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Sonic Mania

Christian Whitehead · 2017-08-29

Christian Whitehead · 2017Loading price…

A 2D Sonic platformer in the style of the 16-bit games, with pixel art and boss fights, praised for its faithful feel but with a split-screen co-op caveat, and a runtime around 4-7 hours.

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Release: 2017-08-29
Publisher: SEGA
Studio: Christian Whitehead

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