#personally my favorite is the satbk one its so good

[larabar]

ok ok i got one

[000marie198]

Are there any sonic au’s you would recommend? I am trying to find more to get into so would love to know if you have any favourites out there :D

Hello! Oh there are so many! :D I definitely have some favorites and some which aren't favs but are pretty great.

Putting these under the cut because there are so many! And there's definitely more cool AUs that I haven't seen or haven't saved.

Anyways, please enjoy my personal selection:

Seven Years Too Soon by NightFuchia. Basically what if a much younger Sonic accidentally set Shadow free from Prison Island. It has awesome characterization and happens to be one of my favorite stories. The rest of Team Sonic is also present

Brotherhood's Twist by @/drawloverlala even though I don't think it counts entirely as Au but it still sort of does. Unbreakable Bond ageswitch due to Zeti's meddling.

Passion's @sonic-tangled-au . I love it! So very much. The lore and backstories are so good.

Noonui's World Restored in Imbalanced Chaos au. Extremely engaging and good. Has a bunch of world building and fun concepts and lore.

Sonic's Super Totally Awesome Mixtape, though it seems to be discontinued, I'm not sure. It's pretty good so far! Takes place in the movie verse.

@brainworms-all-night-long is working on a Dreamtale Au which I'm hyped for. The tag in use is 'dreamtale and sonic tomfoolery'.

@/the-starlight-project comic is pretty good too. Mystery! And emotions. So many emotions ough.

And there's @the-emerald-isle-au by @0vergrowngraveyard . Very intriguing. 👀

Please do check out the Pandora Au by @/starrjoy. It's great!

The Fair Folk by Irritable_Fabulamancer, this fic is one of my favorites! Team Sonic as Fae my beloved! I love fae AUs.

On that note, if you're alright wanting to read a Fae!AU which is pretty much a sonadow fic, there is also I don't believe in fairy tales [but I believe in you and me]. Fantasy and Fae! Satbk inspired, another one that had me hooked.

My Arms Are Blue by thekyuubivixen and its unofficial, fan-continuation (My Arms Are Blue! Final Four Edition) by PlaystationPassenger. The story doesn't completely count as an AU but I'm recommending them anyway cuz they're really really good and has that watching your own show from different dimension trope. It's also hilarious and fun.

Burning Arrow, Wildfire Heart by Taranea is SatSR novelisation AU with Sonic's other friends present too, it's pretty fun. Not very accurate regarding the desert but it's a good read and I come back to reread it often. Must read in my opinion. Just don't dare use it as guide for desert travel or you'll be shriveled up in the sand somewhere

This fic. Read it, I will not elaborate this one. Just trust me :]

And don't miss out on @shadofiredragon's Legends Never Die fic. It's a future fic! And an awesome one. I won't spoil much but it is so good. She also has lots of fun AUs in the works.

Down the Foxhole series by MoonlitNightin. Sonic Prime AU series which is great! Tails' pov. The Shatterverses have their own Sonics. Engaging and great.

Feel free to check out @/Son1c's 10verse and other AUs. Those are some pretty great ones. Love the different lore and variants given to the Shatterverses in 10verse.

Spirit of the Wind by TrenchCoatGecko. Satbk inspired fantasy au. Sonamy, has focus on magic and lore and other characters as well.

If you'd like some Forces angst with Unbreakable Bond focus, please do read Illusionary are your arms around me by @nixoon-again. The feels will kill you /pos

Chaos Barren by but_why_not. I forgot to add this earlier (this is an edited addition). Takes place in the Blue Devils AU, great story!

Baby Tails shenanigans by @myymi . Tails got turned into itty bitty infant kit. (And also check @0vergrowngraveyard 'baby tails' tag for more little gremlin scenarios)

Myla is also working on @tails-and-the-ink-machine au

Feral au by Oneshot_bravo. Little short stories or drabbles taking place in Unleashed but the werehog is feral yet keeps his memories. Very lighthearted and fun and cute

Three or more foxes form a skulk by @/chiropter36 . Post Prime au fic, loved it! Go read.

Also, @donelywell 'roadtrip! sonic au' and 'Casino Nights Au'

Haven't yet started reading The Fox's Burrow by @/space-gutz but I'm planning to. Recommending it either way cuz I feel like it's gonna be good. Unbreakable Bond but ageswaped au.

