METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Skip · Action · 2018
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 15, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 22.7h
- Value
- $1.32/hr
- Reviews
- 66% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required), 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.
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
The lowest price on record is $5.99, set in December 2021. 45 discounts in the 9 years on record. They run about 65 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, How to Survive 2 ($14.99, scores 27) beats it on value, while it beats Welcome to ParadiZe ($29.99, scores 13).
The press gave it 54; the people who bought it give it 66 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 725 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 22 percent of the 318 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
22.7 hours to finish it, 60 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.7 times the campaign.
Players
25 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 04:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
METAL GEAR SURVIVE scores 15/100 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/543900/metal-gear-surviveReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length 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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