METAL SLUG
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 3h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 61% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “TETSUYUKI” (Clear MISSION 1) and “HAIRBUSTER RIBERTS” (Clear MISSION 2): from 100% to 88% of starters.
- 77% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,395 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 1.9h for positive, 0.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (77.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- TETSUYUKI Clear MISSION 1 100%
- HAIRBUSTER RIBERTS Clear MISSION 2 Most players quit here 88% −12
- TANI OH Clear MISSION 3 76% −11
- SHOE & KARN Clear MISSION 4 69% −7
- IRON NOKANA Clear MISSION 5 65% −4
- HI-DO Clear FINAL MISSION 61% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (15)
story milestone ending side
- TETSUYUKI Clear MISSION 1 100%
- BOMBER Throw 50 grenades 89%
- HAIRBUSTER RIBERTS Clear MISSION 2 88%
- 200 TOMBS Kill 200 enemy soldiers 84%
- TANI OH Clear MISSION 3 76%
- KING OF BOMBERS Throw 200 grenades 71%
- SHOE & KARN Clear MISSION 4 69%
- IRON NOKANA Clear MISSION 5 65%
- HI-DO Clear FINAL MISSION 61%
- RESCUE Free 50 POWs 61%
- 1,000 TOMBS Kill 1,000 enemy soldiers 24%
- KING OF RESCUE Free 100 POWs 22%
- TEAMWORK Play in MULTIPLAYER 22%
- METAL SLUG ATTACK Defeat a boss using the METAL SLUG ATTACK 8.9%
- MISSION ALL COMPLETE Clear the game using no continue 2.7%