@/sonicchaoscontrol comic. Another in-progress au which is also quite intriguing. Sonic jumps through a portal and exits in future where the planet is a mess. The mystery of what and how it all happened and what's going on slowly unfolds.

The Buzzsaw Dillemma by redpenship. I haven't personally read it myself but I've heard many good things about it, especially it's world building.

Incomplete and won't be updated anymore but if you haven't read them yet, DO NOT miss out on Ghosts of the Future and The Murder of Me fancomics by Evan Stanley (spiritsonic) and Gigi Deutrix (gigi-D) respectively. They're a must read. Both are available on DeviantArt.

The Heart of a Monster comic, @/the-heart-of-a-monster. It's in progress and updates regularly. Unleashed retelling, really really good with some extra lore and everyone involved.

Sometimes the Picket Fence isn’t Perfect and Sharp Edges (Sonic Prime AU) series by @/skimmingthesurfaces. I'm holding off the first one to read later, like that one book you've been saving so I'm not sure if it completely counts as an AU, still putting it in recs, and the second one is intriguing so far. I have heard a lot of good thing about the Picket Fence series.

Dark Boom by Smash50. The entirety of Team Dark in the Sonic Boom universe. Alongside it, there's also Boomtober by the same author.

It Always Snows by the 24th by Selendred had me hooked even though it's a oneshot. Great au and would love to see it explored more.

No One said I Wish by SylWritesStuff. One of my fav stories from the Sonic Platonic Fairytale Week event. It's really funny.

Sonic Phantom Forces (SPF) au comic. Sonic Forces au, blue boy gets taken away but not in the way you think, pretty cool story so far. It's in-progress and available on both Tumblr and DeviantArt. @/spfau

If Black Doom tried to be a better father by Tirainy. Don't take this one seriously. It's pure comedy and I love every second of it. Shadow is having a time for sure XD.

Silent Talkers by @brainworms-all-night-long. Takes place in the Prime Bros verse, feels intensified, all the good ones. A must read, trust me.

And speaking of the Prime Bros AU (in which all Shatterverse foxes also got adopted by Sonic and are now brothers), feel free to scroll through the 'prime bros' tag here. So many awesome posts for this particular au by everyone!

There's so many more, cool ones, epic ones. I haven't saved all and I'm probably forgetting some great ones too so I'm leaving this open for others to add. If y'all have more cool AUs, plz add to these (I wanna check em out too)

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And now a few from the Fanfiction.net site because it doesn't have much audience compared to AO3 and there are some actual gems hidden there;

Premonition by thekiyuubivixen (not entirely an au but it feels like one due to the unique ability Sonic gains)

The Sonic Project by SconnieSA. Rated M but it's a pretty awesome AU and the rating is due to more serious themes and uncensored language in some parts. Highly recommending this one

Survivor's Resolve by DC111. Not entirely an AU but I must rec this fic it's so good and doea havs some AU vibes.

Sonic the Hedgehog: Attorney of Law by thedraconicwerewolf. Ace Attorney type AU with Sonic and Tails as main characters. Not too adventurous but very very fun and interesting and still managed to keep Sonic in character. Though it has a sequel started, I only rec the main story, not the sequal as it seems to be abandoned and isn't needed to be read like them cliffhanger stories.

beLIEve by Meow21. I have only read snippets from this, waiting for this story to continue but it seems to be discontinued. Felt like an epic story too and deserves to be recommended.

Sonic and the Golden Journey. Sonic gets thrown in another storybook, this time it's a children's classic fairytale. Short but very comedic and fun. Go read it.

Tales of a Samurai. I am begging you to read this one, please it's so good. Also by Taranea.

Wonderful and it's sequal Sanctuary by Inflamore for some Unbreakable Bond angst. (Kindly ignore the obliviousness of earlier ff.net for not knowing the meaning of certain symbols, there's nothing of the sort in story, trust me.)

Regrets by MazzyBooks. A high school au of sorts. Sonic centric with some heavy angst. I'm not kidding about the angst part, trust me. It had me hooked from the first chapter though and I believe it deserves a rec.

You need the cracks (to let the light shine through) by king.needlemouse. Istg this is the most underrated thing I've ever come across, it's one of my absolute favorite fics which I can never forget. Do read it.

