Shadow Generations
Shadow Generations is a 2024 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is the second Sonic the Hedgehog game to feature Shadow as the protagonist, following Shadow the Hedgehog (2005).
PlatformAdventure
- Time to beat
- about 10 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Shadow Generations is a 2024 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is the second Sonic the Hedgehog game to feature Shadow as the protagonist, following Shadow the Hedgehog (2005). Its story runs parallel to Sonic Generations (2011), and sees Shadow travel through time as he faces his arch-nemesis Black Doom. Like Sonic Generations, the levels and bosses are drawn from previous Sonic games; it also includes levels and game mechanics from games released after Sonic Generations.
Shadow Generations is not available as a standalone game, instead being bundled with a remaster of Sonic Generations in Sonic X Shadow Generations. It was released on October 25, 2024, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows to generally favorable reviews. The game has been a commercial success, selling two million copies by January 2025. It was released as a Nintendo Switch 2 launch game on June 5, 2025.
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure
- Developer
- Sonic Team
- Publisher
- Sega
- Series
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Engine
- Hedgehog Engine 2
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 7
- ESRB
- E10+
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation 4 | Worldwide | 2024-10-22 |
| PlayStation 4 | Worldwide | 2024-10-25 |
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Credits
- Publisher
- Sega
- Developer
- Sonic Team
- Released
- 2024-10-22
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 10 hours
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