Metal Gear, also known as Metal Gear Solid or MGS, is a stealth-action series created by Konami. The franchise has sold over 65.1 million copies worldwide as of September 2025,[1] making it one of the best-selling franchises of all time. With high development costs, certain Metal Gear titles are also among the most expensive games ever made.
Sales[]
Sales data from Konami, Famitsu, NPD, and PlayStation and Steam trackers
Main series[]
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Sales | Market | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Gear | 3,643,339 | ||||
| Metal Gear | 1987 | MSX2 | Unknown | JP / EU | |
| NES | 1,000,000 | USA | [2] | ||
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence | 2005 | PS2 | 133,339 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection | 2011 | PS3 X360 PSV |
1,210,000 | Worldwide | [4] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection | 2023 | PC PS4 PS5 Switch XBS |
1,300,000 | Worldwide | [1][5] |
| Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake | 2,643,339 | ||||
| Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake | 1990 | MSX2 | Unknown | Japan | |
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence | 2005 | PS2 | 133,339 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection | 2011 | PS3 X360 PSV |
1,210,000 | Worldwide | [4] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection | 2023 | PC PS4 PS5 Switch XBS |
1,300,000 | Worldwide | [1][5] |
| Metal Gear Solid | 8,300,000 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid | 1998 | PS1 PC |
7,000,000 | Worldwide | [6] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection | 2023 | PC PS4 PS5 Switch XBS |
1,300,000 | Worldwide | [1][5] |
| Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions | 3,750,000 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions | 1999 | PS1 | 1,180,000 | Worldwide | [7] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Integral | 1999 | PS1 PC |
1,270,000 | Worldwide | [8] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection | 2023 | PC PS4 PS5 Switch XBS |
1,300,000 | Worldwide | [1][5] |
| Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes | 229,810 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes | 2004 | GameCube | 71,592 | Japan | [3] |
| 158,218 | USA | [9][10][11] | |||
| Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel | 201,219+ | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel | 2006 | PSP | 21,219 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Bonus Content | 2023 | Steam | 180,000 | Worldwide | [12] |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Trial Edition | 361,742+ | ||||
| Zone of the Enders | 2001 | PS2 | 120,658 | Japan | [3] |
| 241,084 | USA | [13] | |||
| Metal Gear Solid 2 | 10,900,000 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | 2001 | PS2 | 7,000,000 | Worldwide | [14] |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance | 2002 | Xbox PS2 PC |
1,390,000 | Worldwide | [8] |
| Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection | 2011 | PS3 X360 PSV |
1,210,000 | Worldwide | [4] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection | 2023 | PC PS4 PS5 Switch XBS |
1,300,000 | Worldwide | [1][5] |
| The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 | 2,991,125 | ||||
| The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 | 2002 | PS2 | 15,116 | Japan | [3] |
| 16,009 | USA | [13] | |||
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | 2001 | PS2 | 1,570,000 | Europe | [15][16] |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance | 2002 | Xbox PS2 PC |
1,390,000 | Worldwide | [8] |
| Metal Gear Solid 3 | 7,783,339 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | 2004 | PS2 | 4,230,000 | Worldwide | [7][17] |
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence | 2005 | PS2 | 133,339 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D | 2012 | 3DS | 910,000 | Worldwide | [18][4] |
| Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection | 2011 | PS3 X360 PSV |
1,210,000 | Worldwide | [4] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection | 2023 | PC PS4 PS5 Switch XBS |
1,300,000 | Worldwide | [1][5] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | 1,321,030+ | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | 2006 | PSP | 926,685 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus | 2007 | PSP | 394,345 | ||
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | 6,000,000 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | 2008 | PS3 | 6,000,000 | Worldwide | [19] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | 3,488,714 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | 2010 | PSP | 1,990,000 | Worldwide | [20] |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition | 2011 | PS3 X360 |
288,714 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection | 2011 | PS3 X360 PSV |
1,210,000 | Worldwide | [4] |
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | 6,150,000 | ||||
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | 2013 | PS3 X360 |
3,150,000 | Worldwide | [21] |
| 2014 | Steam | 3,000,000 | Worldwide | [22] | |
| Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | 4,462,867 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | 2014 | PS4 X1 PS3 X360 |
2,862,867 | Worldwide | [23][24] |
| Steam | 1,600,000 | Worldwide | [25] | ||
| Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | 9,565,940 | ||||
| Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | 2015 | PS4 X1 PS3 X360 |
5,165,940 | Worldwide | [26][27] |
| Steam | 4,400,000 | Worldwide | [28] | ||
| Metal Gear Solid Delta | |||||
| Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater | 2025 | Multi-platform | 1,000,000+ | Worldwide | [29] |
Spin-offs[]
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Sales | Market | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake's Revenge | 180,000+ | ||||
| Snake's Revenge | 1990 | NES | Unknown | NA / EU | |
| Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Bonus Content | 2023 | Steam | 180,000 | Worldwide | [12] |
| Metal Gear: Ghost Babel | 57,801+ | ||||
| Metal Gear: Ghost Babel | 2000 | GBC | 57,801 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Acid series | 169,496 | ||||
| Metal Gear Acid | 2004 | PSP | 118,553 | Japan | [3] |
| Metal Gear Acid 2 | 2005 | PSP | 50,943 | ||
| Metal Gear Survive | 712,047+ | ||||
| Metal Gear Survive | 2018 | PS4 | 71,047 | Japan | [3][30] |
| Steam | 641,000 | Worldwide | [31] |
Information[]
Metal Gear Solid[]
Metal Gear Solid on the original PlayStation was a commercial success, shipping over 6 million copies worldwide. Upon release, it topped sales charts in the United Kingdom and sold 316,833 units in Japan.
