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METAL SLUG X cover art

METAL SLUG X

SNK CORPORATION · 2014-10-02

SteamGOG

Action

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

Releases: Mar 19, 1999 (Neo Geo MVS), Mar 10, 1999 (Arcade), Oct 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 1999 (Neo Geo AES), Jan 05, 2014 (Android), Mar 06, 2013 (iOS)

“METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

METAL SLUG X is an Action game released in 2014, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4004 reviews).

14
playing now
88%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (141 ratings)
1h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Slug 2 is a run and gun arcade game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 1998 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to the 1996 game Metal Slug. The original version of the game had extensive slowdown and performance issues, eventually leading SNK to release a modified version in 1999, titled Metal Slug X: Super Vehicle-001 (メタルスラッグX). It has been ported to the Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, Virtual Console, iOS and Android, and to the Wii, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. The game added several new features to the gameplay of the original Metal Slug, such as new weapons, vehicles and the ability to transform the character. It received generally positive reviews and was followed by Metal Slug 3, released in 2000.

Trailer

METAL SLUG X trailer thumbnail

Metal Slug X [Psx] - Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 204 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 100k–240k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,004 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.95 at Fanatical (2019-02-05) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 19 of 80 observed days · $7.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2242026-09-15 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 22 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
511Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2015 — avg 16 · peak 104May 2015 — avg 14 · peak 52Sep 2015 — avg 10 · peak 39Jan 2016 — avg 32 · peak 169May 2016 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 39May 2017 — avg 6 · peak 20Sep 2017 — avg 15 · peak 90Jan 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2019 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2019 — avg 13 · peak 43Sep 2019 — avg 9 · peak 35Jan 2020 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2020 — avg 15 · peak 41Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 21Jan 2021 — avg 12 · peak 31May 2021 — avg 13 · peak 43Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2022 — avg 13 · peak 32May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Sep 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 27May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 49May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 19 · peak 43Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 28May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 53Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 63
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$1.022015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.992016-07-04 — best price $7.992017-10-10 — best price $5.992018-10-23 — best price $7.992019-03-02 — best price $3.992019-05-15 — best price $3.512019-08-12 — best price $6.072019-11-01 — best price $7.992020-02-04 — best price $3.992020-03-14 — best price $5.992020-06-03 — best price $7.992020-07-14 — best price $3.992020-09-07 — best price $5.892020-10-27 — best price $5.892021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-03-22 — best price $1.792021-05-20 — best price $5.892021-07-23 — best price $3.992021-09-26 — best price $7.992021-12-04 — best price $7.092022-02-07 — best price $7.992022-04-06 — best price $5.892022-07-03 — best price $3.992022-08-30 — best price $5.982022-11-23 — best price $1.792023-02-09 — best price $1.992023-04-17 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-08-27 — best price $6.282023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-08-26 — best price $2.392025-04-10 — best price $1.992025-11-05 — best price $7.992026-08-12 — best price $1.022026-09-18 — best price $7.992026-10-13 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

317582026-05-30 — 102 pageviews2026-06-03 — 86 pageviews2026-06-07 — 91 pageviews2026-06-11 — 81 pageviews2026-06-15 — 96 pageviews2026-06-19 — 104 pageviews2026-06-23 — 97 pageviews2026-06-27 — 86 pageviews2026-07-01 — 67 pageviews2026-07-05 — 70 pageviews2026-07-09 — 93 pageviews2026-07-13 — 102 pageviews2026-07-17 — 84 pageviews2026-07-21 — 88 pageviews2026-07-25 — 85 pageviews2026-07-29 — 101 pageviews2026-08-02 — 93 pageviews2026-08-06 — 91 pageviews2026-08-10 — 112 pageviews2026-08-14 — 99 pageviews2026-08-18 — 108 pageviews2026-08-22 — 117 pageviews2026-08-26 — 110 pageviews2026-08-30 — 103 pageviews2026-09-03 — 91 pageviews2026-09-07 — 78 pageviews2026-09-11 — 127 pageviews2026-09-15 — 130 pageviews2026-09-19 — 98 pageviews2026-09-23 — 87 pageviews2026-09-27 — 118 pageviews2026-10-01 — 139 pageviews2026-10-05 — 68 pageviews2026-10-09 — 83 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "ROOKIE"
52.6%
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, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,3616%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-opRetroActionArcadeClassicShooterDifficultLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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