Metal Gear Solid
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Metal Gear Solid

Playtime

HowLongToBeat · Medium confidence

Main Story

11h 21m

Main + Extra

12h 48m

Completionist

16h 17m

Media

5 videos + 8 screenshots

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About This Game

Metal Gear Solid is a stealth game created by Hideo Kojima which follows the MSX2 video games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Despite a transition to 3D, Metal Gear Solid's gameplay remains similar to his predecessors. The game utilizes a traditional top-down view and the player must navigate the protagonist Solid Snake through the game's areas without being detected. Detection will set off an alarm which draws armed enemies to his location. Conversations with Snake's allies and cutscenes are used extensively to advance the plot and gain more insight into it. Metal Gear Solid is regarded as one of the greatest and most important video games of all time, and helped popularize the stealth genre and in-engine cinematic cutscenes.

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Last updated Mar 7, 2026