Sonic Lost World (PC)

Sonic Lost World is a digital port of the Wii U video game Sonic Lost World. It was released publicly on the PC via the Steam store on 2 November 2015.

Development
The foundation for Sonic Lost World was laid shortly after Sonic Colors was finished, with the project beginning after finishing Sonic Generations. Development started on PC, with early experiments involving "twisted tube-type level[s]" inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk. However, development ultimately shifted from the PC to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS because of the success of previous Sonic titles on Nintendo platforms.

Sonic Lost World on the PC was announced on 6 October 2015 by SEGA Europe Ltd and SEGA of America as a game coming to the Steam store on 2 November 2015, with the Nightmare DLC included. The game is a part of a strategy from the company where they will publish "high quality" PC ports of past Sega games in the following years. Users who pre-ordered the game would get a free PC port of Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed.

New Features
Noticeable changes to the original Sonic Lost World to fit with the PC's capabilities include:
 * Full controller support, including the ability to play it with gamepads.
 * Steam Achievements, cloud saves and a leaderboard functionality.
 * Interchangeable keyboard prompts depending on whether the player plays with controller or mouse and keyboard.
 * High Definition support with a widescreen support.
 * Locked 60 FPS, though the result varies depending on the hardware.
 * The PC port lacks the multiplayer mode.

Patch
On 5 November 2015, Sega posted a patch on the Steam's General discussion to help those with a minimum of capabilities to play the game. The patch consists of some command lines to be put inside the game's launch settings. The command lines are as follows:
 * The line "F30", will change the expected throttle to 30FPS.
 * The line "--F", will completely disable framerate locking and allow the machine to run as best as it can.

Trivia

 * This is the first Sonic game to have more than 100 Achievements in total. Most other Sonic games had an average 47 to 50 Achievement in total.