METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-10-08
Review summary
  • Best-in-series gameplay experience
  • High replayability and content value
  • Exceptional stealth gameplay mechanics
  • Extremely short game length
  • Essentially a demo or prologue
  • Not worth full price
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES header

Categories

Tactical Espionage ActionStealth GameplayOpen-World ExplorationThird-Person ShooterSingle-player StoryAction SandboxThird-Person Stealth Adventure

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows 12-15GB VRAMnegative

Timed cohorts

Switch between playtime slices of churn risk.

Refund churn

Risk snapshot

Fast read on churn risk and the loudest complaints.

83.9% PrecisionFeb 8, 2018 → Sep 20, 2026
Total revenue at risk
$77,944

~$743 per month

Modeled from refund-intent reviews

Most dangerous issue
Paid Demo Prologue

Business · 13.8% of risk

Churn driver breakdown

Weighted by churn risk

$77,944
Business
Design
Technical
67.0%$52,258
20.2%$15,722
12.8%$9,964
Issue map

Complaint treemap

Normalized churn drivers sized by volume; click to inspect a cluster.

Issue treemap
Business · 62.5% share
Design · 25.0% share
Technical · 12.5% share
Issue · Business
Paid Demo Prologue
Share of issues
12.5%
Primary region
United States
Detected from language cues
Anger level
Annoyed
Average sentiment intensity