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METAL SLUG XX cover art

METAL SLUG XX

SNK CORPORATION · 2019-01-31

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Action

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

Releases: Feb 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation Vita), May 29, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jun 16, 2010 (Xbox 360), Mar 23, 2010 (PlayStation Portable)

METAL SLUG XX, the most recent installment in the famous run-and-gun action shooting series, returns to the battlefield on Steam with a plethora of brand new features!

METAL SLUG XX is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 1239 reviews).

3
playing now
53%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (2,044 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Metal Slug 7 is a run and gun video game developed by SNK Playmore for the Nintendo DS. It is the seventh and final title in the main Metal Slug series. It marks the first game in the main series that would be released without an arcade version. The game was released in 2008 for Japan on July 22 and North America on November 28 by Ignition Entertainment.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,243 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.14 at GameBillet (2026-08-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520192026Week of 2019-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
101Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 18May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 13Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 18May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 37May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.292019-02-012026-10-112019-02-01 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $9.992020-04-13 — best price $9.992020-06-15 — best price $17.992020-07-17 — best price $17.992020-08-11 — best price $9.992020-09-16 — best price $17.992020-10-18 — best price $19.992020-11-22 — best price $17.992021-01-09 — best price $19.992021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-03-24 — best price $17.992021-04-23 — best price $17.992021-05-20 — best price $17.992021-06-18 — best price $19.992021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-10-20 — best price $17.992022-01-06 — best price $17.992022-02-25 — best price $14.692022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-06-20 — best price $4.992022-08-08 — best price $4.992022-11-19 — best price $17.992023-01-06 — best price $17.992023-03-06 — best price $4.992023-04-25 — best price $14.692023-06-11 — best price $17.992023-09-06 — best price $17.992024-11-20 — best price $19.992025-08-09 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $3.992026-08-27 — best price $13.942026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

897512026-06-01 — 103 pageviews2026-06-05 — 64 pageviews2026-06-09 — 92 pageviews2026-06-13 — 82 pageviews2026-06-17 — 92 pageviews2026-06-21 — 105 pageviews2026-06-25 — 89 pageviews2026-06-29 — 93 pageviews2026-07-03 — 75 pageviews2026-07-07 — 65 pageviews2026-07-11 — 62 pageviews2026-07-15 — 74 pageviews2026-07-19 — 116 pageviews2026-07-23 — 89 pageviews2026-07-27 — 85 pageviews2026-07-31 — 87 pageviews2026-08-04 — 69 pageviews2026-08-08 — 75 pageviews2026-08-12 — 85 pageviews2026-08-16 — 113 pageviews2026-08-20 — 89 pageviews2026-08-24 — 140 pageviews2026-08-28 — 96 pageviews2026-09-01 — 103 pageviews2026-09-05 — 112 pageviews2026-09-09 — 897 pageviews2026-09-13 — 190 pageviews2026-09-17 — 164 pageviews2026-09-21 — 112 pageviews2026-09-25 — 91 pageviews2026-09-29 — 104 pageviews2026-10-03 — 77 pageviews2026-10-07 — 68 pageviews2026-10-11 — 114 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
38.3%
earned "THIS DOLL IS MINE!"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)12,9302%12
PS4 (PlayStation)3,9135%34
Steam (Steam)9862%34

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

Player tags

2DCo-opRetroActionArcadeClassicShooterMilitaryDifficultPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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