Racing
Team Sonic Racing™
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 10% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 3,523
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Taunting Tanuki” (Complete Chapter 1 of Team Adventure Mode): only 47% of starters get there.
- 82% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,561 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (81.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Taunting Tanuki Complete Chapter 1 of Team Adventure Mode. Most players quit here 47% −53
- Dimensional Rift Complete Chapter 2 of Team Adventure Mode. 33% −15
- Dark Arrival Complete Chapter 3 of Team Adventure Mode. 22% −10
- Cheaters Never Win Complete Chapter 4 of Team Adventure Mode. 18% −4
- Between Zavok And A Hard Place Complete Chapter 5 of Team Adventure Mode. 15% −3
- Kidnapped! Complete Chapter 6 of Team Adventure Mode. 11% −4
- The Final Showdown Complete Chapter 7 of Team Adventure Mode. 10% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
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- Roadside Assistance Perform a Skimboost on a slow-moving Teammate. 100%
- You're Fired Cause an opponent to spin-out using a Red Burst. 84%
- There Is No "I" In Team... Perform Team Item Transfer, Skimboost, Team Slingshot and Team Ultimate in a single Race. 74%
- Fire The Catapult! Perform 10 Team Slingshots in a single Race. 64%
- This Time It's Personal Modify a vehicle in the Garage. 61%
- Whoa! I'm Getting Dizzy! Perform a triple Stunt. 56%
- Artful Dodging Avoid every hazard created by a Gray Quake. 56%
- Road Block Block an incoming projectile with a Blue Cube. 55%
- What's Mine Is Yours Send an Item Box to a Teammate 5 times during a Race. 50%
- The Taunting Tanuki Complete Chapter 1 of Team Adventure Mode. 47%
- Quick Off The Mark Perform a maximum Start Line Boost. 47%
- Slingshot Pro Perform 100 Team Slingshots. (Across all Game Modes). 43%
- Threat Neutralized Use the White Boost to destroy a projectile. 41%
- Cutting Corners Use the White Boost to avoid being slowed down by terrain. 41%
- Ad Ultimatum Perform a Team Ultimate 3 times in a single Race. 37%
- Target Practice Land a hit on enemy racers with each use of a x3 Orange Rocket. 34%
- Dimensional Rift Complete Chapter 2 of Team Adventure Mode. 33%
- Shockproof Avoid the effect of being hit by an Ivory Lightning. 32%
- Let Me Introduce Myself Finish an online race. 29%
- Thorn In Their Sides Cause 3 opponents to spin-out by shunting them with a Pink Spikes active. 28%
- Freezy Peasy Finish Frozen Junkyard without hitting any hazards or respawning. 28%
- Cyan Of The Times Spin out 2 racers with Cyan Laser. 26%
- Dark Arrival Complete Chapter 3 of Team Adventure Mode. 22%
- But There Is A Me... Come first in an online race. 21%
- Wisp You Were Here Gain 6 positions by using a single Yellow Drill. 21%
- Cheaters Never Win Complete Chapter 4 of Team Adventure Mode. 18%
- Between Zavok And A Hard Place Complete Chapter 5 of Team Adventure Mode. 15%
- The Customizer Is Always Right Achieve 1st place in a race with a fully customized Vehicle. 15%
- Violent Void Use the Violet Void to absorb a projectile and hit the racer who fired it. 13%
- Kidnapped! Complete Chapter 6 of Team Adventure Mode. 11%
- The Final Showdown Complete Chapter 7 of Team Adventure Mode. 10%
- Performance Enhancing Mods Unlock all of the Performance Mods (Except Legendary Mods). 9.0%
- Go Hard Or Go Home Complete all possible events on hard in any Team Adventure Mode chapter. 7.7%
- Twinkle Twinkle Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 1. 6.9%
- Ringmaster Collect 20,000 Rings. 6.3%
- Sonic Heroes Complete a Team Race with 2 additional local players on your Team. 5.8%
- A Prize Every Time Spend 5,000 Credits. 5.2%
- Starry-eyed Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 2. 4.7%
- Villainy 101 While playing as Eggman, spin out Sonic 3 times in the same Race. 3.8%
- On The Skids Stay in a single Drift for over a minute. 3.8%
- Reach For the Stars Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 3. 3.3%
- Starlight, Star Bright Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 4. 3.3%
- So Far So Jaded Travel 200 meters over slow-down surfaces with a single use of a Jade Ghost. 2.9%
- Star Power Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 5. 2.7%
- Celestial Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 6. 2.6%
- Supernova Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode Chapter 7. 2.6%
- Can You Feel The Sunshine? Earn every star in Team Adventure Mode. 2.5%
- Cagophilist Collect all of the Team Adventure Mode Keys. 2.3%
- Well, That Wasn't So Hard Complete all Team Adventure chapters on Hard difficulty. 2.3%
- A Friend In Speed Is A Friend Indeed Beat a friend's leaderboard time in Time Trial mode on any track. 1.7%
- Speed Painter Unlock all of the Vehicle Paint Kits. 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.