METAL SLUG X Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-14
- Beautiful pixel art graphics
- Enjoyable online co-op mode
- Enhanced gameplay over predecessors
- Frequent frame drops and stuttering
- Poor port quality
- Very short playtime
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
- 3,919
- Positive
- 3,44187.8%
- Negative
- 47812.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 286,057
- Estimated revenue
- $2,285,595
- Game price
- $8
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 377.69%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,701
- Estimated revenue lost
- $21,581
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 377.7% Avg playtime 0.8h | 13528.1% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 357.3% Avg playtime 5.7h | 27457% Avg playtime 13.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 7.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,265.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
481 total
Organic purchasers38880.7%
Voted up: 85%
Key activations9319.3%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
480 total
First impression0-2h21544.7%
Voted up: 80%
Mid game2-10h22045.7%
Voted up: 89%
Late game10-20h306.24%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+153.12%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 85.0%
14 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 3,919 total.