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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

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?

71
playing now
85%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (494 ratings)
3.1h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

71 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 71 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 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 454k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,154 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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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

83302026-08-06 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 58 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 50 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 65 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 74 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 44 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 56 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 62 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 43 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 62 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 59 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 57 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 71 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

ShortActionShooterStealthTacticalAdventureCinematicOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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