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Mobile game · 2013

Sonic Dash

Sonic Dash is an endless runner platformer video game developed by Hardlight and published by Sega. It was released exclusively on mobile phones, and is the second game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Hardlight for the platform, the first being the remake of Sonic Jump in 2012. The game was released on March 7, 2013, for iOS, November 26, 2013, for Android, and December 3, 2014, for Windows.

Estimated daily players

~1,300,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 130K7.5M

Estimated total players

~25,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 13M50M

See what's trending

Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Mar 7, 2013AndroidiOSWindows PhoneESRB 12

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 66%
  • App Store 34%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Sonic Dash, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~1,300,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 130K7.5M

No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.

Estimated total players

~25,000,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 13M50M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Sonic Dash per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~88,000,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Sonic Dash where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

5,509,300

Average rating
4.7
Installs
500M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

417,673

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.7

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Community signals

How many people gather around Sonic Dash outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Twitch viewers

0

Live channels
0

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for Sonic Dash: Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

Sonic Dash is played as an endless runner, similar to the Temple Run and Rayman Jungle Run video games.In the game, the player directs Sonic through levels, collecting rings and avoiding obstacles and enemies. Unlike other games in the series, Sonic automatically moves forward at all times, similar to Sonic and the Secret Rings. Players are able to share and compete for accomplishments such as "fastest time" or "longest distance".

Trailers

Trailer

Gameplay Video

Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Sonic Dash?

We estimate that about 25,000,000 people have played Sonic Dash — plausibly between 13M and 50M. Around 1,300,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 130K and 7.5M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Sonic Dash still active?

Yes. Sonic Dash is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Sonic Dash player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

When was Sonic Dash released?

Sonic Dash was released on March 7, 2013 for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

What platforms is Sonic Dash available on?

Sonic Dash is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

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