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Game Information​

Game Title: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Sep 25, 2025)
• PlayStation 4 (Sep 25, 2025)
• Xbox Series X/S (Sep 25, 2025)
• Xbox One (Sep 25, 2025)
• Nintendo Switch (Sep 25, 2025)
• PC (Sep 25, 2025)

Trailers:

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | Kids' Choice Awards Trailer
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | Announce Trailer

Developer: Sonic Team

Publisher: SEGA

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 83 average - 95% recommended - 20 reviews

MetaCritic - 82/100 - PlayStation 5 - 38 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

COGconnected - Jaz Sagoo - 80 / 100

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Digitec Magazine - Cassie Mammone - German - 4 / 5

"Sonic Racing: Crossworlds" stands alongside "Mario Kart" at the top of the fun racer genre – even if its DLC pricing policy is far from ideal.

GAMES.CH - Roger Sieber - German - 86%

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GameSpot - Steve Watts - 7 / 10

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a well-crafted and remarkably flexible arcade racer with an almost overwhelming amount of customization and a whizbang portal-hopping mechanic.

Gameblog - French - 8 / 10

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IGN Italy - Luca Rago - Italian - 9 / 10

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' strenghts are in its distinctly arcade feel and sense of speed, it's an incredibly fun kart game with a strong personality that clearly sets it apart from the competition. If you're looking for a kart game and don't own a Nintendo console, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is the answer, but it's also a solid alternative for everyone else, with cross-play undoubtedly adding value to the package, along with the extensive post-launch support already announced.

Loot Level Chill - Lyle Pendle - 9.5 / 10

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is the best kart racing game you'll play in 2025, with tons of fresh ideas and more content than you could shake a Chao at.

Manual dos Games - Luiz Henrique Silva - Portuguese - 9 / 10

With a enjoyable gameplay, a customization system that allows players to express their skills, creative tracks that make excellent use of vehicle transformation mechanics and the new track-switching feature during races, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds finally earns its place on the podium of kart racing games.

One More Game - Vincent Ternida - 8 / 10

Sonic Racing: Crossworlds has proven to be a pleasant surprise, offering a fun and accessible experience, along with enough depth to satisfy kart racing enthusiasts. With a lineup of engaging DLC characters on the horizon, the game shows strong potential as a live service title with lasting appeal.

PSX Brasil - Ivan Nikolai Barkow Castilho - Portuguese - 85 / 100

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds features fun, challenging gameplay, a diverse number of characters and tracks. There are also plenty of customization options. Multiplayer is the game's strong point, with a variety of modes both online and offline. However, the single-player content leaves something to be desired, becoming monotonous after a few hours. Furthermore, the Donpa Tickets grind is unnecessarily excessive.

Pizza Fria - Filipe Villela Barroso - Portuguese - 8.3 / 10

The game presents itself as much more than a simple derivative of the arcade genre, the combination of creative tracks, transformable vehicles and a good dose of customization makes each race unique, placing the player in situations that require both skill and strategy.

PlayStation Universe - Joe Richards - 9 / 10

Despite my initial trepidation, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds defies the odds and managed to hook me. Strong fundamental gameplay is paired with genuinely cool customisation options and fantastic track design to make for a compelling and addicting racer that I've had to tear myself away from to even write this review. We'll see how online balance plays out in a realistic sample size, but so far, I'm massively impressed.

Push Square - Stephen Tailby - 8 / 10

Some small gripes aside, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a rock solid kart racer that carves its own path. The dimension-hopping races are fun, varied, and fast, and the robust customisation allows players to really tinker with how the game feels. With energetic action, a good range of race types, and plenty of post-launch content on the way, this is an entertaining entry for casual players and hardcore Sonic fans alike.

República DG - André Custódio - Portuguese - 8.4 / 10

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is the complete package for anyone with high expectations for a kart racing game. With a large roster of racers and extensive customization options, the game guarantees hours of fun.

Restart.run - Luis Joshua Gutierrez - 4 / 5

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a fantastic kart game that doesn't feel like a half-baked carbon copy. It has many different modes that stand on their own, as well as the portal system that changes up each track and keeps you on your toes. It has a low entry point but a high ceiling, which makes it ideal for anyone to pick up and enjoy.

Shacknews - Ozzie Mejia - 8 / 10

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The Outerhaven Productions - Keith Mitchell - 4.5 / 5

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a return to form for the Sonic kart-racing series, while adding exciting mechanics like portals that shift your race mid-race. The plentiful roster, the tracks are creative and colorful, the visuals shine and the racing and fast and fun. On the downside, handling can feel loose in tighter turns, rubber-banding and item chaos sometimes detract from competitive racing. Still, if you're looking for a fun, fast-paced kart racing, then Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds delivers.

TheSixthAxis - Dominic Leighton - 6 / 10

While it gets plenty of the fundamentals of right, the dimension hopping, character roster and some of the extra modes don't quite stick the landing. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds isn't the best karting game out there, and thirteen years on from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, it's not even the best karting game with a blue hedgehog in it.

