Games like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on PC
Closest overall match: Streets of Rage 2 (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I at about 1 hours.
We compared Sonic the Hedgehog 2 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 10 came closest. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Partial Controller Support and Great Soundtrack.
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69%
1. Streets of Rage 2
Shares Partial Controller Support, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 1992
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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61%
2. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Shares 1990's, Colorful, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 83
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59%
3. Golden Axe
Shares Partial Controller Support, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 1989
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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57%
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
Shares Colorful, Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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57%
5. Earthworm Jim
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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55%
6. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II
Shares Colorful, Local Multiplayer, Partial Controller Support, cooperative and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; same developer; rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 54
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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55%
7. Comix Zone
Shares 1990's, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4
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55%
8. Crazy Taxi (1999)
Shares Partial Controller Support, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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52%
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; about 16h longer.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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51%
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)
Shares cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 11
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on PC?
On our similarity model, Streets of Rage 2 is the closest match to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on PC — shares Partial Controller Support, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
Which game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is rated highest?
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 276 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sonic the Hedgehog 2 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.
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