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METAL GEAR SURVIVE
Developer KONAMI
Metal Gear Survive is a 2018 survival game developed by Konami Digital Entertainment and published by Konami. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2018. It is the first Metal Gear game to be developed following the series' creator Hideo Kojima's departure from Konami in late 2015, and the first since 1990's Snake's Revenge to be made without Kojima's input. Survive takes place… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
262 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 22, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
115 positive · 60 negative
95% range 58–72%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 115 | 60 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 13 | 14 | 52 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 2 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
2,301 of 3,457 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 116 yes, 61 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 177 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (3,764 of 5,725 positive).
Many players say Metal Gear Survive is unfairly hated due to YouTubers and the Kojima controversy. [1][2][3] Several reviewers find it a fun survival game if divorced from the Metal Gear name. [4][5][6] Some players criticize the game for being grindy, repetitive, and requiring an online connection. [2][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [16]
I tried to let this game have a chance, I played it in all good faith thinking it couldn't be all that bad. This game is worse than you think, I would barely even call it a game, but enough complaining. Imagine Fortnite : Save The World, but it's a MGSV asset flip. They gutted Phantom Pain and the fox engine to reuse EVERY SINGLE ASSET of said game to make this one. Alright, the assets are reused, nothing new under …
- [15]
This game is averse to fun. One of the most frustrating experiences I've encountered playing video games. I can talk about how I'm a fan of Metal Gear and how this was an insult to the series, but I'm sure you all know this. This game seems more concerned about wasting your time as a player than being an engaging video game. Arbitrary blocks, which are often just a timer (takes 2 IRL days post-end game for some …
- [1]
I'm not gonna tell you that Metal Gear Survive is a hidden gem, or that it's a 10/10 game that you need to play. It won't change your life, and some of the criticisms thrown at it are justified. What I will say is that this game is proof that a huge portion of the gaming community can't be trusted to think for themselves, because I still see people crawl out of the earth every time this game gets mentioned to call …
- [9]
Wormhole Detected Metal Gear Survive gets a bad rap, and honestly, I get it. As a Metal Gear game, it’s terrible. But as a weird, janky survival game built on the bones of The Phantom Pain, it’s surprisingly fun and addictive once you stop comparing it to Kojima’s work. The story is a mess. The presentation is all over the place, and the tone lands somewhere between “cheap sci-fi spinoff” and “fan mod gone wrong.” …
- [6]
I promise I’m not trying to farm clown awards, I just have the unpopular opinion. I think Metal Gear Survive is a fun game. This game is an enjoyable experience but it’s not a good Metal Gear game. I thoroughly believe that if Konami released this without the Metal Gear name it would have been received a lot better. I’m a big fan of Metal Gear, the base management and equipment progression in MGS: Peacewalker and …
Summarised from 34 of the 252 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked METAL GEAR SURVIVE talk about fun survival gameplay with smooth mechanics from MGSV; those who didn't talk about grindy and repetitive post-game content. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Metal Gear Survive received a generally negative response following its announcement, in part due to the controversies surrounding Konami's recent business decisions and Kojima's departure from the company. Complaints focused on the game's genre and theme (being branded as "generic" as it revolved around fighting zombie-like enemies through co-op and multiplayer), recycled assets from Metal Gear Solid V, microtransactions, constant internet connection requirement and the departure from the general feel of previous Metal Gear games. Metal Gear Survive received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version of…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 262 · most liked firstA standalone co-op survival game based on a popular singleplayer title? Welcome back, Metal Gear Survive
positive · AI labelView post →Proton 11.0-1 Released To Advance Valve's Steam Play For The Best Linux Experience Yet. Proton 11.0-1 enables support for another batch of Windows games that up to now had only worked when using the recent Steam Experimental builds. The games newly working with Proton 11.0-1 include Universe Generator: The Golden Sword, DCS World Steam Edition, Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998), Dino Crisis, Dino Crisis 2, From Dust, Blaite, Don't Die Dateless, Dummy!, METAL GEAR SURVIVE, Warhammer:…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not gonna tell you that Metal Gear Survive is a hidden gem, or that it's a 10/10 game that you need to play. It won't change your life, and some of the criticisms thrown at it are justified. What I will say is that this game is proof that a huge portion of the gaming community can't be trusted to think for themselves, because I still see people crawl out of the earth every time this game gets mentioned to call it a stick poking simulator, having absorbed their entire opinion of the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Metal Gear Survive is so funny bro an unremarkable 5/10 game having all the baggage in the world to make it the world's biggest 1/10. Can't think of another game that was already so ill-fated from the moment it was in production, actual quality of the game aside.
