Released in 2017, Sonic Mania is an action adventure game built by Christian Whitehead. Publishing duties went to SEGA. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. At 9 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Metacritic places it at 84. It carries 18 achievements. With more than 24 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. 9 languages are covered by the store listing.

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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU	Core 2 Duo
GPU	DirectX 9.0c compliant video card 256MB
RAM	2 GB
Storage	1 GB
OS	Windows 7 / 8 / 10
DirectX	9

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Setting and environment

The game is set in a deliberately retro presentation. Play is structured around platforming routes. It is played in two dimensions. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from.

Why Sonic Mania is demanding

It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Sonic Mania needs only 2 GB of RAM. Sonic Mania takes about 1 GB of disk space.

This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.

Can you run Sonic Mania?

Sonic Mania targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 9.0c compliant video card 256MB and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

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Frequently asked questions

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What are the minimum system requirements for Sonic Mania?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Core 2 Duo; GPU: DirectX 9.0c compliant video card 256MB; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10.

How much storage does Sonic Mania need?

Sonic Mania needs about 1 GB of available storage.