The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

Worth it · Strategy · 2023

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
97% of 25,304
Genre rank
Top 2% Strategy

Time and effort

Main story
2.3h
To 100%
2.9h 1.3x the story

Players and genre

Online
24 now
Recent reviews
94% 30 days
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Viridi (free, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Bongo Cat (free, scores 80).

It is still busy. 24 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 7, 19:45 UTC, across 42 days of weekly checks.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

What we assumed
  • Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9.0c, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 25,304 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2324650/the-murder-of-sonic-the-hedgehog
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperSEGA
PublisherSEGA
GenreStrategy
Released2023