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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN cover art

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

KONAMI · 2015-09-01

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Sep 01, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 01, 2015 (Xbox 360), Sep 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Sep 01, 2015 (Xbox One)

Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN is a 2015 Action and Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 108,265 reviews).

1,220
playing now
92%
positive of 109k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
32
twitch viewers (latest)
2.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
96/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (1163 ratings)
1,997
Nexus mods (12M downloads)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (94,138 ratings)
92/100
opencritic · mighty · 98% recommend · from 123 critics
101h
to beat · rushed 49h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,220 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami. Directed, written, and produced by Hideo Kojima, it is the ninth installment in the Metal Gear franchise, following Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a stand-alone prologue released the previous year. Set in 1984, nine years after the events of Ground Zeroes, the story follows mercenary leader Punished "Venom" Snake as he ventures into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border region to exact revenge on those who destroyed his forces and almost killed him during the climax of Ground Zeroes.

Trailer

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN trailer thumbnail

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Gamescom Trailer | PS4

≈427,766 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,220 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,224 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~403/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.7M–6.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108,732 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.59 at IndieGala Store (2021-12-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 728 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,390 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 900 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 619 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.4k1.2k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,737 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 2,072 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,859 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,736 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,662 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,789 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,623 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 2,169 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,514 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,958 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 2,441 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,186 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 1,980 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,789 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,666 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,522 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,894 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,377 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,672 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,074 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,889 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,502 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,909 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,220 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
43k1.0kSep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 43,151 · peak 90,952Jan 2016 — avg 6,946 · peak 15,691May 2016 — avg 2,736 · peak 8,513Sep 2016 — avg 2,687 · peak 4,750Jan 2017 — avg 3,450 · peak 6,279May 2017 — avg 2,040 · peak 3,283Sep 2017 — avg 1,923 · peak 3,189Jan 2018 — avg 2,289 · peak 3,554May 2018 — avg 1,586 · peak 2,508Sep 2018 — avg 1,895 · peak 3,320Jan 2019 — avg 1,948 · peak 3,159May 2019 — avg 1,263 · peak 2,233Sep 2019 — avg 1,480 · peak 2,493Jan 2020 — avg 1,544 · peak 2,607May 2020 — avg 3,460 · peak 6,504Sep 2020 — avg 2,019 · peak 3,814Jan 2021 — avg 2,207 · peak 3,461May 2021 — avg 2,323 · peak 4,070Sep 2021 — avg 1,796 · peak 4,191Jan 2022 — avg 2,103 · peak 3,272May 2022 — avg 1,668 · peak 2,521Sep 2022 — avg 1,891 · peak 3,352Jan 2023 — avg 2,098 · peak 3,056May 2023 — avg 1,997 · peak 3,433Sep 2023 — avg 1,231 · peak 1,959Jan 2024 — avg 1,574 · peak 2,633May 2024 — avg 1,549 · peak 2,689Sep 2024 — avg 2,076 · peak 4,788Jan 2025 — avg 1,772 · peak 2,692May 2025 — avg 1,505 · peak 2,281Sep 2025 — avg 3,576 · peak 6,213Jan 2026 — avg 1,161 · peak 1,791May 2026 — avg 1,145 · peak 1,726Aug 2026 — avg 1,409 · peak 2,168
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
67672026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 67 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 17 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 15 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 11 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 16 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 17 new positive2026-10-01: 16 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 38 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new negative2026-10-05: 15 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 21 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 24 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 16 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 21 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 14 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 17 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$3.792015-06-162026-02-122015-06-16 — best price $49.992015-12-01 — best price $59.992016-03-28 — best price $29.992016-06-27 — best price $22.112016-11-21 — best price $25.992017-04-03 — best price $25.082017-11-16 — best price $13.392018-02-22 — best price $19.992018-07-18 — best price $20.002018-10-16 — best price $7.482019-01-25 — best price $19.992019-05-05 — best price $19.992020-01-30 — best price $16.792020-05-25 — best price $19.992020-07-13 — best price $15.892020-08-22 — best price $19.992020-09-28 — best price $19.992020-12-05 — best price $19.992021-01-22 — best price $19.992021-03-08 — best price $4.392021-04-25 — best price $4.272021-06-10 — best price $15.892021-08-23 — best price $4.242021-11-12 — best price $19.992022-01-09 — best price $29.992022-04-22 — best price $8.072022-07-11 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-11-08 — best price $32.992024-04-29 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $9.352025-01-13 — best price $15.322025-04-30 — best price $11.992026-02-12 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.9k6322026-05-29 — 915 pageviews2026-06-02 — 800 pageviews2026-06-06 — 744 pageviews2026-06-10 — 788 pageviews2026-06-14 — 745 pageviews2026-06-18 — 644 pageviews2026-06-22 — 726 pageviews2026-06-26 — 751 pageviews2026-06-30 — 714 pageviews2026-07-04 — 723 pageviews2026-07-08 — 775 pageviews2026-07-12 — 714 pageviews2026-07-16 — 815 pageviews2026-07-20 — 736 pageviews2026-07-24 — 869 pageviews2026-07-28 — 944 pageviews2026-08-01 — 880 pageviews2026-08-05 — 806 pageviews2026-08-09 — 889 pageviews2026-08-13 — 753 pageviews2026-08-17 — 912 pageviews2026-08-21 — 989 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,118 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,575 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2,085 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,991 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2,872 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,795 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,524 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,513 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,070 pageviews2026-09-30 — 988 pageviews2026-10-04 — 921 pageviews2026-10-07 — 922 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

34812026-09-30 20:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 237 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 32 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
89.3%
earned "Awakening"
26.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on Phone13 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2015-10-20, latest 2016-11-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)206,5507%43
Steam (Steam)94,0784%42
Xbox One (Xbox)64,3572%42
PS3 (PlayStation)13,56913%43
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,8275%42

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

ActionHorsesShooterStealthTacticalAdventureCinematicOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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