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Game description

Solid Snake's final mission. Five years after the Big Shell incident, in an era where war has become a business due to the rise of PMCs (Private Military Contractors). To stop Liquid Ocelot's uprising, the legendary hero Solid Snake faces his final battle.

Basic info

DeveloperKONAMI
PublisherKONAMI
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateAug 27, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 11（64-bit OS required）
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K
Memory16 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Storage25 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 381 reviews from the past 1 year

89.0/ 100
Top 20%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (96%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 15, 2026)

The conclusion of a long story wins 119 reviews of this Master Collection port, which scores 89.0, top 20% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Story & World appears in 53% of analyzed reviews and ranks 203rd of 1096. 119 reviews praise the story, and the most upvoted says Kojima wrapped up the saga with great storytelling. Tech & Support ranks 2nd of 1399: 94 praise its performance, some reporting a stable 60 frames per second and a native Linux port that works well. 49 say they enjoyed it, some calling it a masterpiece despite room for optimization.

👎 Where it falls short

27 reviews mention the controls and feel, and the most upvoted jokes that cutscenes keep getting interrupted by gameplay. 16 say the playable content is short, describing long cinematic stretches between brief sections. 20 criticize the story, some seeing retconning and weaker later acts. Others feel the crisp graphics lost the hazy atmosphere of the original, and a few mention glitches and audio cuts. Gameplay ranks 564th of 1396, Visuals & Sound ranks 666th of 1249, and Content Volume ranks 690th of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“Kojima wrapped up the saga with great storytelling and conclusion” · 119 reviews
“stable 60fps, native Linux port works perfectly” · 94 reviews
“great masterpiece experience despite needing optimization” · 49 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.46 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “controls feel acceptable for a PS3 port, not terrible” · 24 reviews
Negative “cutscenes keep getting interrupted by gameplay” · 27 reviews

Progression 2% · Difficulty 6% · Onboarding 4% · Freedom 3% · Strategy 6%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Story +3.64 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “Kojima wrapped up the saga with great storytelling and conclusion” · 119 reviews
Negative “narrative is desperate retconning, gameplay front-loaded with weak later acts” · 20 reviews

Characters 15% · World 12%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +2.85 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “speedrun-friendly with cutscenes skipped, enjoyable gameplay loop” · 2 reviews
Negative “weakest replayability of any mainline MGS title” · 1 review

Volume 10% · Variety 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.80 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “port runs smooth, looks great, plays great on multiple inputs” · 26 reviews
Negative “the crisp graphics removed the hazy atmospheric quality of the original” · 11 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Playing together -1.00 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 4% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.03 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “game advertises full Japanese voice but no Japanese language option available, fraud” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 52% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +1.55 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “stable 60fps, native Linux port works perfectly” · 94 reviews
Negative “Alt Tab keyboard function issue and optimization needed” · 9 reviews

Stability 13% · Developer support 9%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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