Within this Nightmare by sonicfan1990. Sonic get transported to an alternate universe which has gone post apocalyptic and his counterpart in that universe has been dead. Pretty great story, lots of angst and everything.

And that's all I could remember and have saved for now. I'm leaving this open to more AU recs (yes even self plugs are welcome) so if you know any I missed, plz feel free to add. I hope you enjoy all these great AUs!

Thanks for the ask!

[sonknuxadow]

While I've only played Unleashed (I plan on playing SA2 and maybe SA1 in the near future) I have to say that SATBK as well as 06 look like they have good stories. I'm a sucker for games that do creative things with the characters and have them interact with each other, so I'm also a fan of Heroes and Shadow The Hedgehog in that regard. I just love seeing Sonic characters show their personality when faced with different conflicts. I know I brought up like 4 points here but that's what I like lol

YESS i love the story and world of satbk its my favorite sonic game other than unleashed

ive never played 06 unfortunately but i really like the story in that one too

shth is also good its another one of my favorites. sa2 too

[angelislandtour]

favorite Sonic game?

because i over complicate things, here’s an essay >:))

tldr; tie between generations and mania, though i’ve not played generations, and the storybook games (SATSR and SATBK) are there for story and writing

console games only

okay so obviously sonic 1 was pretty good. sonic 2 really improved on things (until wing fortress and to a degree metropolis). sonic 3k was an improvement in so many ways (a story, graphics, music, hardware use) and though i have personal beef with the levels and bosses and stuff so i dislike it, i still believe it to be the best of the three (four if 3 and knuckles are counted as different???)

i’ve never played adventure 1, so i don’t know too much. some of the gameplay is a bit clunky sure but i still like it. i don’t like how more than one character played through a stage (or at least a stage that doesn’t fit them, i wouldn’t mind sonic/shadow sharing 4 example) i like the story tho! a lot! id rate sonic or knux’s routes the highest, sonic bc of the gameplay and knux because he’s an angel and his story is great

adventure 2! good game! again never played it, but the writing was good and the graphics were gettin good! i love the adventure 2 models. also the world was more colourful than adventure 1! rouge’s debut game.

SONIC HEROESSSS. the gameplay is Horrible (at least on the ps2 version) and the voice acting is everywhere and it’s kind of dated but hell i still like it!! the music is good, the levels are aesthetically pleasing (i’ve not finished the game so i’ve not seen all of them) and the voice acting has gotten a lot better since adventure. gave us team dark and a metal sonic story.

shadow the hedgehog. masterpiece. i don’t care about its “flaws” and “bad level design” and “questionable game mechanics” shadow gets a knife. enough said

06. the story is ..... not great. the writing is. not great. the graphics are, in my opinion, just a little less than great (Looks nice yes but i miss the baby adventure models). the voice acting is kind of wacky at points and the games almost unplayable. but it has massive amounts of charm. i love every single terrible glitch and every single fucking loading screen.

unleashed! i think! it was a great game,, they managed to take a very strange idea and make it So So Good... the graphics and voice acting and story are all a step up and the LEVEL DESIGN... at least for the day stages. great game

storybook saga! the story in secret rings is Godmode and the writing in black knight is incredible. sure secret rings is a bitch to play but !!! both get very high scores! bonus marks for creativity

colors. it was pretty good. we get great graphics and a great ost yet again. the 2d sections are a little numerous but that’s ok. disappointed in the writing but still a good game

generations: see colors!!! i love the music and the games so bright and though i’ve never played it it looks so good!! also GOOD LEVEL DESIGN

lost world: worst game in the sonic franchise. i hate it. despise it. i can’t write all i hate about it so that might come in a different post if you guys wanna see it??

forces: tastes like wasted potential. a step in the right direction but still underwhelming and kind of boring. again not a fan of the writing. but overall... it was,,,,, okay? people give it a little too much trouble. sonic deserves better though

mania: idk if this was before or after forced but i got it after. BEAUTIFUL. STUNNING. some of the levels. irk me but it’s fun to play and is a really nice game!!!

so to answer your question. it’s probably the storybook games just because i love the story or generations because it was So Good. or mania bc i love it. i love sonic the hedgehog