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METAL SLUG 3 cover art

METAL SLUG 3

SNK CORPORATION · 2014-02-14

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

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

Releases: Mar 23, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Feb 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 24, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Jun 10, 2014 (Mac), Jun 10, 2014 (Linux)

“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

57
playing now
90%
positive of 9.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Slug 3 is a run and gun video game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 2000 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to Metal Slug 2/Metal Slug X. The music of the game was developed by Noise Factory.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 57 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 301 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 229k–549k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.91-1%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.95 at Fanatical (2018-11-29) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 24 of 42 observed days · $4.44 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12612620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

107122026-08-06 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 67 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 72 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 80 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 49 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 73 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 60 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 84 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 44 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.192015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $2.392016-07-13 — best price $12.992018-01-04 — best price $7.992019-03-06 — best price $7.992019-06-18 — best price $5.992019-09-28 — best price $6.882020-01-28 — best price $3.992020-03-23 — best price $5.992020-06-14 — best price $7.992020-07-23 — best price $5.992020-09-07 — best price $5.392020-10-15 — best price $7.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-01-23 — best price $7.992021-03-09 — best price $5.392021-04-20 — best price $5.392021-06-03 — best price $5.992021-07-31 — best price $7.192021-10-17 — best price $5.992021-12-02 — best price $5.992022-02-07 — best price $7.992022-04-07 — best price $5.892022-06-06 — best price $1.792022-08-01 — best price $5.872022-10-04 — best price $5.892022-12-17 — best price $5.392023-02-24 — best price $5.992023-05-02 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-10-06 — best price $7.992024-06-06 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-11-05 — best price $7.992026-08-13 — best price $1.292026-08-28 — best price $7.91
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

166592026-05-31 — 94 pageviews2026-06-03 — 95 pageviews2026-06-06 — 85 pageviews2026-06-09 — 98 pageviews2026-06-12 — 80 pageviews2026-06-15 — 99 pageviews2026-06-18 — 83 pageviews2026-06-21 — 83 pageviews2026-06-24 — 99 pageviews2026-06-27 — 78 pageviews2026-06-30 — 79 pageviews2026-07-03 — 88 pageviews2026-07-06 — 87 pageviews2026-07-09 — 79 pageviews2026-07-12 — 103 pageviews2026-07-15 — 77 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-21 — 96 pageviews2026-07-24 — 76 pageviews2026-07-27 — 101 pageviews2026-07-30 — 80 pageviews2026-08-02 — 108 pageviews2026-08-05 — 85 pageviews2026-08-08 — 76 pageviews2026-08-11 — 107 pageviews2026-08-14 — 105 pageviews2026-08-17 — 111 pageviews2026-08-20 — 100 pageviews2026-08-23 — 105 pageviews2026-08-26 — 103 pageviews2026-08-28 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "OASIS OF THE BATTLEFIELD (RUMI)"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)34,25711%14
Steam (Steam)31,6582%30
Xbox 360 (Xbox)20,9572%12

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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