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METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 1,053
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 87% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,062 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 13.3h for positive, 5.2h 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 (87.4% 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 (12)
- GO AHEAD SOLID SNAKE! Start Metal Gear 100%
- Right On Time Start Metal Gear 2 40%
- Ultimate Weapon No More Destroy Metal Gear 20%
- Supreme Commander Down Defeat Big Boss in Metal Gear 20%
- No Big Deal Complete Metal Gear 20%
- Cover-to-Cover Gear 1 & 2 Read all the pages in the Screenplay Book 18%
- We Didn't Start the Fire Destroy Metal Gear D 14%
- Your Number One Fan Defeat Gray Fox 14%
- It's...Over Defeat Big Boss in Metal Gear 2 14%
- Free from Rations Complete Metal Gear 2 14%
- Outer Heaven Survivor Complete Boss Survival in Metal Gear 8.9%
- Zanzibar Land Survivor Complete Boss Survival in Metal Gear 2 7.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.