METAL SLUG 3
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 3h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 41% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “ROOKIE” (Clear Mission 1) and “GAME CLEAR” (Clear the game): from 87% to 41% of starters.
- 86% 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 9,326 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 2.9h for positive, 1.2h 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 (85.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- ROOKIE Clear Mission 1 87% −13
- GAME CLEAR Clear the game Most players quit here 41% −46
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- OASIS OF THE BATTLEFIELD (RUMI) Obtain items from Rumi Aikawa 100%
- NURSE Save 10 POWs 91%
- ROOKIE Clear Mission 1 87%
- I LOVE BANANAS Save an orangutan 85%
- GRENADE LOVER Throw 50 grenades 82%
- 100,000 POINTS REACHED Reach a score of 100,000 points 81%
- 200,000 POINTS REACHED Reach a score of 200,000 points 75%
- 100 TOMBS Kill 100 soldiers 69%
- TOP SCORER Reach a score of 500,000 points 60%
- GRENADE KING Throw 300 grenades 53%
- WEAPON MASTER Get all weapons 50%
- OASIS OF THE BATTLEFIELD (MADOKA) Obtain items from Madoka Aikawa 44%
- GAME CLEAR Clear the game 41%
- SNOWMAN Turn into a snowman 40%
- COOL Play with a friend 31%
- HERO Save 100 POWs 22%
- 500 TOMBS Kill 500 soldiers 19%
- TEAMWORK Reach a score of 1 000 000 points with a friend 17%
- CHARACTER MASTER Play with all characters 16%
- HYAKUTARO ARRIVES Save Hyakutaro Ichimonji 15%
- NINJA Clear any mission with no miss 15%
- 1,000 TOMBS Kill 1,000 soldiers 6.8%
- THE KING OF RECOVERY Save 1,000 POWs 1.7%
- MASTER NINJA Clear the game without using a continue 1.7%
- MARCO AFFICIONADO Play 100 times as Marco 1.6%
- TARMA AFFICIONADO Play 100 times as Tarma 1.5%
- ERI AFFICIONADO Play 100 times as Eri 1.5%
- FIO AFFICIONADO Play 100 times as Fio 1.5%
- COLLECTOR Unlock all Illustrations 1.4%
- MASTER OF METAL SLUG Complete all Achievements 1.3%