Unleashed Recompiled

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Unleashed Recompiled

Developers
Original	Sonic Team
	hedge-dev
Publishers
Original	Sega
Engines
	Hedgehog Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 1, 2025
macOS (OS X)	TBA
Linux	March 1, 2025
Reception
Metacritic	60
IGDB	68
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Platform
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Sonic the Hedgehog unofficial ports, Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog unofficial ports
Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (mobile decompilation)	2021
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (mobile decompilation)	2021
Unleashed Recompiled	2025
Sonic Advance 2	EA
Marathon Recompiled	TBA

Unleashed Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, a singleplayer platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It features bug fixes, new features, improved graphics and modding support.

On March 1, 2025, it was slowly revealed across the span of a seven hour live stream on YouTube, showcasing a collection of bizarre mods and some new features of the port that were deliberately obfuscated to confuse the audience, before being announced towards the end and was subsequently released on GitHub.

Since its release, the modding community for Sonic Unleashed has boomed with the added support of Hedge Mod Manager, superseding Unleashed Mod Manager whilst still supporting legacy mods. With a more accessible way to play Sonic Unleashed, the modding community is expanding and the tools that were previously developed for use with Sonic Generations are being updated to support it.

General information

Official Installation Guide

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Additional stages which also provide higher quality global illumination textures for the entire game. These must be purchased for the North American or European Xbox 360 versions of the game.
One-time game purchase	An original North American or European Xbox 360 copy of the game with the latest patches (Title Update 2) is required. Dumping the game's files is also required.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Apotos & Shamar Adventure Pack	Adds five new daytime stages, four nighttime stages, three extra stages, and six missions.
Empire City & Adabat Adventure Pack	Adds five new daytime stages, four nighttime stages, six extra stages, and three missions.
Mazuri Adventure Pack	Adds four new daytime stages, two nighttime stages, three extra stages, and three missions.
Spagonia Adventure Pack	Adds four new daytime stages, two nighttime stages, four extra stages, and two missions.
Chun-nan Adventure Pack	Adds five new daytime stages and four nighttime stages.
Holoska Adventure Pack	Adds four new daytime stages, two nighttime stages, four extra stages, and two missions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\UnleashedRecomp\config.toml HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UnleashedRecomp\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/UnleashedRecomp/config.toml

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\UnleashedRecomp\save\ %APPDATA%\UnleashedRecomp\mlsave\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/UnleashedRecomp/save/ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/UnleashedRecomp/mlsave/

The mlsave directory is used when Redirect default save file is enabled in Hedge Mod Manager.

Save data from the Xbox 360 version can be imported from the console and extracted by wxPirs for use with Unleashed Recompiled.

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscene Aspect Ratio can be locked to 16:9 (Original) or unlocked. Visual oddities may occur when unlocking the aspect ratio during cutscenes, as the game was not designed for wider formats. UI Alignment Mode can be adjusted to Center (16:9) or Edge (unlocked aspect ratio).
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		16x by default, but can be changed via config.toml.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA and up to 200% SSAA via the Resolution Scale setting.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		The game was designed to be played at 30 FPS, but is still fully beatable at 60 FPS with minor issues.
120+ FPS		Frame rates higher than 60 FPS may cause visual glitches or game-breaking bugs.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keyboard preset only, but can be changed via config.toml.
Mouse sensitivity		Keyboard or controller input during gameplay only.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus		Installer wizard only.
Keyboard and mouse prompts		Installer wizard only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox 360 prompts only. A modern Xbox prompts mod is available.
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 3, DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge
PlayStation button prompts		DualShock 3 prompts only. A DualShock 4 prompts mod is available.
Motion sensors support
Light bar support		Light bar changes based on the stage being played, with Normal Sonic stages using blue and Werehog Sonic stages using purple.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Nintendo controllers		Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Nintendo button prompts		Xbox 360 prompts only. A Nintendo Switch prompts mod is available.
Face button layout support		Face button prompts will be based on Xbox layout.
Motion sensors support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts		Xbox prompts by default.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override		Prompts can be changed via Options > Input > Controller Icons.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement support		Additional support for the D-Pad can be disabled using the Disable D-Pad Movement code in Hedge Mod Manager.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				If using Japanese audio with English text, use this mod to make the subtitles accurately reflect what's being said in Japanese.
French
German
Hungarian				Magyar Fordítás by TmMaster.
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese				Sonic Braleashed by Cultura Sonic, work-in-progress. Dubbing is heavily incomplete. PT-BR Texturas by Hora Gaminho partially translates some relevant environment textures.
Russian				Russian Translation. Does not support DLC.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Mod Latino by Hedgehog Dubbing Team, a "fixed" retranslation based off both the English and Japanese versions. Relevant environment textures have also been translated.
Turkish				Türkçe Yama by Catgod13. Only cutscenes have currently been translated.

