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METAL SLUG DEFENSE cover art

METAL SLUG DEFENSE

SNK CORPORATION · 2015-05-01

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Franchise: Metal Slug · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 01, 2014 (iOS), May 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 2014 (Android)

“METAL SLUG”, the pinnacle of 2D action-shooting on NEOGEO returns in a brand new strategy game on Steam!

9
playing now
57%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2018-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

1322026-08-06 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-05-012018-11-062015-05-01 — best price $0.002018-06-09 — best price $29.992018-10-29 — best price $14.992018-11-05 — best price $29.992018-11-06 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
44.5%
earned "Area 1: "SOUTHEAST ASIA" conquered "
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing10 DLC

8 supported languages: Japanese, English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,59812%64

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

Player tags

2DActionArcadeCasualShooterStrategyAdventureMultiplayerFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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