Tom's Guide - 4 / 5

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is one of the most memorable entries in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and it upstages Mario Kart World in several ways. Packed with chaos, fun and presenting a bit of a learning curve, CrossWorlds wins big when it comes to smooth drifting and air tricks that give you significant boosts. Extensive kart and 'Gadget Plate' customization enable you to strategize in different ways and fine-tune your style. While there aren't enough courses at launch and some items can feel overpowered at times, CrossWorlds makes a big splash as a multi-platform karting game. PC Deals2 deals availableDownload $69.99 $60.89View $82.06 $66.71ViewWe check over 250 million products every day for the best pricespowered by

Video Chums - Mary Billington - 8.9 / 10

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds features some of the best track variety in the genre as well as a visceral driving experience that has you seamlessly take to the skies, water, and road. If you love kart racers, it's an absolute must-play.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Solid scores

Not a major kart racing fan really. But I will try the free demo.

We need a souls-like Kart racer

 

[Kacho]

Damn, good job Sonic Team. Very impressive. I will definitely pick this up.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Highest rated game in the series I believe

 

[RoboFu]

I urge people to play the demo fist. I am a big fan of the first game and transformed but this one felt really bad to me. Very Stiff. it is not the same.

 

[rodrigolfp]

"it's not even the best karting game with a blue hedgehog in it."

ouch

 

[Saber]

I know one fatfrog will be annoying to deal with, Sega will probably pay him an extra from all the job he did lmao

As for me, seems weird theres some concerning negatives but yet they still give high scores at the end.

 

[Stafford]

I wonder if the game has HDR because the beta didn't and this game could look glorious with proper HDR.

 

[Nvzman]

I urge people to play the demo fist. I am a big fan of the first game and transformed but this one felt really bad to me. Very Stiff. it is not the same.

I also highly recommend changing some settings around, because that's kind of how I felt UNTIL I set the camera to dynamic, which makes it sway far more like other kart racing games, and I adjusted the controls, then it felt excellent and I had an absolute blast with the online test.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Can't wait to get this.

 

[Sticks]

Another banger

 

[OverHeat]

Can't wait !!!!!

 

[Nvzman]

Sonic Stadium released a very glowing review.

Most interesting is that apparently there's been a ton of dramatic changes since the Open Network Test to the controls and balancing. Great to hear!

 

[BennyBlanco]

I'm in.

 

[touchfuzzy]

After trying the Switch demo, I'll get it when they get a Switch 2 version out, shocked they couldn't nail down an upgrade patch prior to release. Knowing Sega it'll be at least 20% off by then too.

 

[RoboFu]

I also highly recommend changing some settings around, because that's kind of how I felt UNTIL I set the camera to dynamic, which makes it sway far more like other kart racing games, and I adjusted the controls, then it felt excellent and I had an absolute blast with the online test.

Setting the camera to dynamic helps a lot! its still not perfect but much much closer to the old games now. thanks!

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

After trying the Switch demo, I'll get it when they get a Switch 2 version out, shocked they couldn't nail down an upgrade patch prior to release. Knowing Sega it'll be at least 20% off by then too.

Oh bummer, guess I will wait for the Switch 2 version as well. Maybe Nintendo declined to bless Sega with enough Switch 2 dev kits

 

[VeganElduderino]

 

[YCoCg]

Was pretty impressed by the network test so to see it actually scoring high is a relief, they needed a win after the disaster that was Team Sonic Racing.

 

[snapdragon]

Solid scores

Not a major kart racing fan really. But I will try the free demo.

We need a souls-like Kart racer

SRC is hard carried by its excellent track design (both in terms of layouts and visuals) but I really wish kart racers had more complex mechanics, gear shifting, breaks actually being useful etc

 

[Durin]

Didn't know they were offering a demo, will check it out on Steam later today.

 

[Fat Frog]

MetaCritic - 82/100 - PlayStation 5 - 38 Reviews

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It jumped to 83, the early results were dragged down by the usual suspect Gamespot.

Gamespot for certain reasons always bashed great Sega games from Alien Isolation (6/10) to Shadow Generations and now Sonic Crossworlds.

 

[CrimsonTide]

SRC is hard carried by its excellent track design (both in terms of layouts and visuals) but I really wish kart racers had more complex mechanics, gear shifting, breaks actually being useful etc

It's a novel idea. Wonder why it's never been done before? Or has it? Maybe like a simulation kart racer right?

 

[March Climber]

It jumped to 83, the early results were dragged down by the usual suspect Gamespot.

Gamespot for certain reasons always bashed great Sega games from Alien Isolation (6/10) to Shadow Generations and now Sonic Crossworlds.

It's the classic "Sega 7" rating, which meant that your only choice as a consumer was to take a chance because either the Sega game you were about to play will be terribly jank or it might be the funnest "7" of that year for you.

This has been happening since the PS360 gen. Resonance of Fate and The Club are both perfect examples of what I'm talking about.

 

[Dacvak]

Roughly what I expected. I'll grab this when it's on sale.

I'm still enjoying MK World at the moment, though.

 

[MacReady13]

The Club

I LOVED The Club. Fantastic game.

 

[Fat Frog]

Top 10 on the PS Store

 

[Fat Frog]

Megaman confirmed as the last DLC guest

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Megaman confirmed as the last DLC guest

The final game looks so much better and faster in the beta! Damn, I don't know if I can swing this and Sky 1st this month.

 

[Fat Frog]

"Make Sega great again"

Shuji Utsumi

 

[nikos]

Was really excited for this but no ultrawide support + 60 FPS cap = DOA.

I'll consider the Switch 2 version depending on performance.