METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES

Buy85%

Very Positive · 18k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

KONAMI · Stealth · Dec 18, 2014

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
16
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio2 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Steam Deck: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 18k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
30% of themes are praise50% are divided20% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I personally really enjoy the more open world gameplay style of the MGSV games where instead of being corralled thru specific corridors, you have a much larger sandbox to play in and figure out how you personally want to complete your objectives, and even though it's a smaller game that takes place across a single base, it's still fun to play.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game can be relatively short and has one primary mission, but if you check the menu after completing the primary "Ground Zeroes" mission there are a handful of other missions with some optional objectives to complete that will further flesh out the, in my opinion, very interesting story.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It looks and runs fine on integrated graphics including the Steam Deck and after playing so much TPP, it's actually kinda neat to come into an area that I don't have memorized and be able to put familiar gameplay skills and mechanics to work exploring a new area.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay75 reviews
Story59 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Optimization
80% still recommend
Audio
67% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
67% still recommend
Steam Deck
83% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $17.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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