Project Dream (Sonic Dream Team on PC and Android)

Sonic Dream Team (Hardlight and Sega, December 2023) is a 3D Sonic platformer made for Apple Arcade, with no version on any other platform. Project Dream appeared on 28 October 2026. Like the Breath of the Wild PC port, it starts from game files you own rather than shipping the game, but the technique is different: nothing is recompiled.

How it works

The README explains the method:

• One library holds the game. The Mac version is built with Unity’s IL2CPP backend, so all of its game code is compiled into GameAssembly.dylib.
• A loader (a replacement GameAssembly.dll) loads the Mac x86-64 library into memory on Windows the way macOS would.
• macOS functions the game calls (files, threads, Objective-C, Foundation, C++ exceptions) are answered by Windows implementations.
• Unity’s standard Windows player then runs the game like any other Windows Unity game.
• Shaders: the Metal shaders are converted to DirectX 11 and Vulkan on Windows, and OpenGL ES and Vulkan on Android.
• MelonLoader loads a “GamePatches” mod that adds Windows graphics, display and gameplay options to the menus. Modders get a dummy dump of the game’s C# assemblies to write their own MelonLoader patches.

This is close to how the Sonic Unleashed and Sonic 06 projects aim for the same result, a native PC game from a console release, but those translate Xbox 360 code ahead of time. Project Dream does not need to, because the Mac version already contains x86-64 code a PC can run.

What you need

• Your own macOS copy of Sonic Dream Team (SonicDreamTeam.app) from Apple Arcade. Only version 1.10.1 is tested.
• A Windows PC to run the installer, whether you build for Windows or Android.
• For Android: about 3 GB of free space for the one-time download of the Android SDK, NDK, JDK and Unity Android player, and a phone to install the APK and OBB on.

We don’t explain how to obtain or copy game files.

How it installs

At a high level: run Project Dream.exe, browse to the Contents folder inside SonicDreamTeam.app, pick Windows or Android, and click Install. For Android, the installer writes an APK and an OBB file into a Project Dream Android folder; you install the APK on the phone and copy the OBB into the game’s Android/obb folder, as the README describes step by step.

Requirements and warnings

• Antivirus warnings. The README says Windows Defender or other antivirus software may block the build and calls this a false positive. We could not verify that.
• Closed source. The GitLab project contains only a README; the installer is a single .exe attached to the v1.0.0 release. The account and project were created on 28 October 2026.
• Run as administrator if the game starts without the extra graphics and game options, so MelonLoader can load.
• Only 1.10.1 is tested. Other versions of the Mac app may fail to build.

Is it official, and will it stay up?

• Project Dream is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with Sega, Hardlight or Apple. Sonic Dream Team is still sold only through an Apple Arcade subscription.
• We found no takedown when we checked on 30 October 2026. Because it runs Sega’s game code outside Apple Arcade, that could change.
• Get the installer only from the official GitLab release page. Copies on other sites are not the author’s.

Not working?

If the build fails, check whether your antivirus removed or blocked files, as the README advises, and make sure you selected the Contents folder of a 1.10.1 copy. If the game runs without the extra options, start it as administrator. For other native Sonic projects, see Sonic Unleashed on PC and Sonic 06 on PC, and for every native port we track, the recompiled games list.

Unofficial. This page is written by an independent directory. It is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Sega (developed by Hardlight) or Beatz (Project Dream (Sonic Dream Team on PC and Android)'s author). We do not host any files, and we never link to game files, ROMs or ISOs.