Fun, simple tower defense gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I love me a simple yet artistic tower defence RTS”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
METAL SLUG DEFENSE
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 59%Mixed · 59%SNK CORPORATION2015Tower Defense · Action · Strategy
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A free-to-play mobile port of Metal Slug as a lane tug-of-war, fun for nostalgic fans but gated by pack-only DLC, grind and energy limits. Skip it if you want action or hate F2P design.
Great for
Metal Slug fans wanting a free, casual time-killer who won't spend money
Main risk
Units are locked behind expensive real-money packs, with grind and energy limits
What players love
Nostalgia and Metal Slug charm
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the pizel art animation in ALL METAL SLUG games are beautiful and smoothly animated.”
Steam review · 36.9 h played ↗
Beatable without spending money
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“At last, I was able to complete every level and defeat every major boss without buying a single DLC or paying to win.”
Steam review · 33.8 h played ↗
Free to play and good for short sessions
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“A casual, "kill 10 minutes", game.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Large roster of series characters and vehicles
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“It has just about every character from the Metal Slug lore and even characters from other SNK games like Ikari Warriors and The King of Fighters.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Units locked behind pricey DLC packs
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“you need to pay real money to buy packs of characters you can NOT buy individual units like the mobile version.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Worse than the shut-down mobile version
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“mobile version was better and they killed it and now this game. you have to pay real money to get units that were free in the mobile version.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Lazy mobile port with poor PC controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It's a DIRECT mobile port. It even says "Tap to start". RIP Metal Slug series.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Energy/sortie limits and grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Played for 1 hour and the game forced me to quit for not having energy. I'm not coming back.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Repetitive and shallow gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It got really boring as time went on”
Steam review · 44.2 h played ↗
Not a real Metal Slug action game
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“It barely feels like Metal Slug at all—just a cash grab riding on the name.”
Steam review · 39.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown300 MB
Minimum
OSWindows7
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 and up
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics
Storage300 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows7
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 and up
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GT 640
Storage500 MB available space
OSWindows7
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 and up
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics
Storage300 MB available space
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