METAL SLUG 3

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 18:45 UTC

Playing now

16

at 18:45 UTC

24-hour peak

31

All-time peak

2,879

monthly peak, Feb 2014

24h change

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needs 48 h of data

Twitch viewers

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none tracked

Best price

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Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 16 players
Peak · 48h: 31 players
Average · 48h: 24 players
Lowest · 48h: 16 players

Oct 27, 2026, 6:45 PM: 16 players

What stands out

-48%Players since 03:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
31Today’s peak was 94% above the current count.

All-time peak

2,879

Highest monthly peak on record, in Feb 2014. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 27, 2026 is 31.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Octoberfrom Oct 27, 2026	24	-22%-6	31
September	30	-38%-18	74
August	48	+118%+26	119
July	22	+4.8%+1	44
June	21	-38%-13	49
May	34	+9.7%+3	106
April	31	-8.8%-3	102
March	34	+70%+14	90
February	20	0%0	44
January	20	-4.8%-1	48
2025
December	21	-32%-10	49
November	31	+19%+5	86

Show all 153 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
October	26	-13%-4	82
September	30	+58%+11	77
August	19	0%0	42
July	19	-37%-11	39
June	30	+58%+11	94
May	19	-5%-1	41
April	20	-38%-12	47
March	32	+10%+3	88
February	29	0%0	87
January	29	-15%-5	71
2024
December	34	-56%-43	78
November	77	+413%+62	285
October	15	-17%-3	33
September	18	-14%-3	42
August	21	-34%-11	48
July	32	+45%+10	75
June	22	+22%+4	82
May	18	0%0	42
April	18	-18%-4	42
March	22	+22%+4	47
February	18	-10%-2	46
January	20	-4.8%-1	46
2023
December	21	-4.6%-1	52
November	22	+10%+2	56
October	20	-13%-3	42
September	23	-18%-5	47
August	28	+3.7%+1	64
July	27	+29%+6	69
June	21	0%0	50
May	21	-13%-3	46
April	24	-17%-5	58
March	29	-49%-28	71
February	57	+84%+26	278
January	31	0%0	114
2022
December	31	+55%+11	127
November	20	0%0	59
October	20	-4.8%-1	54
September	21	-4.6%-1	70
August	22	-27%-8	60
July	30	-23%-9	75
June	39	+95%+19	149
May	20	0%0	44
April	20	+5.3%+1	43
March	19	-21%-5	45
February	24	-7.7%-2	52
January	26	+18%+4	56
2021
December	22	+10%+2	59
November	20	+5.3%+1	52
October	19	-9.5%-2	54
September	21	-8.7%-2	44
August	23	-30%-10	54
July	33	-27%-12	88
June	45	+80%+20	223
May	25	+25%+5	73
April	20	0%0	50
March	20	-13%-3	43
February	23	+9.5%+2	58
January	21	0%0	47
2020
December	21	+11%+2	51
November	19	+19%+3	48
October	16	-5.9%-1	41
September	17	-11%-2	41
August	19	-30%-8	40
July	27	+13%+3	66
June	24	-17%-5	69
May	29	+38%+8	78
April	21	+24%+4	45
March	17	+13%+2	35
February	15	-17%-3	40
January	18	-5.3%-1	44
2019
December	19	+12%+2	44
November	17	+31%+4	45
October	13	-13%-2	32
September	15	+15%+2	44
August	13	-24%-4	31
July	17	+6.3%+1	42
June	16	-24%-5	43
May	21	+40%+6	67
April	15	-6.3%-1	59
March	16	-16%-3	40
February	19	-5%-1	54
January	20	-17%-4	50
2018
December	24	+41%+7	109
November	17	+31%+4	81
October	13	-7.1%-1	38
September	14	-6.7%-1	31
August	15	-21%-4	30
July	19	0%0	56
June	19	+27%+4	50
May	15	+7.1%+1	37
April	14	-6.7%-1	32
March	15	-29%-6	34
February	21	0%0	59
January	21	-4.6%-1	47
2017
December	22	+10%+2	57
November	20	-9.1%-2	53
October	22	-27%-8	53
September	30	+88%+14	149
August	16	-30%-7	33
July	23	-26%-8	65
June	31	+94%+15	132
May	16	-20%-4	41
April	20	+18%+3	74
March	17	0%0	47
February	17	-29%-7	39
January	24	+9.1%+2	70
2016
December	22	+4.8%+1	59
November	21	+17%+3	59
October	18	0%0	50
September	18	-5.3%-1	42
August	19	-37%-11	40
July	30	+11%+3	86
June	27	+42%+8	81
May	19	-9.5%-2	39
April	21	-22%-6	50
March	27	-48%-25	52
February	52	-5.5%-3	154
January	55	+28%+12	217
2015
December	43	+115%+23	121
November	20	+5.3%+1	51
October	19	-24%-6	48
September	25	+4.2%+1	80
August	24	-7.7%-2	48
July	26	-50%-26	55
June	52	+73%+22	357
May	30	+36%+8	90
April	22	-15%-4	52
March	26	-26%-9	55
February	35	-65%-65	70
January	100	+8.7%+8	712
2014
December	92	+5.8%+5	933
November	87	+335%+67	439
October	20	-20%-5	52
September	25	-14%-4	57
August	29	-52%-31	58
July	60	-57%-81	192
June	141	+120%+77	1,724
May	64	+31%+15	326
April	49	+11%+5	606
March	44	-74%-124	160
Februarybest month	168	—	2,879

Players since 2014

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 168 players on average; February 2014
All-time peak: 2,879 players at once; February 2014
Last 12 months: -4.2%; 28 players on average, against 29 the year before

September 2026: 30 players on average, peak 74 · Point at a bar for its numbers.

average players (bars)
peak players (line)

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.

Launched in February 2014: up to 168 players on average in its first three months · 35 a year later: 21% of its launch crowd

Prices

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On Twitch

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Videos

From YouTube

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About the game

Release date: Feb 14, 2014
All-time peak reached: Feb 2014 · 2,879
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 27, 2026
Steam app id: 250180

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