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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

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.

1,508
playing now
92%
positive of 108k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25
twitch viewers (latest)
96/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (1163 ratings)
101h
to beat · rushed 49h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,508 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 1,508 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,027 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~378/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 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 107,823 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 2018-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 negativeWeek 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: 294 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.0k9452026-08-06 21:00 — 1,605 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,061 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,493 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,601 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,352 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,761 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,840 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,388 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,744 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,928 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,123 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,526 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,578 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,129 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,513 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,504 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,133 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,538 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,891 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,150 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,196 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,498 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,340 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,355 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,546 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,303 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,010 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,521 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 1,508 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

1.1k5772026-05-29 — 915 pageviews2026-06-01 — 763 pageviews2026-06-04 — 739 pageviews2026-06-07 — 930 pageviews2026-06-10 — 788 pageviews2026-06-13 — 658 pageviews2026-06-16 — 692 pageviews2026-06-19 — 577 pageviews2026-06-22 — 726 pageviews2026-06-25 — 666 pageviews2026-06-28 — 774 pageviews2026-07-01 — 709 pageviews2026-07-04 — 723 pageviews2026-07-07 — 756 pageviews2026-07-10 — 734 pageviews2026-07-13 — 768 pageviews2026-07-16 — 815 pageviews2026-07-19 — 786 pageviews2026-07-22 — 949 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,011 pageviews2026-07-28 — 944 pageviews2026-07-31 — 869 pageviews2026-08-03 — 779 pageviews2026-08-06 — 729 pageviews2026-08-09 — 889 pageviews2026-08-12 — 712 pageviews2026-08-15 — 743 pageviews2026-08-18 — 804 pageviews2026-08-21 — 989 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,140 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,024 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

69302026-08-27 01:34 — 235 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 72 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 525 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 614 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 638 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 666 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 614 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 25 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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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