Metal Slug Tactics

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,603 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.5h for positive, 2.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (75.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (93)

• Leading the Way Deal 15 Health Points of damage in 1 attack with Marco (excluding syncs). 100%
• Rebellion Start a run with Eri and Marco. 97%
• Trigger Happy Fire Fio's weapons 3 times in a turn. 70%
• Enough to Go Around Deal damage to 5 different enemies in 1 turn with Eri. 45%
• Globetrotter Unlock all the regions in the game. 36%
• Optimization Launch 3 Special Actions in 1 turn with Marco. 31%
• Final Curtain Win a run with Eri. 29%
• First Battle Win a run with Marco. 29%
• Germi Heiress Win a run with Fio. 29%
• Commitment Defeat Morden with Marco and Eri. 28%
• Personal Code Defeat Morden with Fio and Eri. 28%
• Grand Master Launch Nudge twice in 1 turn with Fio. 27%
• World Tour Win a run having completed 4 regions in total. 25%
• War machines Defeat all region bosses once. 18%
• Boot Sequence Win a run with Tarma. 17%
• Moderation Win a run having completed 3 regions in total. 17%
• Minimalist Win a run having completed 2 regions in total. 17%
• Regimented Defeat a boss with Tarma and Eri. 15%
• Spark Win a run with Ralf. 15%
• Family Tradition Defeat a boss with Fio and Tarma. 14%
• Nonstop Action Regain 2 Action Points in 1 turn with Ralf. 14%
• Bastion Reach 8 Dodge points with Tarma. 13%
• Leaving the Army Defeat a boss with Marco and Tarma on the team. 13%
• Human Cannonball Deal 15 Health Points of damage in 1 special action with Ralf. 12%
• Versatility Win a run with 6 different characters. 12%
• Manic Monday Win a run with Trevor. 12%
• The Warm-Up Win a run with Clark. 12%
• A Long Career Deal at least 25 Health Points of damage to a single target in 1 turn with Marco and Ralf. 11%
• Going Commando Defeat a boss with Ralf and Marco. 10%
• Taking Leave Defeat Morden with Marco and Tarma. 10%
• Cover Girl Win a run with Nadia. 9.8%
• All-Star Win a run with 8 different characters. 9.2%
• Everywhere at Once Hit 4 separate targets in 1 turn with Trevor. 9.2%
• Multikill Kill 4 enemies in 1 Special Action with Eri. 8.8%
• Illumination Have 3 Afterimages in play simultaneously. 7.9%
• Exit Strategy Defeat Morden with Trevor and Eri. 7.3%
• Star of the Show Deal damage to 5 different enemies in 1 turn with Nadia and her bots. 7.1%
• A Family With Marco and Fio, use Overheating 3 times in 1 turn. 7.0%
• The Last Mission With Eri and Trevor, get at least 4 bonus moves across the whole team in 1 turn. 6.6%
• Just an Illusion Win a run with Leona. 6.5%
• Programming With Trevor and Marco, finish a turn with a status on at least 5 characters. 6.2%
• Traffic Jam Kill 3 enemies in 1 Special Action with Tarma. 6.2%
• It's Raining Rebels! Deal 10 Health Points of damage on an enemy in 1 special action with Clark. 5.7%
• Liberation Gain 4 bonus actions with Ralf and Eri in 1 turn. 5.5%
• Catwalk Darling Defeat a boss with Nadia and Marco. 5.4%
• Fractal Trigger a synchronization with 3 Afterimages participating. 5.3%
• Intelligence With Eri and Leona, trigger 4 syncs in 1 turn. 5.1%
• Loyalty With Clark and Eri on the team, trigger 5 syncs in 1 turn. 5.1%
• False Confidence Defeat Morden with Nadia and Eri. 5.0%
• In the Past Defeat a boss with Leona and Eri. 4.9%
• Camaraderie Finish a run having visited exactly two regions with Clark and Ralf. 4.6%
• Long Distance With Tarma and Ralf, hit 6 enemies in 1 turn with special actions. 4.6%
• Only Daughter Have Fio and Eri gain 3 bonus moves each in 1 turn. 4.5%
• Healing Hands With Fio and Clark, move 3 different units in 1 turn with special actions. 4.4%
• Rebel Army Meet all of Morden's generals. 4.4%
• Clerical Error With Fio and Trevor, deal damage with 4 special actions in 1 turn. 4.1%
• Suspicions Trigger 4 syncs with Trevor, Leona or an AfterImage in 1 turn. 4.0%
• Adopted With Leona and Fio, make the same AfterImage attack 3 times in 1 turn. 3.8%
• Confrontation Defeat Morden with Fio and Leona. 3.6%
• A Sister With Ralf and Trevor, finish a turn with at least 6 statuses on enemies. 3.4%
• Finally Caught You Get the true ending. 3.4%
• Maximum Alert Defeat Morden after first completing all regions. 3.4%
• A Better World Defeat Morden with Ralf and Leona. 3.3%
• At Arm's Length Finish a turn with at least 5 Dodge on both Clark and Tarma. 3.3%
• My Top Priority Defeat Morden with Clark and Leona. 3.3%
• Too Dangerous Finish a run having visited four regions with Leona and Marco. 3.2%
• First Assignment Finish a run having visited exactly two regions with Nadia and Trevor. 3.0%
• Mechanics With Tarma and Trevor, gain 4 bonus actions via special actions in 1 turn. 3.0%
• Secret Service With Eri and Clark, make a character move at least 10 tiles in one turn using special actions. 3.0%
• Watch Your Step! Deal 9 Health Points of damage to a single enemy in 1 turn with Electric Mines alone. 3.0%
• Admiration Finish a run having visited exactly 3 regions with Trevor and Tarma. 2.8%
• Expertise Defeat Morden with Reinforcement maxed out. 2.6%
• Energy to Spare With Ralf and Nadia, gain 4 bonus actions via special actions in 1 turn. 2.5%
• Part of the Team Defeat Morden with Leona and Tarma. 2.4%
• Travel the World Finish a run having visited 4 regions with Tarma and Nadia. 2.2%
• Hatred With Marco and Nadia, have 3 summons in play simultaneously. 2.0%
• Responsibilities With Nadia and Fio, keep an Iron Lizard alive for 4 turns. 2.0%
• Cursed Blood Have Leona and Trevor gain 2 bonus moves each in 1 turn. 1.8%
• My Own Little Army Apply Mind Control to 4 enemies in 1 turn with Trevor. 1.7%
• Spy With Clark and Nadia, move 5 enemies into an Electric Mine area of effect in a single mission. 1.7%
• Charming the Crowd With Ralf and Clark, move 5 enemies to a tile adjacent to Ralf, then kill them with his Synchronization, during the same mission. 1.6%
• In My Sights Apply and trigger Fragile each turn with Clark in a mission that lasts 5 turns or more. 1.6%
• Security Office With Clark and Trevor, blow up an enemy who has Sticky Bomb with an enemy who has Mind Control. 1.3%
• Eri Kasamoto Unlock Eri's epilogue. 1.2%
• Biographer Get all the inter-team dialogs. 1.1%
• Fio Germi Unlock Fio's epilogue. 1.1%
• Marco Rossi Unlock Marco's epilogue. 1.1%
• Clark Still Unlock Clark's epilogue. 0.9%
• Leona Heidern Unlock Leona's epilogue. 0.9%
• Nadia Cassel Unlock Nadia's epilogue. 0.9%
• Ralf Jones Unlock Ralf's epilogue. 0.9%
• Tarma Roving Unlock Tarma's epilogue. 0.9%
• Trevor Spacey Unlock Trevor's epilogue. 0.9%