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METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version

KONAMI · 2023-10-24

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Action

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

Releases: Oct 24, 2023 (PlayStation 4), 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)

The first 3D title in the METAL GEAR series pioneering a new level of stealth action with live action footage, cinematic cut scenes, and innovative gameplay.

206
playing now
82%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

206 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 206 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~139/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 116k–262k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,814 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 17 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38438420232026Week of 2023-10-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

305902026-08-11 23:00 — 153 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 144 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 97 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 177 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 150 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 122 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 212 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 219 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 118 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 213 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 105 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 90 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 178 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 112 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 110 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 198 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 143 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 174 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 305 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 100 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 165 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 158 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 98 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 236 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 195 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 131 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 274 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 294 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 206 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$8.992023-10-172026-08-262023-10-17 — best price $99.992023-10-27 — best price $16.992023-11-08 — best price $21.992024-01-05 — best price $17.242024-02-12 — best price $16.992024-02-29 — best price $13.592024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-03-19 — best price $17.372024-03-30 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-06-09 — best price $13.492024-06-20 — best price $14.392024-07-03 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-18 — best price $20.822024-10-08 — best price $13.592024-12-02 — best price $19.992024-12-17 — best price $10.492025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-27 — best price $8.992025-03-07 — best price $12.592025-03-21 — best price $13.592025-04-14 — best price $13.592025-05-02 — best price $11.292025-05-12 — best price $9.192025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-06-19 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $13.992026-02-17 — best price $9.002026-02-24 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2402026-08-26 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
90.1%
earned "Commencing Mission"
27.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)13,07213%19
Steam (Steam)8,5106%18
Xbox Series (Xbox)3,8065%18
PS4 (PlayStation)2,21522%19
Switch (Nintendo)5780%0
Switch (Nintendo)2930%0
Switch (Nintendo)170%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

3DWarDramaActionStealthMilitaryTacticalTop-DownAdventureCinematic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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