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METAL SLUG cover art

METAL SLUG

Dotemu · SNK CORPORATION · 2015-06-25

SteamGOG

Action

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

Releases: Jan 05, 2014 (Android), Apr 22, 2008 (Wii), Jun 28, 2007 (PlayStation 3), Dec 13, 2012 (iOS), May 24, 1996 (Neo Geo AES), Jul 05, 1996 (Neo Geo CD)

“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!

METAL SLUG is a $7.99 Action game released in 2015, estimated to have 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment from 89% of 5,289 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

7
playing now
89%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (278 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 0.7h · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Slug is a 1996 run and gun video game developed by Nazca Corporation and originally released by SNK for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system. Set in 2028, the game follows Peregrine Falcon Strike Force soldiers Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving as they seek to overthrow a coup d'état by the Rebel Army, led by Donald Morden.

Trailer

METAL SLUG trailer thumbnail

【ENG】METAL SLUG ULTIMATE COLLECTION ｜Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 385 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~48/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 132k–317k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.14 at GameBillet (2026-08-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 25 of 91 observed days · $6.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22922920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2652026-09-15 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 26 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
933Jun 2015Aug 2026Jun 2015 — avg 3 · peak 28Oct 2015 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2016 — avg 30 · peak 91Jun 2016 — avg 15 · peak 55Oct 2016 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2017 — avg 16 · peak 84Oct 2017 — avg 8 · peak 34Feb 2018 — avg 8 · peak 30Jun 2018 — avg 7 · peak 32Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2019 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2019 — avg 7 · peak 28Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 39Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 26Feb 2021 — avg 10 · peak 39Jun 2021 — avg 32 · peak 196Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 31Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 38Jun 2022 — avg 26 · peak 107Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 22Feb 2023 — avg 65 · peak 354Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 47Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 31Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 65Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 22 · peak 68Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 72Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 61Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 31Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 40 · peak 141
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.33$1.142015-06-022026-10-142015-06-02 — best price $6.392017-01-02 — best price $7.992018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-12-21 — best price $3.992019-03-31 — best price $7.992019-06-25 — best price $3.992019-10-15 — best price $3.992020-01-28 — best price $3.992020-03-10 — best price $3.992020-05-27 — best price $1.992020-07-14 — best price $3.992020-09-07 — best price $7.992020-10-25 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $3.992021-02-28 — best price $7.992021-04-29 — best price $7.192021-06-14 — best price $3.992021-08-21 — best price $5.872021-11-01 — best price $3.992022-01-07 — best price $7.992022-02-23 — best price $7.992022-04-09 — best price $7.992022-06-16 — best price $2.992022-08-18 — best price $2.992022-11-16 — best price $5.892023-02-04 — best price $7.992023-04-17 — best price $3.992023-06-13 — best price $5.872023-08-25 — best price $5.892024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-08-13 — best price $7.992025-04-03 — best price $7.992025-10-28 — best price $1.592026-06-25 — best price $7.082026-09-05 — best price $7.992026-09-30 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3011002026-05-31 — 146 pageviews2026-06-04 — 117 pageviews2026-06-08 — 157 pageviews2026-06-12 — 121 pageviews2026-06-16 — 117 pageviews2026-06-20 — 131 pageviews2026-06-24 — 123 pageviews2026-06-28 — 114 pageviews2026-07-02 — 115 pageviews2026-07-06 — 126 pageviews2026-07-10 — 103 pageviews2026-07-14 — 134 pageviews2026-07-18 — 114 pageviews2026-07-22 — 139 pageviews2026-07-26 — 129 pageviews2026-07-30 — 141 pageviews2026-08-03 — 100 pageviews2026-08-07 — 112 pageviews2026-08-11 — 136 pageviews2026-08-15 — 129 pageviews2026-08-19 — 144 pageviews2026-08-23 — 142 pageviews2026-08-27 — 130 pageviews2026-08-31 — 125 pageviews2026-09-04 — 120 pageviews2026-09-08 — 129 pageviews2026-09-12 — 159 pageviews2026-09-16 — 157 pageviews2026-09-20 — 164 pageviews2026-09-24 — 128 pageviews2026-09-28 — 142 pageviews2026-10-02 — 139 pageviews2026-10-06 — 126 pageviews2026-10-09 — 111 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "TETSUYUKI"
50%
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 LeaderboardsRemote Play on Phone1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-07-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,3687%15

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-opFunnyRetroActionArcadeClassicShooterPlatformerLocal Co-Op

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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