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METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version

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.

Developer
KONAMI
Publisher
KONAMI
Franchise
Metal Gear
Release date
Aug 27, 2026
Store page updated
Sep 1, 2026
Price
$29.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

89.6/ 100

Based on 381 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 2,340
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 3,169
“great masterpiece experience despite needing optimization”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+0.71
Controls & feel +1.46
“controls feel acceptable for a PS3 port, not terrible” (24)

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Story & World
+3.33
Story +3.64
“Kojima wrapped up the saga with great storytelling and conclusion” (119)

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
+0.86
Volume -0.13
“55 minutes of cutscenes versus 5 minutes of gameplay” (16)
Endlich, Metal Gear Solid 4 für den PC. 5 Minuten spielen, 55 Minuten Zwischensequenzen, einfach Beste!

🔒 2 more indicators

Visuals & Sound
+2.68
Visuals +2.80
“port runs smooth, looks great, plays great on multiple inputs” (26)

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
-2.50

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

Playing together -1.00

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
-1.62

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Monetization -1.00

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
+0.67
Performance +3.56
“stable 60fps, native Linux port works perfectly” (94)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by week · major update
90%92%94%96%98%100%
Aug 27, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Reviews
per day · 2,319 reviews, peak 397/day
0250500
Aug 27Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by week. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 376 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English67%
  • Spanish6%
  • Russian6%
  • Portuguese5%
  • Japanese5%
  • Chinese3%
  • Other7%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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