negative · AI labelView post →I tried to let this game have a chance, I played it in all good faith thinking it couldn't be all that bad. This game is worse than you think, I would barely even call it a game, but enough complaining. Imagine Fortnite : Save The World, but it's a MGSV asset flip. They gutted Phantom Pain and the fox engine to reuse EVERY SINGLE ASSET of said game to make this one. Alright, the assets are reused, nothing new under the sun. Maybe the core gameplay isn't that bad right ? RIGHT ?! Enemies :…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💎 #MetalGearSurvive is a terribly misunderstood game 😱 It reintroduces + re-contextualizes beloved mechanics from #MGS3 and #MGSV before finally spelling out a grim ending to the entire saga, 200 years in the making. ⤹ Let me explain: youtu.be/1-gPa0v54A8
positive · AI labelView post →I tried desperately to enjoy this game, I promise I did. Everything about the design of this game is engineered to inhibit you from having an enjoyable experience. Endlessly gather resources to endlessly upgrade facilities ever so slightly. It got to a point where I started legitimately cheating in an effort to alleviate some of the tedium, and even THEN no luck. I could not, in good faith, recommend this game to anyone but an absolute masochist. I've heard people say that this game is Metal…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Always online is a cancer on gaming.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I was 11 years old, my mom bought me a copy of Mission Impossible for the N64 as a surprise – and when we opened it, there was a Kit Kat bar where the game should have been in the box. And Metal Gear Survive is the most disappointing gaming experience of my life.
negative · AI labelView post →Incredibly fun multiplayer base defense game that forces you to constantly interact with an absolutely miserable single player survival game that checks all the mobile game boxes, from progress gated by real world timers to endless, repetitive material farming to restock your ammunition and consumables. It's a real shame, too, because the weight of the combat and the intensity of the multiplayer sessions make for a great time with friends, but the single player grind you have to tolerate to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not at all a Metal Gear game but a great Survival game. Really fun up until the post game. Then it got wayyy to grindy. But no where near bad as people mad it out to be. All because some some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ youtuber like dunky made the game have a bad rep. Content creators ruin gaming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It should have been coop campaign... It's not really coop. And it's complicated to figure out how to play with friends.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty acceptable as a standalone game, don't get why it had to be a Metal Gear. If you think of it as Big Billy's Zombie Survival, then it'll be more enjoyable. Probably.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No where near as bad as people say. its not a good mgs game but its a great zombie survival game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My friends, my associates, they come to me, years ago, when this Metal Gear: Survive first appeared, and they say, "Vito, this game, it’s a disgrace, a cash grab, a betrayal of the family name of Metal Gear." They curse it, they spit on it, they say it’s no good, nothing but a shadow of what came before. And I, Don Corleone, I listen. I nod. I respect their opinions, for loyalty and friendship are the foundation of our world. But in my heart, I am intrigued. This game, this strange child of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can see by the amount of hours I put into this that I really tried to get the "fun" experience out of it. I felt nothing but the intense urge to cheat since the game it's simply unfair as a single-player (unless with a party of 4 the game turns somewhat fair), so I cheated. Then the game became fun (only because I played with my brother), and because I saved at least 100 other hours on the grinding that I would've had to do without cheating. Then, nothing. The salvage missions are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good survival game. If you ignore the 'Metal Gear' in the title it's not half bad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Start digging in your butt."
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On a technical objective level, Ride to Hell: Retribution by far. If we're talking about what game I personally dislike the most, Metal Gear Survive.
