Sonic’s Comeback Is Real — 3 Recent Games (Including 2025’s CrossWorlds) Prove It
Sega has released several Sonic titles in recent years across different teams and platforms. Below is a concise, fact-based rundown of those releases, who made them, and notable design features mentioned in reporting.
Overview
Sonic the Hedgehog has seen multiple releases across genres in the 2020s. These include an Apple Arcade platformer from Hardlight, a package titled Sonic X Shadow Generations that bundled a remaster with a new entry, and a new Sonic-branded kart racer.
Sonic Dream Team
Sonic Dream Team was released as an Apple Arcade exclusive. It was developed by Hardlight, the studio behind Sonic Dash. Reported coverage notes the game emphasizes linear, boost-style platforming and focused movement mechanics.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Sonic X Shadow Generations is a package that includes a remaster of a 2011 Sonic title and a new, separate game included in the same release. The new portion of the package was described in reviews as a high-speed platforming entry with tightened controls and physics.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a kart-style racer released in 2025. The game includes vehicle customization options and a lap-transforming mechanic that alters track behavior within a race. Coverage also highlighted its track designs and speed-focused gameplay.
Timeline and notes
Key dated items and statements from reporting:
– Sonic Frontiers is identified as a 2022 entry and described as an “open-zone” pivot for the series. Sega staffer Takashi Iizuka was cited saying Frontiers was intended to be the start of a “third generation” for Sonic.
– Sonic Dream Team was reported as appearing in late 2023 on Apple Arcade. According to coverage, Sonic Superstars released a few months before Dream Team.
What these items share
Across these releases, reporting points to recurring production details: different studios handled different entries (for example, Hardlight for Dream Team), Sega published the titles, and the games span genres from platforming to kart racing.
