Sega releases free crime game Sonic the Hedgehog on Steam

Sega confirmed the death of Sonic the Hedgehog on Friday. “He’s dead,” Sega said in the announcement trailer for The murder of Sonic the Hedgehoga brand new, official and above all free crime game now available on Steam.

The murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

is a point-and-click adventure/visual novel. The attitude? A train called the Mirage Express. The occasion? Amy Rose’s birthday and a murder mystery party where Sonic is the victim. Taking on the role of an original character, players must interrogate suspects like Knuckles the Echidna, Rouge the Bat, Shadow the Hedgehog, Espio the Chameleon and Sonic’s other supposed friends in order to uncover the anthropomorphic antagonist responsible. (Players will also appear to be enjoying isometric platforming mini-games based on the trailer above.)

Sega notes that The murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is non-canon, which might give the company reason to state that Sonic the Hedgehog is indeed very much alive and will star in future video games, movies, animated series, and fanfiction, without diminishing the implications of the character’s very real death.

The murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is available for Mac and Windows PC.