negative · AI labelView post →This game is averse to fun. One of the most frustrating experiences I've encountered playing video games. I can talk about how I'm a fan of Metal Gear and how this was an insult to the series, but I'm sure you all know this. This game seems more concerned about wasting your time as a player than being an engaging video game. Arbitrary blocks, which are often just a timer (takes 2 IRL days post-end game for some digs); looting is slow; inventory weight is too small; melee is ineffective and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is no longer playable as they shut the server down.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People who defend this game are all playing an elaborate practical joke on me, you, and the rest of the universe. This game is a boring mess. It sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →56 minutes in and there is no feet or naked men
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →METAL GEAR SURVIVE is one of the most controversial titles in the Metal Gear franchise, and for good reason. Released in 2018 by Konami in the wake of Hideo Kojima’s departure, the game takes the tactical espionage formula the series is known for and grafts it onto a survival horror framework. What results is a spin-off that’s part zombie survival, part base management sim, and part resource scavenger hunt—all wrapped in a post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Metal Gear universe. It’s a bold…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NO! That is NOT Metal Gear!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is it good? No. Is it bad? No. Is it mid? Yeah. Wouldn't recommend unless you really want to have constant timers for everything you do
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wormhole Detected Metal Gear Survive gets a bad rap, and honestly, I get it. As a Metal Gear game, it’s terrible. But as a weird, janky survival game built on the bones of The Phantom Pain, it’s surprisingly fun and addictive once you stop comparing it to Kojima’s work. The story is a mess. The presentation is all over the place, and the tone lands somewhere between “cheap sci-fi spinoff” and “fan mod gone wrong.” You’ll go from a proper cutscene to static character portraits with voice-over…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spoiler-free review Metal Gear Survive is an amazing game but it’s not a “Metal Gear” game. Unlike the core Metal Gear games, this game doesn’t have a captivating story with movie-like presentation. Its ties with the Metal Gear saga are anecdotal. Metal Gear Survive’s short story and handful of characters are “bland”, especially the generic main player character. What elevates this game for me is … it’s multiplayer co-op mode : Salvage. Salvage can be played solo but it requires preparation…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yeah thats not metal gear lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story? Laughably embarassing. The survival Gameplay ? Passable at best. Co-op ? Fun, when it works. Metal Gear Survive is a schizophrenic project. Trying to "honor" the MGS legacy all the while being the lamest dumbest cashgrab attempt by making it yet another "zombie" survival game. Nobody asked for this, Nobody wanted this when it was announced. As a Survival game, its passable As a Metal Gear game, its probably the worst entry since Snake's Revenge on the NES. And even then, SR's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super boring , i uninstalled once , gave it a second chance , im done , very disappointed. i purchased this at a third party and sucks because i cannot refund
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BORING TRASH GAME THAT DOESN'T REWARD THE PLAYER OR RESPECT THEIR TIME
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A genuinely fun zombie game that's unfairly hated on because of Hideo Kojima's falling out with Konami. All the soy boys hopped on the hate train and jerked each other's hate boners for Konami, failing to give this fun and well designed game a fair chance. Dunkey was a key player in fueling the hate, hardly giving the game a chance at all, popularizing the opinion that this game is inherently terrible and frustrating. Most never got through the beginning tutorial part of the game and even more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not as awful as people made it out to be, but nothing amazing either. Konami's plan after firing Kojima was to shift their focus to mobile games, and it shows heavily here. I give it a 'mid' out of 10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overhated Metal Gear Gaiden fanfiction. Not everything has to be Neon Genesis Evangelion to be enjoyable, sometimes Girlfriend of Steel is just the thing. It's easy to hate the outcast. But do you have the courage to love it? Fox Engine fanatics only. I make no promises, but if you want to live in the world of mgsv a little longer you might derive some perverse enjoyment from playing this silly little oddity like i did. We're all mad here, it's alright. One day it will be gone, and annoying…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Will randomly be impossible to play the game as you are unable to join the servers
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I spent the longest time not playing this one because it looked like a lazy attempt at making money but g*ddamn, this was fun. It does get grindy and repetitive, but I enjoyed most of it. You gather resources while avoiding zombies to craft equipment, upgrade it, improve your base, recruit survivors. There are skills to learn, blueprints to obtain, clothes with attachments; a lot of things that are new to the game. Then you defend your base against hordes of zombies, which can be really hard.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just a boring cash grab
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING: This is a game that requires a constant online connection, even in single player. I completely understand if that is a deal-breaker for some. It would be for me too. At best it's inconvenient. The best phrase to describe this game is, "Metal Gear: Isekai". You do literally get transported to an alternate dimension with zombies. I love zombies and the fact I get to essentially play MGS5 with zombies is phenomenal to me. The story is actually very engaging and the combat is anything but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I promise I’m not trying to farm clown awards, I just have the unpopular opinion. I think Metal Gear Survive is a fun game. This game is an enjoyable experience but it’s not a good Metal Gear game. I thoroughly believe that if Konami released this without the Metal Gear name it would have been received a lot better. I’m a big fan of Metal Gear, the base management and equipment progression in MGS: Peacewalker and Phantom Pain are reasons why I hold both of those games in high regard. Those…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is being written after 200+ hours and 100% the games achievements! My honest thoughts on MG Survive is that its not a bad game at all despite whats been said. story wise its easily 6-7/10 experience but gameplay/ multiplayer wise its definitely a 8.5/10. I enjoy the mechanics introduced to the already pretty smooth MGSV movement system. Adding with melee combat and weapon types each with its own intricate systems to fight the hordes of wanderers. id also like to mention i love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks for tuning in! Metal Gear Survive is the fakest game I have ever seen in my life. I don't understand why it exists. Maybe I'll never understand. But I'll try my best to, someday. Catch you next stream!
