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METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED cover art

METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED

SNK CORPORATION · 2024-06-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

RPGSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Jun 18, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jun 18, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 18, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 18, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Hard-core action with easy controls! The METAL SLUG we all love is back as a tower defense game!

METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED is a 2024 RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 1711 reviews).

20
playing now
69%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (113 downloads)
3.19★
PlayStation Store rating (990 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 153 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (637 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,711 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.90 at GameBillet (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 32 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47347320242026Week of 2024-06-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

40122026-09-15 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 31 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k15Jun 2024Aug 2026Jun 2024 — avg 1,131 · peak 1,894Jul 2024 — avg 329 · peak 770Aug 2024 — avg 99 · peak 218Sep 2024 — avg 46 · peak 89Oct 2024 — avg 33 · peak 63Nov 2024 — avg 114 · peak 368Dec 2024 — avg 99 · peak 292Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 119Feb 2025 — avg 46 · peak 106Mar 2025 — avg 51 · peak 108Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 24 · peak 42Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 75Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 35Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 33Sep 2025 — avg 30 · peak 58Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 46Nov 2025 — avg 28 · peak 50Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 33Jan 2026 — avg 19 · peak 36Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 26 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 34 · peak 91May 2026 — avg 44 · peak 94Jun 2026 — avg 24 · peak 50Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 53 · peak 126
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.66$3.712024-06-182026-10-092024-06-18 — best price $9.992024-11-20 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-05 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-07-09 — best price $9.992025-07-15 — best price $11.662025-07-21 — best price $9.992025-07-30 — best price $9.992025-09-05 — best price $9.992025-09-17 — best price $9.692025-10-25 — best price $6.992025-12-17 — best price $9.992026-03-11 — best price $6.992026-03-22 — best price $9.992026-04-22 — best price $4.992026-04-25 — best price $5.002026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-24 — best price $8.992026-07-24 — best price $9.992026-07-29 — best price $8.892026-08-12 — best price $3.712026-08-14 — best price $3.942026-08-27 — best price $7.652026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-10-02 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "Gathering the Troops"
38.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play Together

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59911%12
PS5 (PlayStation)39412%12
Xbox Series (Xbox)30617%12
PS4 (PlayStation)17127%12
Switch (Nintendo)640%0

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

Player tags

2DPvPRPGRetroStrategyControllerSimulationMultiplayerAuto BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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