Metal Slug Tactics
Skip · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 43, under the fair line, at $24.99.
- Length
- 6.5h
- Value
- $3.84/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7570, 1GB, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
December 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $14.99. Its cuts run 35 percent off as a rule. There have been 16 in the 2 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. The Last Spell ($24.99, scores 78) and Shogun Showdown ($7.49, scores 83) both outscore it.
Of the 563 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 19 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written November 2024 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 698 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 33 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 205 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 6.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 61, 9.4 times as much.
The drop-off
76% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
18 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 20:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I like this game a lot and have had fun with it. there isn't much I dislike about it. The only thing I can think of is I wish there were more factions to fight. It just feels lacking. I'd like to see the Mars people, Ptolemaic army, the Japonese, and the Amadeus Syndicate. But outside of that and few small bugs here and there, it's pretty good.
It's a fun quirky turn based game, a little buggy sometimes, but most of the time was fine in my experience. If you're curious and it's ever on sale I'd say go for it, but don't expect a super complex or traditional tactics game. My main gripe is I wish there was at least one more area in the game. You got the desert, another desert but with mummies, the Jungle, and the city. And seriously, no zombies? No aliens...
I do like tactic games, it's my favourite genre. Which is why I hate this one. It's tactical all right, but contrary to what the visuals suggest it plays like a boring chess game. Balance is incredibly off. Progression barely changing anything for the better.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Metal Slug Tactics scores 43/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1590760/metal-slug-tacticsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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