Other information

General settings.

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12	Shader Model 6.0 required.
Vulkan	1.2	To change the graphics API from Direct3D 12 to Vulkan on Windows, set GraphicsAPI to Vulkan in config.toml.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Modifications

All mods require Hedge Mod Manager.

Gameplay

• Jungle Joyride Night Restoration – Restores beta sections in the Jungle Joyride night level.
• Dragon Road Night - Complete Edition – Restores beta sections in the Dragon Road night level.
• Arid Sands Night - Complete Edition – Restores beta sections in the Arid Sands night level.

Graphics

• PS3 FMVs – Ports over the high quality FMV files from the PlayStation 3 version.
• Uncropped Intro – Ports the Wii/PS2's 16:9 Open Matte version of the Opening Movie.
• Unleashed Fixes – Disables color correction filters applied in certain stages that severely wash out the contrast of the image, fixes high frame rate bugs in Rooftop Run Day Acts 2-2 and 4, and restores missing balloon sound effects in Dragon Road Day Acts 2 and 2-2 and Jungle Joyride Day Act 1-2.
• Adjusted Animations – Fixes an animation error while boosting. In mod manager be sure to set Animation Style to Default.
• High Resolution Textures – Replaces a multitude of environment textures from higher-resolution sources, specifically early builds of the game, DLC, and cutscenes.
• Generic QTE Buttons – Alternative UI that revises the buttons for a variety of controllers, with button locations visible during QTE prompts.

Codes

• [ Fixes → Fix Eggmanland using Event Gallery Transition ] – Fixes Eggmanland using the wrong loading screen when reloading as the Werehog.
• [ System → Boot Directly to Title ] – Skips logo animations and boots directly to the title screen.
• [ UI → Disable Auto Save Warning ] – Removes title screen autosave warning.
• [ UI → Use Alternate Title ] – Swaps the Sonic Unleashed and Sonic World Adventure branding around depending on your current language setting.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok Physics	Havok 5.5.0-r1
Audio	Criware, SDL	CRI ADX Ver.1.00.04 SDL 2.31.0
Interface	CSD, Dear ImGui	Dear ImGui v1.91.0
Input	SDL	SDL 2.31.0
Cutscenes	Criware	CRI Sofdec Ver.2.041

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10 (1909)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Sandy Bridge (Intel Core 2nd Generation) AMD Bulldozer (AMD FX series)
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	6 GiB (without DLC) 10 GiB (with DLC)
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (Kepler) AMD Radeon HD 7750 (2012, not the RX 7000) Intel HD Graphics 510 (Skylake) DirectX 12 compatible Shader model 6.0 support

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Sandy Bridge (Intel Core 2nd Generation) AMD Bulldozer (AMD FX series)
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	6 GiB (without DLC) 10 GiB (with DLC)
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (Kepler) AMD Radeon HD 7750 (2012, not the RX 7000) Intel HD Graphics 510 (Skylake) Vulkan 1.2 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A CPU with support for the AVX instruction set is required.