Metal Gear Solid 2[]
The sequel was released in November of 2001 on the PS2, it sold over 7 million copies worldwide and 798K in Japan alone. First week sales in the Eastern Land were 456,747 units.
Metal Gear Solid 3[]
This prequel released in late 2004 managed 3.6 million sales globally and 819K in Japan. First week sales were 487,156.
Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes[]
A MGS1 remake for the Nintendo GameCube, the game failed to sell more than a million copies. Only 46,906 units were sold in Japan
Metal Gear Solid 4[]
Metal Gear Solid 4 is a Playstation 3 exclusive game released worldwide on June 12, 2008. The game earned perfect 10 reviews from reputable sources and analysts expected the game to lift PS3 sales.
In the UK, the Konami title charted at #1 and became the 2nd fastest selling PS3 game (following GTA IV) and 2K ahead of GT5: Prologue. MGS4 beat MGS3 by 24,000 units, but fell 14,000 units short of overturning the launch week sales of the now legendary MGS2.[1] Despite these high sales, the game only had a minimal effect on PS3 sales.[2] Week one's sales figures was 122K followed by 50K for the second week. One million units were sold in Europe after one week.[3]
In Japan, MGS4 had one of the highest weekly totals by selling 476,334 copies in 4 days and 300K alone on its first day, including bundles and collector's editions. In just 4 days, the game became the best selling title in Japan, beating out Minna No Golf 5 which had almost 400K LTD. The launch attach rate is a little over 0.2 (1/5 of PS3 owners purchased the game). In contrast to the UK's release (and GTA4's monstrous sales), the game boosted PS3 sales by 700% to 77K units for the week.[4] Sales dropped to 67K in its second week.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Digital Entertainment Business". Konami.
- ↑ Hideo Kojima (March 14, 2006), Metal Gear Saga, Vol. 1, Konami, "Konami decided to develop a NES version of Metal Gear, but I had absolutely nothing to do with this game. The game launched worldwide and became a huge hit, selling one million copies in the U.S."
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Japan physical sales (Famitsu)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20150618060017/www.konami.co.jp/en/ir/ir-data/meeting/2012/0202.pdf
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20231104004848/www.konami.com/corporate/en/business/digitalentertainment.html
- ↑ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1191141/000119312509161518/d20f.htm
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Terry, Paul (2017). Top 10 of Everything 2018. Octopus. pp. 226–7. ISBN 978-0-600-63515-4.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Million-Seller Genealogy". Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (KCEJ). Konami. December 31, 2004. Archived from the original on 2005-03-15. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ NPD (March 2004)
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://playtracker.net/insight/game/86677
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "January 2003". The Onion Ring (NPD). Toy Retail Survey Tracking (TRST). Archived from the original on 2003-04-18. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ↑ "Konami of America and Sony Computer Entertainment America Announce That Metal Gear Solid 3 Will Be Available Exclusively for PlayStation 2". Contact Music. 2003-05-21. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
- ↑ Varanini, Giancarlo (2002). "Metal Gear Solid 2 worldwide sales". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ↑ "News Release". Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Konami. February 14, 2002. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ "Konami Kabushiki Kaisha (Konami Corporation) Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 31, 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120617080419/www.konami.co.jp/en/ir/ir-data/meeting/2012/0510.pdf
- ↑ Alexander, Leigh (21 May 2014). "Republique, and the fight for narrative games in a modern market". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2015. Guinness World Records. November 6, 2014. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-908-84366-1.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140724113358/www.konami.co.jp/en/ir/ir-data/meeting/2013/0509_517714.pdf
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/1221
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140513014730/www.konami.co.jp/en/ir/ir-data/meeting/2014/0508_750855.pdf
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- ↑ https://app.sensortower.com/vgi/game/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160322185531/www.konami.com/ir/en/ir-data/meeting/2016/en0129_un36wg.pdf
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- ↑ "『METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER』全世界累計出荷本数が100万本を突破！". PR TIMES (in Japanese). 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ↑ Japan digital sales (Famitsu)
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