The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog has officially crossed one million downloads and has become one of Steam’s highest-rated games ever.

Katie – MiniKitty, Sonic the Hedgehog’s social media manager, took to Twitter to share the news, saying, “Over 1,000,000 of you have grabbed The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog and it’s currently the #61 highest rated game on Steam of ALL TIME. Absolutely unreal. Thank you all so, so much.”

For those unfamiliar, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a murder mystery/visual novel game that surprise launched on Steam just before April Fools’ Day 2023. In the game, which is free, it is Amy Rose’s birthday and she’s hosting a murder mystery party that has Sonic becoming the victim. However, things quickly start feeling a bit strange.

It’s then your job, as a new character, to interrogate Sonic’s friends and try to get to the bottom of this mystery on the train known as the Mirage Express.

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog follows 2022’s Sonic Frontiers, which just got a big update that added new challenge modes, a photo mode, and a jukebox for players to listen to their favorite Sonic songs.

For more, check out the first 17 minutes of The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, our review of Sonic Frontiers, and all the other big April Fools’ Day jokes in the world of gaming.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.





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