In this game, you can…

• …punch Satan until he explodes.
• …push a giant propane tank into an enemy, ride it through a swarm, jump off, and watch it explode behind you.
• …shoot one explosive and trigger a chain reaction until there's barely any level left by the time you escape.

In this game, you can…

• …raise a wolf cub into a full-grown antlered wolf companion over the course of the journey.
• …ride your grown wolf across the world once she's big enough.
• …fight a final boss where your wolf's howl transforms the enemy into living plants and a tree to end the battle.

In this game, you can…

• …stop time mid-level with Chaos Control to set up warps and skips.
• …pick your stage music before you enter, including classic tracks from older Sonic and Shadow games.
• …sprout wings or turn into a jellyfish, then use the transformation to change how you traverse a level.

In this game, you can…

• …welcome your shadow self back and gain a second midair dash.
• …build momentum with no speed cap, carrying platform speed into jumps and stacking it into ridiculous velocity.
• …turn on assist options like extra jumps or invincibility to push past a wall and keep the story moving.

In this game, you can…

• …play four full campaigns where each protagonist has totally different movement and combat, and even the stages get rebuilt around them.
• …jump into a local four-player mode where everyone brawls and scrambles for gems across tons of stages and items.
• …run into surprise crossover boss fights like Battletoads on PC/Xbox or Kratos on PlayStation.

In this game, you can…

• …use the chain as a real tool that wraps, swings, snags on platforms, and lets you counterbalance, catch a falling teammate, or haul them up.
• …jump from a flaming frying pan onto a flying radiator while you're still physically chained to your partner.
• …play a mode where rising lava chases you upward, so you have to keep climbing fast or get engulfed.

In this game, you can…

• …mutate a character's moveset mid-run by unlocking new attacks, follow-ups, and whole branches of command inputs.
• …stay airborne against bosses by spending limited skills that reset your aerial attack limit and let you keep extending combos.
• …hold off the final boss and keep clearing tougher rooms to stack more power before choosing when to end the run.

In this game, you can…

• …rotate the entire world in 90-degree steps to turn the same screen into a different set of platforms and paths.
• …decrypt an in-game alphabet and number system from clues you find, then use it to read signs and solve later puzzles.
• …scan QR codes, change your system date and time, and follow strange in-world guides to trigger secrets the game won't explain.

In this game, you can…

• …slow time until bullets hang in the air, then slice them back into shooters.
• …finish a level and watch a security-camera replay of your one perfect run after all the rewinds.
• …interrupt someone mid-sentence and shatter the text box to force your response through.

In this game, you can…

• …combine low-gravity bubbles with a flying shield to cross acid pools and death pits.
• …levitate a monster, carry it around, then drop it into an acid pool.
• …solve puzzles "wrong" by brute-stacking ridiculous box towers until the path works.

In this game, you can…

• …climb a futuristic skyscraper in a brand-new level made almost 20 years later, dodging rockets, smashing robots, and hopping lasers.
• …play a level that was cut from the first game for being too hard.
• …swap to Coco for regular stages and play almost the whole trilogy as Crash's sister.