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Metal Slug Tactics

Leikir Studio · Dotemu · 2024-11-05

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ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Franchise: Metal Slug · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 05, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 05, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 05, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Nov 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 05, 2024 (Xbox One), Nov 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.

12
playing now
77%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Slug Tactics is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Leikir Studio and published by Dotemu. A spin-off of the Metal Slug series, the game was released on November 5, 2024 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,537 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-40%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-12-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 44 of 81 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2862026-08-07 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$14.992024-11-052026-08-302024-11-05 — best price $22.492024-12-26 — best price $19.992025-01-24 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $24.992025-03-11 — best price $19.992025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-04-17 — best price $18.742025-05-01 — best price $17.492025-06-02 — best price $17.492025-06-10 — best price $24.992025-06-27 — best price $17.492025-07-22 — best price $17.492025-08-07 — best price $17.492025-08-26 — best price $17.492025-09-11 — best price $17.492025-09-23 — best price $24.992025-10-07 — best price $16.242025-10-20 — best price $16.242025-11-04 — best price $24.992025-11-24 — best price $16.242025-12-11 — best price $24.992026-01-03 — best price $16.242026-02-04 — best price $14.992026-02-19 — best price $24.992026-03-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-05-21 — best price $14.992026-06-02 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $14.992026-08-01 — best price $14.992026-08-15 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

101322026-05-29 — 60 pageviews2026-06-01 — 56 pageviews2026-06-04 — 45 pageviews2026-06-07 — 73 pageviews2026-06-10 — 53 pageviews2026-06-13 — 57 pageviews2026-06-16 — 51 pageviews2026-06-19 — 64 pageviews2026-06-22 — 44 pageviews2026-06-25 — 53 pageviews2026-06-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-01 — 57 pageviews2026-07-04 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 55 pageviews2026-07-10 — 46 pageviews2026-07-13 — 93 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-19 — 43 pageviews2026-07-22 — 45 pageviews2026-07-25 — 51 pageviews2026-07-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-31 — 51 pageviews2026-08-03 — 48 pageviews2026-08-06 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 68 pageviews2026-08-12 — 58 pageviews2026-08-15 — 71 pageviews2026-08-18 — 61 pageviews2026-08-21 — 101 pageviews2026-08-24 — 73 pageviews2026-08-26 — 70 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.6%
earned "Leading the Way"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5,0621%48
Steam (Steam)2,5101%93
PS5 (PlayStation)6495%49
Switch (Nintendo)1130%0
PS4 (PlayStation)6721%49
PS4 (PlayStation)417%49
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGWarMechsCombatFantasyStrategyTacticalDifficultManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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