“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 1.29/day in the week to Aug 13 → 3.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls! The most highly praised title in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
・ARCADE MODE (MAIN MISSION):
Play the arcade version of “METAL SLUG 3” from the beginning, and explore 5 immense challenging stages featuring multiple branching paths to explore exciting new areas! Make your way through the deluge of fire and fight off gigantic boss characters!
・MISSION MODE (STAGE SELECT):
Play your favorite stages at will and train alone or with a brother-in-arms on the missions you have unlocked so far!
・ONLINE MISSION (ONLINE MULTIPLAYER):
Connect to Steam and clear missions with friends far away via Online Co-Op Play.
Find a fellow countryman or foreign ally and let the mission begin!
・SETTINGS:
Configure display, control, and language settings.
・GALLERY:
View original illustrations of the game that you've unlocked.
・LEADERBOARDS
Check your current rank and score in“METAL SLUG 3” at any time,
and compete with other players to become the world's No. 1 soldier!
** WILL NOT RUN ON XP **
Genres
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, App Store, GOG publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $7.99 | 9.2Kreviews | 90% | — | $1.6M |
| $2.99−80% | 10Kratings | 91% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 190 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
fun game, beautiful pixel graphics
Nostalgia ^_^
真好 童年回忆
Media
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14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 10: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
| $2.99 |
| 875ratings |
| 70% |
| — |
| not modelled |
| $7.99 | 128ratings | 80% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 190 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
저는 그저 메탈 슬러그가 하고싶습니다 스테이지 2 깨고싶습니다 그런데 그런데 그런데 그런데 날 가지 못하게 합니다 시퐁팡
Diesses Poetische meisterwerk... hatte mir das gefühl gegeben als ob ich gold aber als digitales interaktives videospiel meisterwerk spiele diesse... GESCHICHTE... DIESSE LORE... hatte teil 1 und metal slug x gespielt es ist sooooooooo POETISCH UND PHILOSOPHISCH DAS ICH IN DEN END CREDITS SIE ZU ENDE ANGESCHAUT HABE!!! DAS WAR DAS ALLER ERSTE MAL WO ICH MIR DEN ABSPANN ANSCHAUE ICH HABE ES AUS RESPEKT ZU ENDE ANGESCHAUT UND GESPIELT!!! UND ICH SEHE EINE SEHR SEHR SEHR STARKE PHILOSOPHIE UND SINN VON DER EXISTENS DIESSES MEISTERWERK UND FINDE JEDE MISSION CINEMATIC UND PEAK SO EINE PHILOSOPHIE UND POETISCHES VIDEOSPIEL HABE ICH HIER NOCH NIE GESEHEN VIELE SEHEN NUR ABSURDEN TESTO GEGNER WIE ALIENS ODER AUCH ZOMBIES ICH SEHE HIER EINE SEHR STARKE ABSURDE UND POETISCHE PHILOSOPHIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! das war meine Bewertung!!!
Less forgiving and longer than the previous metal slug games. But I find it very good as it has new weapons, vehicles and more enemy types. I also like that there is the option to choose between different paths and even a secret level ( or more? I only managed to find one ). The story is in my opinion better than the previous games, especially the plot twist at the end. Good soundtrack too.
Sin duda alguna es el mejor Metal Slug. Tremendos temazos tiene, más enemigos y el plot twist antes de la misión final. 20/10 y GOD. Juegardo
7,5/10
卡死了
Easily in my top favorite games of all time spent countless hours when i was a kid
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
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