Project Reignition, the PC Remake of Sonic and the Secret Rings, Is Finally Complete

Released on Wii in 2007, Sonic and the Secret Rings remains an oddity in the series: an on-rails Sonic playable only with the Wii Remote held sideways, steered by tilting the controller. That control scheme long ruled out any port and left the game with a divisive reputation. Project Reignition, the fan remake led by KumaPauZ, fixes exactly that, and its version 1.0 landed on 31 August 2026 during Sonic Fan Fest 6.

Rebuilt from scratch in Godot, the game is free and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, Steam Deck included. It covers every world and stage of the story mode, with reworked visuals and performance, more than fifteen remixes and original tracks, plus English, Japanese and Spanish voice dubs. Downloads go through the project's GameJolt page and the source code lives on GitHub, where the official wiki covers getting started and access to nightly builds.

The real gain is the control overhaul. Sonic now answers to a full analogue stick on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo pads, with gyro steering kept as an option for the nostalgic. The team also purged the original's redundant skills, added new ones to push past fifty available perks, enabled by default the ones that improve handling, and clarified progression by flagging story-critical missions. A time attack mode, skill presets and mod support round out the package.

The party mode is still missing and is promised in a later update. The project remains free software distributed with no strings attached, Sonic and the Secret Rings being SEGA's property. The video below breaks down what the remake changes compared with the original.

Source: Time Extension