This April Fool’s joke is one of the top-rated games on Steam.

Free-to-play visual novelThe Murder of Sonic the Hedgehoghas surpassed one million players.

The game isn’t developed by the Sonic Team, but by the Sega Social Team, instead.

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It’s actually the highest-rated Sonic game in the series on Steam when sorted by user reviews.

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Thank you all so, so much.

reads the game’s description on Steam.

The last mainline game in the series wasSonic Frontiers, which launched in November 2022.

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It received mixed reviews upon release.

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