METAL SLUG 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-14
- Excellent pixel art and animation
- Fun co-op gameplay available
- Diverse enemy types and weapons
- Achievements severely bugged
- No online co-op mode
- Inferior to Metal Slug X
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
- 1,378
- Positive
- 1,22488.8%
- Negative
- 15411.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 102,933
- Estimated revenue
- $719,502
- Game price
- $7
- Review ā sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 226.90%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,643
- Estimated revenue lost
- $11,485
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ć Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ā¤ 2h playtime | 226.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 13040.8% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 237.2% Avg playtime 11.3h | 14445.1% Avg playtime 27.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 6.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,711.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
319 total
Organic purchasers27686.5%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations4313.5%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
319 total
First impression0-2h18056.4%
Voted up: 86%
Mid game2-10h11034.5%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h175.33%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+123.76%
Voted up: 83%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 85.9%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,378 total.