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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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!

METAL SLUG 3 is an Action game released in 2014, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 9144 reviews).

22
playing now
90%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.53★
PlayStation Store rating (10,053 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$7.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

METAL SLUG 3 trailer thumbnail

METAL SLUG 3 Gameplay Trailer | PS4, PS3

≈411,477 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 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 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 230k–552k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,199 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 23 of 38 observed days (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

42132026-09-15 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 37 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 38 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 34 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 33 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16813Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 168 · peak 2,879Jun 2014 — avg 141 · peak 1,724Oct 2014 — avg 20 · peak 52Feb 2015 — avg 35 · peak 70Jun 2015 — avg 52 · peak 357Oct 2015 — avg 19 · peak 48Feb 2016 — avg 52 · peak 154Jun 2016 — avg 27 · peak 81Oct 2016 — avg 18 · peak 50Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 39Jun 2017 — avg 31 · peak 132Oct 2017 — avg 22 · peak 53Feb 2018 — avg 21 · peak 59Jun 2018 — avg 19 · peak 50Oct 2018 — avg 13 · peak 38Feb 2019 — avg 19 · peak 54Jun 2019 — avg 16 · peak 43Oct 2019 — avg 13 · peak 32Feb 2020 — avg 15 · peak 40Jun 2020 — avg 24 · peak 69Oct 2020 — avg 16 · peak 41Feb 2021 — avg 23 · peak 58Jun 2021 — avg 45 · peak 223Oct 2021 — avg 19 · peak 54Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 52Jun 2022 — avg 39 · peak 149Oct 2022 — avg 20 · peak 54Feb 2023 — avg 57 · peak 278Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 50Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 42Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 46Jun 2024 — avg 22 · peak 82Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 29 · peak 87Jun 2025 — avg 30 · peak 94Oct 2025 — avg 26 · peak 82Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 44Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 119
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

172622026-05-31 — 94 pageviews2026-06-04 — 71 pageviews2026-06-08 — 98 pageviews2026-06-12 — 80 pageviews2026-06-16 — 71 pageviews2026-06-20 — 98 pageviews2026-06-24 — 99 pageviews2026-06-28 — 81 pageviews2026-07-02 — 69 pageviews2026-07-06 — 87 pageviews2026-07-10 — 88 pageviews2026-07-14 — 101 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-22 — 96 pageviews2026-07-26 — 100 pageviews2026-07-30 — 80 pageviews2026-08-03 — 62 pageviews2026-08-07 — 81 pageviews2026-08-11 — 107 pageviews2026-08-15 — 136 pageviews2026-08-19 — 88 pageviews2026-08-23 — 105 pageviews2026-08-27 — 91 pageviews2026-08-31 — 98 pageviews2026-09-04 — 78 pageviews2026-09-08 — 98 pageviews2026-09-12 — 125 pageviews2026-09-16 — 117 pageviews2026-09-20 — 88 pageviews2026-09-24 — 95 pageviews2026-09-28 — 110 pageviews2026-10-02 — 90 pageviews2026-10-06 — 76 pageviews2026-10-09 — 83 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-03-23 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opRetroActionArcadeClassicShooterPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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