METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-14
- Sequel massively improved gameplay
- Superior boss fights
- Great music and sound
- Metal Gear 1 feels dated and clunky
- Excessive backtracking plagues both games
- Frame pacing and performance issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,009
- Positive
- 84984.1%
- Negative
- 16015.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 72,607
- Estimated revenue
- $1,451,414
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 368.13%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,591
- Estimated revenue lost
- $51,794
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 368.1% Avg playtime 0.5h | 306.8% Avg playtime 0.4h |
| > 2h playtime | 4911.1% Avg playtime 12h | 32874% Avg playtime 17.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 21.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,055.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
443 total
Organic purchasers34678.1%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations9721.9%
Voted up: 80%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
443 total
First impression0-2h7717.4%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h11626.2%
Voted up: 76%
Late game10-20h17940.4%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+7116.0%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.3%
Global baseline 80.8%
26 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,009 total.