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METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version

KONAMI · 2023-10-24

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Action

Franchise: Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version is an Action game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 7029 reviews).

63
playing now
89%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 44h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

63 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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
  • · 63 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 6% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 141k–316k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,029 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 24 observed days (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

210432026-09-15 15:00 — 142 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 140 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 83 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 150 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 183 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 116 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 110 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 150 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 129 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 115 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 150 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 104 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 58 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 129 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 121 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 74 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 119 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 112 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 63 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 111 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 91 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 43 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 63 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
68342Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 683 · peak 961Nov 2023 — avg 265 · peak 612Dec 2023 — avg 129 · peak 249Jan 2024 — avg 134 · peak 246Feb 2024 — avg 134 · peak 282Mar 2024 — avg 121 · peak 251Apr 2024 — avg 92 · peak 183May 2024 — avg 83 · peak 174Jun 2024 — avg 98 · peak 200Jul 2024 — avg 117 · peak 231Aug 2024 — avg 99 · peak 178Sep 2024 — avg 136 · peak 416Oct 2024 — avg 150 · peak 391Nov 2024 — avg 85 · peak 188Dec 2024 — avg 101 · peak 225Jan 2025 — avg 111 · peak 251Feb 2025 — avg 111 · peak 230Mar 2025 — avg 120 · peak 254Apr 2025 — avg 99 · peak 194May 2025 — avg 83 · peak 148Jun 2025 — avg 153 · peak 362Jul 2025 — avg 132 · peak 247Aug 2025 — avg 167 · peak 424Sep 2025 — avg 180 · peak 443Oct 2025 — avg 74 · peak 162Nov 2025 — avg 48 · peak 106Dec 2025 — avg 42 · peak 84Jan 2026 — avg 45 · peak 97Feb 2026 — avg 91 · peak 257Mar 2026 — avg 81 · peak 178Apr 2026 — avg 64 · peak 137May 2026 — avg 56 · peak 104Jun 2026 — avg 56 · peak 101Jul 2026 — avg 98 · peak 306Aug 2026 — avg 122 · peak 231
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.99$8.992023-10-242026-10-092023-10-24 — best price $16.492023-11-09 — best price $21.992024-01-05 — best price $17.242024-02-11 — best price $13.592024-02-17 — best price $17.372024-03-07 — best price $15.992024-03-16 — best price $12.992024-03-22 — best price $13.592024-04-29 — best price $13.592024-06-12 — best price $16.992024-07-03 — best price $19.992024-07-12 — best price $13.592024-09-23 — best price $10.392024-11-21 — best price $15.992024-12-03 — best price $16.992024-12-23 — best price $11.492025-01-04 — best price $16.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-17 — best price $19.992025-04-04 — best price $8.992025-04-26 — best price $19.992025-05-07 — best price $13.592025-05-20 — best price $13.992025-06-05 — best price $14.992025-08-15 — best price $19.992026-02-13 — best price $13.992026-02-21 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k5542026-05-30 — 623 pageviews2026-06-03 — 676 pageviews2026-06-07 — 679 pageviews2026-06-11 — 686 pageviews2026-06-15 — 679 pageviews2026-06-19 — 554 pageviews2026-06-23 — 754 pageviews2026-06-27 — 662 pageviews2026-07-01 — 612 pageviews2026-07-05 — 613 pageviews2026-07-09 — 629 pageviews2026-07-13 — 680 pageviews2026-07-17 — 686 pageviews2026-07-21 — 741 pageviews2026-07-25 — 858 pageviews2026-07-29 — 851 pageviews2026-08-02 — 829 pageviews2026-08-06 — 871 pageviews2026-08-10 — 880 pageviews2026-08-14 — 686 pageviews2026-08-18 — 762 pageviews2026-08-22 — 983 pageviews2026-08-26 — 948 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,409 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,259 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,212 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,399 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1,151 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1,007 pageviews2026-09-23 — 949 pageviews2026-09-27 — 912 pageviews2026-10-01 — 709 pageviews2026-10-05 — 856 pageviews2026-10-09 — 650 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DWarDramaActionStealthCold WarSurvivalTacticalAdventureCinematic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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