negative · AI labelView post →Every year in gaming needs a big failure release. * 2017 - **LawBreakers** by Boss Key Productions, Nexon * 2018 - **Metal Gear Survive** by Konami Digital Entertainment, Konami * 2018 - **Artifact** by Valve * 2019 - **Crackdown 3** by Sumo Digital, Microsoft Studios * 2020 - **Cruicible** by Relentless Studios, Amazon Game Studios * 2020 - **Hyper Scape** by Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft * 2020 - **Marvel's Avengers** by Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix * 2021 - **Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy - The…
neutral · AI labelView post →What was Konami thinking
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like this game get's a bad rap. I do think its a bit of a hidden gem under the (somewhat justified, though not fully) response it got at launch. Survive takes a lot of the sandbox and builds upon a lot of the emergent aspects of V. If you look at the trailer video you can see some of it, but because a lot of mechanics and items don't have rules to them. You can put an item down that's meant to cause targets (used for base defense to help you with crowd control into a kill box) and use it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LIVE NOW i am still in Hell. i gots ta build these fences. i gots ta talk to my stupid tube. i gots ta KNOW. about METAL GEAR SURVIVE. it's part 2. why did they make this game. GET IN THERE twitch.tv/sebmal
negative · AI labelView post →I died to a claymore that i just placed and lost an hour of my life. Mid game made with assets from MGSV, it gets kinda repetetive very early and probably doesn't go anywhere later on. The savepoints system is very frustrating (dying form a bug can lead to you loosing an hour worth of progress and your precious life) and alt-tabing somehow leads to logging off from their system and you need to wait a couple of seconds to log in again (i couldn't log in one time and had to restart the game).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played every single MGS since the PS1 and I wished I hated this game because it doesn't have Hideo Kojima on it... But I actually enjoyed the game. It is not the metal gear as always and actually became a "survival zombie" game, but if you put the MG aside the game can be very fun. But the multiplayer is dead, thankfully you can do multiplayer mission solo, of course is harder, but it is manageable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So Konami's patched various Metal Gear games to no longer have online functionality in Russia and Belarus (likely due to sanctions), and the curious thing about Metal Gear Survive is *that game does not function at all without a server*, which may make it completely unplayable there.
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't waste your time and money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 36 hours i can safely say this game sucks but in a good way kinda, the missions are a slog and often very repetitive as well as the gameplay which can also have quite a few bugs but the overall story itself is so poorly written and voice acted that its actually kinda enjoyable. Definitely a weird entry to the series that was received pretty negatively by the community but if you give the game a chance without comparing everything to the previous titles I'm sure you can find some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be like me and think Survive has anything to do with Metal Gear. After replaying MGS4 and being impressed by how awesome it is, I decided to give Survive a try to satisfy my hunger for more Metal Gear. On paper, it doesn't sound so bad - a rehash of elements from MGS5 (which is my personal favorite game ever), with a survival twist. However, the game doesn't offer much. Most of my time with Survive so far has been spent traversing painfully empty areas and collecting an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, this game is a disappointment; I felt like Konami stabbed me in the back after playing it. Its gameplay is fluid, but the movements are clunky. Where's the stealth that characterizes Metal Gear? Even the old MSX games do it better, because this is a game that focused on the survival aspect, I'm not saying survival is bad; at least they managed to implement food and hydration, worthy of a survival. But... what about the story? Metal Gear always had great stories to tell with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, the game is really fun. I love the whole base building aspect as well as the combat survival system. The only thing that I dislike about this game is that it's roughly a decade old now. You will not find anyone playing the game on multiplayer, making it extremely hard and less fun to progress by yourself on once you beat the story. I'd only recommend buying this game if you have nothing else to do, and like this type of game play (and if you can convince some friends to play the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maintenance means you can't play. If you loose any internet connection, even in solo, you lose all progress since last save. This game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sux that you have to be online to play single player. They literary kick out out when they're running server updates. Good thing is is that you can play coop missions on your own and claim the rewards.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This could actually be one of the worst games I've ever played. Certainly one of the most disappointing. Bleh.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I never did a Bluesky introduction post huh Hi! My fav game is Metal Gear Survive and if I don't reply or leave a like on your post you're right to assume its cause I HATE you and want you GONE. Don't leave your house after 6pm.
positive · AI labelView post →Pretty good Not worth the full price, but if you enjoy the feel of MGS GZ and MGSV then its worth playing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →stay away, stay far away
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