
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
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Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.86/day in the week to Aug 13 → 6.43/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where it all began, returns on the Steam gaming platform!
・ARCADE MODE (MAIN MISSION):
Play the original arcade version of “METAL SLUG ” with its charismatic protagonist soldiers Marco & Tarma, maneuver the almighty “METAL SLUG ” tank, and fight your way through the 6 missions of the game to thwart Gen. Morden's evil ambitions!
・MISSION MODE (STAGE SELECT):
Play and enjoy your favorite stages at will! Train alone or with a brother-in-arms on the missions you have unlocked so far!
・ONLINE MISSION (ONLINE MULTIPLAYER):
Connect to Steam and clear missions with a brother-in-arms far away via the Online Co-Op Play feature.
Engage with a fellow countryman or foreign ally and let the mission begin!
・SETTINGS:
Configure control, language, video display, and sound volume settings for the best “METAL SLUG ” experience on PC.
・LEADERBOARDS:
Check your current rank & score in “METAL SLUG” at any time, and challenge other players to be the best “METAL SLUG ” soldier in the world!
** WILL NOT RUN ON Windows XP **
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Reviews
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Reviews
[h3]One of Those Games That Always Comes Back[/h3] There are games you discover. There are games you play once and move on from. And then there are games that somehow manage to keep finding their way back into your life. [b]METAL SLUG[/b] has always been one of those games for me. I don't even remember how many times I've played it over the years, or how many different moments of my life it has managed to appear in. Somehow, every now and then, [b]METAL SLUG[/b] seems to come back and say: "Hey. Play a little." And honestly, I've rarely needed much convincing. [h3]A True Milestone[/h3] It's easy to look at [b]METAL SLUG[/b] today and see a relatively short 2D run-and-gun game. But that would completely miss the point. This is one of those titles that became a milestone in video game history. The beginning of a legendary series, an arcade classic that managed to create an identity so strong that even decades later it still feels unmistakably like [b]METAL SLUG[/b]. The hand-drawn pixel art, the absurd amount of detail, the humor, the explosions, the animations and that wonderfully chaotic action have aged remarkably well. Some games get old. [b]METAL SLUG[/b] somehow doesn't. [h3]Finally, 100%[/h3] This time, I decided I wasn't going to simply play it again. I wanted to finish it properly. 100%. And I'm genuinely happy that I finally did. It took me only a few hours to complete everything, although one particular achievement gave me considerably more trouble than the others: finishing the game without using continues. That challenge can be brutal. But when you finally manage to do it, there's a very satisfying feeling that comes with knowing you've conquered a game that has been challenging players for decades. [h3]The Kind of Game That Doesn't Need an Introduction[/h3] What I love most about [b]METAL SLUG[/b] is that it doesn't need to explain why it is special. You start playing and everything immediately makes sense. Run. Shoot. Jump. Blow everything up. Laugh at the ridiculous animations. Get destroyed by something you didn't see coming. Try again. And somehow, even after all these years, it still works. There is something incredibly pure about that kind of game design. [h3]Final Verdict[/h3] [b]METAL SLUG[/b] is a piece of video game history, but more importantly, it is still a fantastic game. It's one of those rare titles that manages to remain fun regardless of how much time passes. Whether you're discovering it for the first time or returning to it after many years, there's something incredibly satisfying about sitting down and playing through it again. I finally completed it 100%, and I'm genuinely glad I did. If you're one of the younger players who somehow never had the chance to experience [b]METAL SLUG[/b], do yourself a favor and give it a try. You might discover why this little arcade classic has managed to keep calling players back for so many years. And as for me, I'll always open the door when it comes knocking.
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14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 13: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 222 reviews with recorded playtime.
