METAL SLUG 3 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-28
- Excellent co-op experience
- Branching paths increase replayability
- Beautiful pixel art
- Control issues present
- Final level too long
- Audio and video desync
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,042
- Positive
- 8,12089.8%
- Negative
- 92210.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 671,860
- Estimated revenue
- $5,368,161
- Game price
- $8
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 305.12%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,229
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,810
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 305.1% Avg playtime 0.8h | 13723.4% Avg playtime 1.3h |
| > 2h playtime | 356% Avg playtime 12.6h | 38465.5% Avg playtime 20.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 9.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,532 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
586 total
Organic purchasers49784.8%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations8915.2%
Voted up: 85%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
586 total
First impression0-2h21636.9%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h26945.9%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h5910.1%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+427.17%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 88.9%
6 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,042 total.