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METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version

KONAMI · 2023-10-24

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Franchise: Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 08, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Nov 21, 2017 (Android), Sep 05, 2012 (PlayStation Vita), Nov 08, 2011 (Xbox 360)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the origin story of Naked Snake and his mentor The Boss and the fifth title in the METAL GEAR series.

134
playing now
89%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 44h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

134 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a 2004 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. It was released in late 2004 in North America and Japan, and in early 2005 in Europe and Australia. Written, produced and directed by Hideo Kojima, the game is the fifth mainline installment in the Metal Gear series and the first chronologically, serving as a prequel to the entire series. Set in 1964, 31 years before the events of the original Metal Gear, the story centers on the FOX operative codenamed Naked Snake as he attempts to rescue Russian rocket scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, sabotage an experimental superweapon, and assassinate his defected former boss.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 134 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 810 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~101/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 139k–312k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,939 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-06-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45445420232026Week of 2023-10-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 329 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

183512026-08-11 19:00 — 140 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 73 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 88 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 115 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 70 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 132 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 164 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 95 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 110 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 146 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 51 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 108 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 122 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 56 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 119 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 112 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 88 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 150 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 171 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 145 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 142 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 73 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 181 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 137 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 95 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 183 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 152 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 134 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.99$8.992023-10-242026-08-282023-10-24 — best price $16.492023-11-05 — best price $19.492023-12-21 — best price $13.132024-02-05 — best price $13.502024-02-11 — best price $13.592024-02-16 — best price $13.992024-02-29 — best price $13.592024-03-11 — best price $19.992024-03-16 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-19 — best price $10.392024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-06-12 — best price $16.992024-06-27 — best price $10.392024-07-09 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $10.392024-09-23 — best price $10.392024-10-17 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-23 — best price $11.492025-01-03 — best price $13.592025-01-28 — best price $13.992025-02-11 — best price $13.592025-03-17 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $16.992025-04-14 — best price $13.592025-05-01 — best price $13.992025-05-07 — best price $13.592025-05-19 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-08-15 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $13.992026-02-17 — best price $9.002026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k5542026-05-30 — 623 pageviews2026-06-02 — 662 pageviews2026-06-05 — 678 pageviews2026-06-08 — 760 pageviews2026-06-11 — 686 pageviews2026-06-14 — 674 pageviews2026-06-17 — 713 pageviews2026-06-20 — 587 pageviews2026-06-23 — 754 pageviews2026-06-26 — 645 pageviews2026-06-29 — 642 pageviews2026-07-02 — 693 pageviews2026-07-05 — 613 pageviews2026-07-08 — 684 pageviews2026-07-11 — 615 pageviews2026-07-14 — 644 pageviews2026-07-17 — 686 pageviews2026-07-20 — 603 pageviews2026-07-23 — 762 pageviews2026-07-26 — 991 pageviews2026-07-29 — 851 pageviews2026-08-01 — 847 pageviews2026-08-04 — 849 pageviews2026-08-07 — 827 pageviews2026-08-10 — 880 pageviews2026-08-13 — 710 pageviews2026-08-16 — 805 pageviews2026-08-19 — 692 pageviews2026-08-22 — 983 pageviews2026-08-25 — 964 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,235 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "I Can Totally See You"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1356%51
PS4 (PlayStation)2,01116%52
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,5695%51
Switch (Nintendo)5610%0
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

3DWarDramaActionStealthCold WarSurvivalTacticalAdventureCinematic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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