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METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake

KONAMI · 2023-10-24

Steam

Action

Franchise: Metal Gear · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 24, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 24, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 12, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Oct 24, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.

84%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 224 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 65% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 15,698 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,016 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020232026Week of 2023-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "GO AHEAD SOLID SNAKE!"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,95415%12
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,82112%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1,40936%13
Switch (Nintendo)4710%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DWarDrama1990'sActionStealthMilitaryTop-DownAdventureCinematic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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