s offline but it still has tons of room for improvement. Before I say what I don’t like, I’m going to say what I do like. I actually really like the story levels and their difficulty. I also like the challenges you need to do to earn stars. I like the achievement system and how you can use rings to upgrade characters to make their ability last longer. Now I’m going to talk about what I don’t like about this game. I think that the end game is very boring and there is next to nothing to do mainly because the game is just a campaign. I think the roster of characters is painfully mediocre. Sure it’s cool to have team dark and chaotix but it’s still lack luster compared to the original game. Speaking of the original game, it is miles better in quality and costs $3.99 less (it was free). I think the easiest way to make this game better is making it free, because the game would fit the price of being free. But if you actually want to put effort in then I think you should still update the game. Gameloft, if you ever read this, please listen to my criticisms and try to fix them with an update. I still love your games I just think this one is unbearably mediocre and could be improved easily.

Good overall
Sun Mar 07 2021 um idk what to put

RIP TEAM ROSE where’s Amy??? Or cream??? I don’t really care about big but he should still be here! Also how come you get rid of team Rose but the team chaotix is here?!?! Also blaze silver and Tikal WHERE ARE THEY!?!?!?! Amy is my favorite character in the franchise (shadow coming in close second) where is she??? And the rest of team rose??? Ok I’ve spent enough time talking about missing FEMALE characters (btw rouge is the only female character in this game) but I have to commended you this music and gameplay is amazing 🤩 but one last problem.... IM TERRIFIED OF ALL OF THE OMOCHAO THERE SOO SCARY couldn’t you just make a sonic tails and knuckles reg chao? Omochao is terrifing. Also cool idea you could have teams like sonic and tails Amy and shadow (witch I would totally use go shadamy) silver and blaze (btw I also ship silvaze) tangle and whisper (from idw) maybe even tails and cosmo (cosmo is from sonic x witch I have watch both sub and dub versions of) oh what about Sonia and manic? (Sonics bro and sis from sonic underground) or maybe sonic and sally (sally is from satAM and Archie comics also I hate sonally but a lot of people ship it and it would be good for business) and finally last (but not least) you could have knuckles and rouge! In conclusion having one female character makes you seem sexist and is definitely WRONG. Sincerely sonic fanatic who is twelve years old

Please read
Mon Jan 08 2018 Axel444123

Ok now i was a big fan of the first sonic runners. I loved the levels, the great selection of buddies and characters, the modes etc.. when they announced the closure of the first game a got depressed because i only got to play it for 2 months. But when i found out that a new sonic runners game was coming out i literally freaked out. And being honest i expected it to be free but no...(that doesn’t matter anymore) and i expected a lot of characters, buddies and infinite levels(levels that do not end when completing goals) also a leaderboard. I know that the levels are not randomly generated because its an offline game and that feature was my top wish that happens to sonic runners and thank you for that. The thing is that i have some suggestions. First, you could add more characters, buddies and LEVELS of course. You could also add an endless mode by all means that works offline “have some map layouts saved for endless mode that changes randomly as the race progresses so that endless layouts are not the same”that is one of my top wishes now. And finally, some elements of the first one. Thats all i have in mind. But out of that its well made. Please read this

Feels like the poor man’s version of the old runners but you pay for.
Fri May 25 2018 Phoenix wright fan

I have no idea why some people say that this is better than the original. I mean on its own it’s ok but it somehow feels like a beta version of the old one with how much it lacks when compared. Over the course of 2 weeks I managed to 100% during my free time and now there is no reason to return to it. There’s no endless mode, not a lot of challenge, and the gameplay is boring. In the old one there where wisps, granted there where not a lot of them, but they would give you fun abilities to use. In this one there is none of that. Also the characters all play the same and feel the same. The only difference is how they look and there abilities. The old at least had characters who played differently. Also team chaotix breaks the games in half when it comes to ring upgrades since you can buy magnets and invincibility. Overall I don’t see a reason why a person should buy this game when a better had already existed and was technically free to play.

Great Fun, but Needs Better iPhone X Controls
Sun Dec 31 2017 ItsOnlyMe206

I really enjoy this game, it’s a fun and challenging game that I often pick up to play. At first it was just when I had some time to kill waiting in lines, but then I found myself coming back frequently! The app works great on my iPad Pro. Unfortunately, however, it is extremely frustrating to use on my iPhone X. The game requires landscape mode, which is fine, but it constantly seems to think I’m trying to leave the game to multitask, pausing the game and bringing up the app tray or going to the home screen. I then have to return to the game and wait several seconds to restart the run. This isn’t something occasional; it happens several times in every run. It becomes very frustrating. It seems like the game is hypersensitive to touch. I make a point to avoid touching the screen with more than just my one fingertip, but it isn’t easy given that it’s a full screen app with no bezels or space to hold the phone while you play. I really hope they improve the app for iPhone X. Until then, however, I’m limited to playing this on my iPad Pro. It’s unfortunate, though, as I would play a lot more often if I could do it on my phone.

A sequel inferior to the original, but has its charm
Sat Jun 02 2018 SonicX5660

I’ll start off by saying, I loved the original Sonic Runners. The endless 2D runner got challenging without being annoying. The pay to win gimmick was questionable, and there was the god forsaken roulette to get new characters and buddies, but it was overall a great mobile game. It even had its own amazing soundtrack. I this sequel, they did fix some features such as removing the roulette and having a fixed price, but they took the magic out of the endless runner by making it to where there are finite levels, rather than progressing through the story based on how far you got in the endless level. The levels in the game that are infinite have a set goal which ends the level upon completion or if the timer runs out. The game also has no new music, which is a letdown considering the original had an entire original soundtrack. This game also provides very little fan service other than having multiple characters, but even the original had more. This game still has charm as levels can be challenging. This is a good sequel, but it still needs to live up to the original. And provide more fan service, original music, and become a great endless runner like it’s predecessor

Fun and excellent gameplay
Sun Dec 24 2017 Adrian232

Love this game. Fast paced levels, challenging, and maintains the essence of classic Sonic games. There are lots of characters to choose from, each with their own benefits and slightly different play style. I like that the game is not as simple as "tap at the perfect time or die" like many others are. If you make mistakes there are penalties, but you can get away with some mistakes better than others. And there are a few different ways to play each level, so trying new things is encouraged. There needs to be a lot more content, though. This game can easily be beaten in a day, including most of the stars and upgrades. I also wish the hero team was more useful. They don't collect rings as easily as chaos team, and don't seem to give any benefit to robot kills like team dark, so I never use them unless it's required to achieve a star. Otherwise the game is pretty well balanced. I hope the developers keep supporting this game, adding content and making improvements; they've done a fantastic job so far!

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