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[h1]Heavy Machine Gun!柴油龐克遊戲的鼻祖[/h1] [i]真的大愛《越南大戰》的美術風格。[/i] [h3]🌏 [b]背景設定[/b][/h3] 遊戲的背景雖然看起來像是在打越戰,但其實故事是設定在未來的 2028 年:一名前海軍陸戰隊中將 Donald Morden 在一場政變行動失敗後,成立了一支人數龐大且擁有先進科技的叛軍,隨後更向正規軍發動起戰爭。遭受沉重打擊的正規軍為了對叛軍進行反擊,決定秘密開發代號名為「Super Vehicle-001」的新型戰車「Metal Slug」,然而這台戰車卻因情報泄漏而落入敵方手中。「Peregrine Falcons」的成員 — Marco Rossi 中尉和 Tarma Roving 少尉因此奉命潛入敵軍,奪回戰車。 (其實這系列在推出之初並沒有故事設計,而是在系列發展起來之後才補回去的。) [h3]🔸 [b]遊戲機制[/b][/h3] 《越南大戰》為捲軸平台動作射擊遊戲,玩家將操作角色在充滿鋼鐵兵器與敵兵的捲軸戰場上闖關,過程中除了可以拿到由「耶穌」戰俘贈送的各種武器,還可以駕駛火力十足的坦克輾壓對手,不過主角的血量只有一滴,只要受到傷害就會死亡,雖然可以原地重生,但前面累積的分數也會歸零。 [h3]🔸 [b]畫質設定[/b][/h3] 這版本的移植做得不太好,畫面設定與運行都有問題。下面有畫質設定的參考和解決解析度問題的方法。建議大家用 4:3 視窗模式去玩就足夠了,如果真的想用 16:9 全螢幕去玩,就照指南的方法去調設定,另外不要開 Video Filter,體驗會明顯變差。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3784047057 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3280129476 [hr][/hr] [h3]👍 [b]遊戲優點[/b][/h3] [list] [*]別樹一格的柴油龐克設定。遊戲的美術是由著名像素繪師 Akio 負責,從各種載具兵器和人物角色的畫面表現上就能看出其強烈的個人風格,尤其是單位的各種表情與動作設計更是做得豐富生動。這種像素畫風直到今時今日依然是無可取代的一種存在。 [*]刺激的捲軸射擊體驗。本來在這種類彈幕平台上生存已經足夠困難,再加上「一滴血」的設定,整個闖關過程又變得更極限與刺激一些,不過好在死亡的懲罰感其實很低,因為可以一直原地重生,所以玩的就是一種既緊張又爽快的戰鬥體驗。 [/list] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3783974489 [h3]👎 [b]遊戲缺點[/b][/h3] [list] [*]不完美移植。除了一堆畫面設定的問題,畫面特效多起來也會有明顯的卡頓掉幀,要不是街機遊戲在模擬器上玩比較麻煩,筆者真的會把這版本退款。 [*]內容量與特色為系列中最少。單機只能選 Marco 來玩,而關卡的設計相對後面的作品也較為單調,另外除了坦克,也沒有甚麼特殊的載具可以玩,所以一代就是最最最基礎的《越南大戰》體驗。 [/list] 總結來說,初代的遊戲內容其實還算過得去,但這 Steam 版的移植真的做得不太好,畫面設定搞完一輪之後,進到遊戲還會遇到卡頓的問題。如果是想體驗這系列的玩家,建議從《越南大戰 X》開始入坑,遊戲體驗會明顯好很多。 [quote]好評率:🟢 🟢 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫(5 燈為最佳)[/quote] [quote][h3]📌 [b]延伸閱讀[/b][/h3] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/ericFL/recommended/387290][i]Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition[/i] 評論:藝術品等級!唯美畫風與史詩級音樂結合而成的跑酷作品[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/ericFL/recommended/1057090/][i]Ori and the Will of the Wisps[/i] 評論:系統全面提昇!由內到外都得到精心琢磨的優秀續作[/url] [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/44228872/]鑑賞家 - 評論扭蛋機 Review Gashapon[/url] [/quote]
After thirty years, I've finally beaten the game without continues - or using only a single quarter. GG.
Opens in wrong resolution, can't change resolution. Half baked nonsense. Gotta do a bunch of fixing to get it to work. This king of stuff should've been patched day 1, not left.
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First Metal Slug game in series, play if you want to know how First game looks. But playable only with 600x800 resolution, window mode. Because of ancient game engine restrictions.
[h2]A really good game with a really bad PC port. There are resolution problems, audio popping, and really bad slowdowns. Dotemu didn’t even try to make a decent port.[/h2]
20 years ago, I played the pirated one in my USB. After 20 years, I bought METAL SLUG on Steam.
Extremamente divertido, arte lindíssima, atemporal, única, tão bem detalhada e rica. As vezes tudo que precisamos é sair dando tiro sem parar em uma loucura sem fim.
Custo a acreditar em análises negativas sobre esse jogo. Principalmente análise negativa em que a pessoa em questão escreve apenas "violência". Analisar Metal Slug sem nostalgia é complicado, porque tenho memórias vivas da minha infância/adolescência jogando este jogo e as horas de diversão com meus amigos. Porém hoje não mudou muito a diversão é a mesma da época em que joguei pela primeira vez. É um jogo que envelheceu perfeitamente bem. Vi analises negativas por "o jogo não preencher toda a tela do monitor", e não vejo um grande problema nisto, apesar que seria interessante tem a tela fechada no jogo, mas ao meu ver é injusto com Metal Slug não recomendar por motivo tão bobo. Uma coisa que é complicada é completar as conquistas, pois possui conquista que exigi você ficar vivo até o final em um jogo que é impossível não morrer devido a quantidade de inimigos surgindo em tela e atirando para todos os lados... Então, quem platinar esse jogo, me avisa que quero saber como conseguiu. Para este jogo, e levando em consideração o estilo do jogo, o ano que foi lançado e esse port... Nota:9/10
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