Games like Sonic CD on PlayStation
Closest overall match: Sonic Mania (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Rayman Origins at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: Jet Set Radio at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Sonic CD — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer.
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57%
1. Sonic Mania
Shares Remake, Colorful, Side Scroller, Family Friendly and Pixel Graphics and 3 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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55%
2. Jet Set Radio
Shares Colorful, Anime, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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54%
3. Mega Man 11
Shares Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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53%
4. Psychonauts
Shares Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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52%
5. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
Shares Colorful, Family Friendly, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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52%
6. Super Time Force Ultra
Shares Time Travel, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
52%
7. Rayman Origins
Shares Colorful, Side Scroller, Family Friendly, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
52%
8. Electronic Super Joy
Shares Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
52%
9. Sonic Generations
Shares Time Travel, Colorful, Family Friendly, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
51%
10. BloodRayne Betrayal
Shares Side Scroller, Anime, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
-
51%
11. Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Shares Anime, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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51%
12. HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Shares Side Scroller, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sonic CD on PlayStation?
On our similarity model, Sonic Mania is the closest match to Sonic CD on PlayStation — shares Remake, Colorful, Side Scroller, Family Friendly and Pixel Graphics and 3 more tags; same developer.
Which game like Sonic CD is rated highest?
Rayman Origins holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 760 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sonic CD on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.