# Denshattack! raises the bar for 3D Sonic-inspired games

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/denshattack-review-2026-finally-has-the-best-3d-sonic-game-of-all-time/
- Published: 2026-07-15T15:18:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-16T05:12:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/denshattack-review/
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- Denshattack! reimagines extreme-sports games with trick-performing trains
- Set in climate-changed future Japan, rebels fight a corrupt corporation
- Praised for deep combo systems and roughly 10-hour runtime

## Summary

Denshattack!, a new indie game from developer Undercoders, has been praised as one of 2026's standout titles for reinventing the 3D extreme-sports and speed-platforming genres with an unusual premise: skateboarding trains. Set in a climate-ravaged, futuristic Japan where trains are essential for moving supplies between domed cities, the game casts players as rebellious "Denshattackers" battling a vaguely nefarious corporation, blending Tony Hawk's Pro Skater-style trick chaining with the visual flair of Jet Set Radio and the pace of the best 3D Sonic games.

The game lets players perform grinds, ollies, manuals, shove-its and kickflips on their train using Skate-style stick controls, gradually introducing new tricks so players can build them into long combo strings across levels designed like giant skate parks. Despite a fairly generic story of punk rebellion against a corporation, with light anti-AI commentary, the review highlights the roughly 10-hour game's inventive world-building and its depth of trick systems, including later additions like crane swinging and dual-track sliding, as reasons it succeeds as an ambitious and stylish genre hybrid.

## Coverage

- [Polygon: Denshattack! raises the bar for 3D Sonic-inspired games](https://www.polygon.com/denshattack-review/)
- [Push Square: Review: Denshattack (PS5) - This Ridiculous Train Game Is Off the Rails in the Best Ways](https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/denshattack)

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