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METAL SLUG 2 cover art

METAL SLUG 2

SNK CORPORATION · 2016-04-14

SteamGOG

Action

Franchise: Metal Slug · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 28, 2008 (Wii), Feb 07, 2013 (iOS), Jan 23, 1998 (Neo Geo MVS), Jan 02, 1998 (Neo Geo AES), Apr 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2013 (Android)

“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!

METAL SLUG 2 is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1444 reviews).

5
playing now
89%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (178 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 0.8h · completionist 6h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Slug 2 is a run and gun arcade game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 1998 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to the 1996 game Metal Slug. The original version of the game had extensive slowdown and performance issues, eventually leading SNK to release a modified version in 1999, titled Metal Slug X: Super Vehicle-001 (メタルスラッグX). It has been ported to the Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, Virtual Console, iOS and Android, and to the Wii, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. The game added several new features to the gameplay of the original Metal Slug, such as new weapons, vehicles and the ability to transform the character. It received generally positive reviews and was followed by Metal Slug 3, released in 2000.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 138 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,444 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at GameBillet (2026-08-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 22 of 83 observed days · $5.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
171Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.042016-01-062026-10-142016-01-06 — best price $7.992017-10-05 — best price $2.992018-11-05 — best price $6.992019-05-30 — best price $2.992019-08-27 — best price $3.492019-12-11 — best price $1.992020-02-14 — best price $6.822020-04-14 — best price $5.392020-07-04 — best price $6.992020-08-11 — best price $3.492020-10-15 — best price $6.992020-12-03 — best price $6.992021-02-04 — best price $6.992021-04-12 — best price $6.992021-06-06 — best price $6.292021-08-19 — best price $6.992021-10-20 — best price $6.992021-12-13 — best price $1.792022-02-18 — best price $5.132022-04-26 — best price $6.192022-07-04 — best price $3.492022-08-26 — best price $6.992022-11-25 — best price $3.492023-02-17 — best price $5.482023-05-02 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-10-17 — best price $6.992024-05-14 — best price $3.492024-12-19 — best price $1.742025-07-18 — best price $6.992026-04-03 — best price $6.992026-09-03 — best price $6.992026-09-28 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

239622026-05-31 — 99 pageviews2026-06-04 — 64 pageviews2026-06-08 — 91 pageviews2026-06-12 — 78 pageviews2026-06-16 — 67 pageviews2026-06-20 — 89 pageviews2026-06-24 — 90 pageviews2026-06-28 — 86 pageviews2026-07-02 — 85 pageviews2026-07-06 — 99 pageviews2026-07-10 — 90 pageviews2026-07-14 — 89 pageviews2026-07-18 — 64 pageviews2026-07-22 — 114 pageviews2026-07-26 — 99 pageviews2026-07-30 — 70 pageviews2026-08-03 — 72 pageviews2026-08-07 — 88 pageviews2026-08-11 — 88 pageviews2026-08-15 — 95 pageviews2026-08-19 — 97 pageviews2026-08-23 — 102 pageviews2026-08-27 — 93 pageviews2026-08-31 — 104 pageviews2026-09-04 — 79 pageviews2026-09-08 — 76 pageviews2026-09-12 — 115 pageviews2026-09-16 — 101 pageviews2026-09-20 — 98 pageviews2026-09-24 — 77 pageviews2026-09-28 — 113 pageviews2026-10-02 — 82 pageviews2026-10-06 — 79 pageviews2026-10-10 — 85 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
72.9%
earned "Rookie"
52.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-11-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8942%15

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCo-opRetroActionArcadeClassicShooterPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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