METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN ▶ Trailer
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

Developer
KONAMI
Publisher
KONAMI
Franchise
Metal Gear
Release date
Sep 1, 2015
Store page updated
May 15, 2026
Price
$19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

86.0/ 100

Based on 381 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 88% of 482
All time 😄 Very Positive 92% of 108,256
“feels like never finished, 10/10 piece of art, keeps opening game”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+2.00
Strategy +4.27
“freedom of choice in mission approach is unparalleled” (44)

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Story & World
+1.94
Story +0.30
“masterpiece of a story with wonderful execution” (31)

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Content Volume
+1.16
Variety -2.20
“Chapter 2 is repetitive fecal remix of already endured missions” (45)

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Visuals & Sound
+3.77
Visuals +3.99

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Multiplayer
+0.59

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.38

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Fairness
-2.08

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Monetization -1.73
“60% of resources locked behind online servers” (9)

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Tech & Ops
-1.45
Developer support -3.03
“因不必要的工期和人事冲突被迫早产，mgs之父的无奈告别” (13)
何为幻痛？对于死亡搁浅2中的焦油人说，幻痛是自己失去了右手与儿子的那只猫;毒蛇说，幻痛即是自己失去了左手与msf的隐隐阵痛；而对于《白鲸记》的亚哈船长来说，幻痛是被白鲸咬掉腿而陷入疯狂复仇的痛苦。何为幻痛？幻痛只是一个标题，但是却是一个因不必要的工期和人事冲突而被迫早产的无奈，成为了mgs之父和mgs系列的告别，玩家的意难平。mgsv:幻痛，就是幻痛本身。 合金装备5：幻痛几乎是我单机游戏生涯的“初恋”，而我耗时几年，断断续续打了好几次，最终于2026年彻底白金封盘。 个人评分：10/10

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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 month · major update
70%80%90%100%
Sep 2015Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 465 reviews, peak 28/day
02550
Aug 19Sep 16

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

Review languages

Languages of the 381 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English45%
  • Russian15%
  • Portuguese11%
  • Spanish8%
  • Chinese4%
  • Turkish3%
  • Other12%

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

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