Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric down to the 5 that fit the “Xbox” category. Sonic Adventure 2, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and ReCore top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is Sonic Adventure 2 — scoring 73/100 on our similarity scale. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and ReCore follow close behind.

#1Sonic Adventure 273 #2Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back63 #3ReCore63 #4Crash Bandicoot: Warped62 #5Psychonauts 257

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The best games like Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric on Xbox

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Each one has been evaluated across 6 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Sonic Adventure 2Closest overall match

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Sonic Adventure 2

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloMultiplayerSci-FiThird PersonOffline

Steam👍 89%· 28KRAWG👍 78%· 368MC89

Year 2001Dev Sonic Team USA · SEGAPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the 3D platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, strong narrative focus and melee combat

In the fight between heroes and villains, will you choose to save the world or conquer it? The hunt for the Chaos Emeralds is on and battle lines have been drawn between Hero and Dark.

It predates Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100Game mode74Visuals71

#2Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes BackClosest on visuals

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloSci-FiThird PersonMeleeHardcore

Steam👍 92%· 22K

Year 2017Dev Vicarious Visions · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of 3D platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: punishing difficulty, melee combat and fantasy world, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Released 3 years after Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

Genre100Visuals100Setting69Game mode55

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ReCore

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloSci-FiThird PersonPost-ApocalypticExploration

IGDB59· 23OC65· 107

Year 2016Dev Armature Studio · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are 3D platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: post-apocalyptic world and exploration and discovery, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Genre100Visuals100Setting66Game mode54

#4Crash Bandicoot: Warped

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Crash Bandicoot: Warped

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloSci-FiThird PersonMeleeHardcore

Steam👍 92%· 22K

Year 2017Dev Vicarious Visions · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of 3D platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: punishing difficulty, melee combat and fantasy world, while skipping multiplayer gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric: setting.

Released 3 years after Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode55Setting48

#5Psychonauts 2

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Psychonauts 2

GenrePlatformerSubgenre3D Platformer

SoloThird PersonMeleeNarrativeDark

Steam👍 96%· 14KIGDB87· 9OC89· 168

Year 2021Dev Double Fine ProductionsOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the 3D platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping setting scifi

Released 7 years after Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode55

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