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METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES cover art

METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES

KONAMI · 2014-12-18

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Mar 20, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Mar 18, 2014 (Xbox 360), Mar 20, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Mar 20, 2014 (Xbox One), Dec 18, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?

METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES is an Action, Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 18252 reviews) sentiment.

47
playing now
85%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (494 ratings)
27
Nexus mods (111k downloads)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (129,634 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 55% recommend · from 82 critics
3.1h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

47 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a 2014 action-adventure stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami. It is the eighth game in the Metal Gear series directed, written, and produced by Hideo Kojima, and serves as a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which was released the following year. Set in 1975, a few months after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the story follows Snake as he infiltrates an American black site in the Southern Tip of Cuba called Camp Omega, attempting to rescue Cipher agent Paz Ortega Andrade and former Sandinista child soldier Ricardo "Chico" Valenciano Libre to Mother Base in the Caribbean.

Trailer

METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES trailer thumbnail

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - Launch Trailer

≈393,538 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 47 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 519 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 456k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,252 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.65 at GreenManGaming (2019-01-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.89 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16416420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

160462026-09-15 12:00 — 131 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 118 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 90 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 108 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 160 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 109 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 69 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 115 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 87 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 85 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 91 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 64 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 46 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 97 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 114 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 67 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 82 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 103 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 67 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 83 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 109 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 57 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 47 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k36Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 1,795 · peak 5,788Apr 2015 — avg 153 · peak 379Aug 2015 — avg 1,100 · peak 4,737Dec 2015 — avg 111 · peak 231Apr 2016 — avg 46 · peak 109Aug 2016 — avg 56 · peak 113Dec 2016 — avg 104 · peak 317Apr 2017 — avg 49 · peak 103Aug 2017 — avg 56 · peak 106Dec 2017 — avg 89 · peak 234Apr 2018 — avg 57 · peak 153Aug 2018 — avg 60 · peak 122Dec 2018 — avg 108 · peak 232Apr 2019 — avg 38 · peak 93Aug 2019 — avg 53 · peak 114Dec 2019 — avg 83 · peak 235Apr 2020 — avg 54 · peak 171Aug 2020 — avg 69 · peak 117Dec 2020 — avg 102 · peak 220Apr 2021 — avg 55 · peak 268Aug 2021 — avg 60 · peak 101Dec 2021 — avg 79 · peak 175Apr 2022 — avg 52 · peak 95Aug 2022 — avg 62 · peak 118Dec 2022 — avg 68 · peak 140Apr 2023 — avg 59 · peak 148Aug 2023 — avg 47 · peak 89Dec 2023 — avg 48 · peak 96Apr 2024 — avg 53 · peak 116Aug 2024 — avg 56 · peak 108Dec 2024 — avg 63 · peak 121Apr 2025 — avg 61 · peak 124Aug 2025 — avg 78 · peak 234Dec 2025 — avg 40 · peak 75Apr 2026 — avg 43 · peak 82Aug 2026 — avg 53 · peak 98
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.462015-01-012026-04-182015-01-01 — best price $13.392015-03-21 — best price $14.492015-05-09 — best price $12.432015-07-30 — best price $10.972015-12-22 — best price $5.002016-05-02 — best price $6.002016-09-29 — best price $19.992017-04-04 — best price $19.992017-12-01 — best price $4.602018-04-16 — best price $3.992018-08-04 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-02-12 — best price $7.652019-06-30 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $17.642020-05-25 — best price $19.992020-07-11 — best price $15.892020-08-26 — best price $15.892020-10-04 — best price $19.992020-11-06 — best price $19.992020-12-15 — best price $19.992021-02-03 — best price $19.992021-03-19 — best price $19.992021-04-30 — best price $1.862021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-09-27 — best price $1.992021-12-23 — best price $1.602022-04-13 — best price $1.992022-07-08 — best price $15.992022-12-14 — best price $1.592023-04-17 — best price $15.892024-02-13 — best price $15.892024-05-08 — best price $11.992024-08-20 — best price $15.892025-01-05 — best price $15.322025-04-16 — best price $11.992026-04-18 — best price $15.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k2462026-06-02 — 302 pageviews2026-06-06 — 278 pageviews2026-06-10 — 308 pageviews2026-06-14 — 325 pageviews2026-06-18 — 246 pageviews2026-06-22 — 291 pageviews2026-06-26 — 337 pageviews2026-06-30 — 282 pageviews2026-07-04 — 308 pageviews2026-07-08 — 308 pageviews2026-07-12 — 289 pageviews2026-07-16 — 327 pageviews2026-07-20 — 299 pageviews2026-07-24 — 368 pageviews2026-07-28 — 436 pageviews2026-08-01 — 397 pageviews2026-08-05 — 303 pageviews2026-08-09 — 324 pageviews2026-08-13 — 296 pageviews2026-08-17 — 374 pageviews2026-08-21 — 437 pageviews2026-08-25 — 523 pageviews2026-08-29 — 718 pageviews2026-09-02 — 853 pageviews2026-09-06 — 819 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,137 pageviews2026-09-14 — 802 pageviews2026-09-18 — 633 pageviews2026-09-22 — 643 pageviews2026-09-26 — 516 pageviews2026-09-30 — 423 pageviews2026-10-04 — 398 pageviews2026-10-08 — 412 pageviews2026-10-11 — 368 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
76.5%
earned "Reunion"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)127,7338%15
Xbox One (Xbox)53,1884%15
Steam (Steam)48,5938%16
PS3 (PlayStation)18,99614%15
Xbox 360 (Xbox)16,1838%15

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

ShortActionShooterStealthTacticalAdventureCinematicOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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