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242 games like Sonic the Hedgehog

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01 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Cover

1992 · 3DS, PC, PS3

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

81%

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platform game and the sequel to the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Players control Sonic as he traverses larger, faster-paced levels across West Side Island, collecting rings, defeating robot enemies, and pursuing Doctor...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

81% Sehr nah dran
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Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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02 Donkey Kong Country Cover

1994 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES

Donkey Kong Country

66%

Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles at the time. The two playable characters fe...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

66% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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03 Crash Bandicoot Cover

1996 · Android, PS1, PS3

Crash Bandicoot

64%

Crash Bandicoot is the first installment in the Crash Bandicoot series that established Naughty Dog's reputation in the video game industry. Its premises chronicle the creation of the titular Crash, a bandicoot who has been uplifted by the mad scientist Doctor...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

64% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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04 Sonic the Hedgehog Cover

2006 · PS3, X360

Sonic the Hedgehog

62%

Sonic the Hedgehog, commonly referred to as Sonic '06, is a 2006 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was intended as a reboot of the Sonic franchise for seventh-generation video game consoles. Players control Sonic, Shadow, and the...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

62% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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05 Crash Bandicoot: Warped Cover

1998 · PS1, PS3, PSP

Crash Bandicoot: Warped

61%

Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game in the Crash Bandicoot series and the first to feature Coco as a playable character. The player takes control of Crash and Coco Bandicoot, who must travel back and forward in time and gather 25 crystals before Uka Uka...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

61% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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06 Super Mario 64 Cover

1996 · N64, Wii, WiiU

Super Mario 64

59%

Mario is super in a whole new way! Combining the finest 3-D graphics ever developed for a video game and an explosive soundtrack, Super Mario 64 becomes a new standard for video games. It's packed with bruising battles, daunting obstacle courses, and underwate...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

59% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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07 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Cover
59%

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game for the Nintendo Switch and the fifth main entry in the series. It features every playable fighter from previous installments alongside new additions such as Inkling and Ridley. The game includes faster c...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

59% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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08 Super Mario 3D World Cover

2013 · WiiU

Super Mario 3D World

59%

Super Mario 3D World is a 3D platformer action game for the Wii U, and a follow-up of the Nintendo 3DS installment Super Mario 3D Land. The game builds upon the previous installment, following a similar 3D level-design convention inspired from the 2D platforme...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

59% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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09 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Cover
59%

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the fourth console-based entry in the popular Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games. With an even larger roster of fighters than its predecessors and the introduction eight player battles, Smash for Wii U continues to add to...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

59% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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10 Super Mario Bros. 3 Cover

1988 · Arcade, famicom, 3DS

Super Mario Bros. 3

57%

Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges. The game features more diverse movement opti...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

57% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

11 Rayman Origins Cover

2011 · Mac, 3DS, PC

Rayman Origins

57%

Bubble Dreamer, Rayman, his best friend Globox, and some Teensy friends are chilling out at the Bubble Dreamer's resting grounds, the Snoring Tree. However, their snoring disturbs an old granny from the Land of the Livid Dead, who retaliates by sending an evil...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

57% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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12 Super Mario Bros. 2 Cover

1988 · Arcade, famicom, 3DS

Super Mario Bros. 2

56%

Super Mario Bros. 2, 2D platformer and sequel to Super Mario Bros. (1985), features 4 selectable characters (Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad) as they navigate the dream world of Subcon to defeat the evil toad king Wart. Super Mario Bros. 2 features differen...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

56% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

13 Super Mario Land Cover

1989 · Game Boy, 3DS

Super Mario Land

55%

Super Mario Land is the first Mario's outing on the Game Boy. It is a side-scrolling platformer much in the vein of the previous Super Mario Bros. This time, Mario must save Princess Daisy, rather than Princess Toadstool, from her kidnapper Tatanga, a mysterio...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

55% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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14 Assassin's Creed Cover

2007 · PS3, X360

Assassin's Creed

54%

Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the Animus by his 21st century descendant, Des...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

54% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

15 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Cover

1997 · Android, PS1, PS3

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

54%

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is the second game in the Crash Bandicoot series, and the sequel to the original game. The gameplay is largely similar to that of the original, as players make their way through a limited environment whilst breaking crate...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

54% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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16 Assassin's Creed II Cover

2009 · Mac, PC, PS3

Assassin's Creed II

53%

Discover an intriguing and epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy set during a pivotal moment in history: the Italian Renaissance. Experience the freedom and immersion of an all new open world and mission structure with settings such as the rooftops and c...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

53% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Fantasy Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

17 Super Mario Bros. Cover

1985 · Arcade, famicom, fds

Super Mario Bros.

52%

A side scrolling 2D platformer and first entry in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. follows Italian plumber Mario as he treks across many levels of platforming challenges featuring hostile enemies to rescue Princess Peach from the evil king Bowser.

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Sonic the Hedgehog

52% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

18 Super Metroid Cover

1994 · New 3DS, SFAM, SNES

Super Metroid

52%

The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the dead...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

52% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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19 Rayman Legends Cover

2013 · Stadia, PC, PS3

Rayman Legends

52%

Rayman Legends is a side-scrolling platform game supporting up to four simultaneous players. Players control Rayman, Globox, Teensies, or the new character Barbara as they run, jump, and attack through over one hundred twenty levels. An assist character named...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

52% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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20 Castlevania Cover

1986 · Arcade, fds, 3DS

Castlevania

52%

Step into the shadows of the deadliest dwelling on earth. You've arrived at Castlevania, and you're here on business: To destroy forever the Curse of the Evil Count. Unfortunately, everybody's home this evening. Bats, ghosts, every kind of creature you can im...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

52% Spannender Match
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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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