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METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “smooth stealth, tactical freedom” (45 of 103 reviews) and “good narrative, cinematic opening” (11); the most common complaint is “overpriced for the content” (25). What reviewers agree on ↓
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
45 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great Metal Gear Solid buried under a laughably short amount of content and KB+M and Joystick problems that Konami never bothered fixing”
“Recently been 100%ing Metal Gear games, coming back to review this after doing this one, Delta and Phantom Pain Lets be honest, you know what this game is, it's the prequal to Phantom Pain, there are 3 reasons to buy…”
“I wish Ground Zeroes could be packaged in the definitive edition of MGSV as a single unified game experience. Unfortunately it wasn't so, still this is a superb introduction to the masterpiece that is MGSV (my favorite…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“this game plays just like phantom pain but with a less detailed droid. Theres like 6 different missions aside from the main 1. Overall, its pretty fun to mess around on and it has a good story that goes with phantom…”
“Is it a full game? No. Is it basically a very expensive demo? Kind of. Did I have a blast anyway? Absolutely. Ground Zeroes drops you into Camp Omega and just lets you cook. The stealth feels amazing, the sandbox is…”
“Really good prologue to MGS V TPP. However, the game is really short and it took me only one night in real life to complete the game. There is side content, as well as tapes that uncover the story further. I’d recommend…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I wish Ground Zeroes could be packaged in the definitive edition of MGSV as a single unified game experience. Unfortunately it wasn't so, still this is a superb introduction to the masterpiece that is MGSV (my favorite…”
“Probably the best and most replayable demo ever made in the history of this medium. So much so that you're not even annoyed that you have to pay for it. It plays as well and is as visually impressive as it was back…”
“The engine is sick and it's map design is kind of rike MGS2's, my favorite game in the series.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I wish Ground Zeroes could be packaged in the definitive edition of MGSV as a single unified game experience. Unfortunately it wasn't so, still this is a superb introduction to the masterpiece that is MGSV (my favorite…”
“Really good prologue to MGS V TPP. However, the game is really short and it took me only one night in real life to complete the game. There is side content, as well as tapes that uncover the story further. I’d recommend…”
“While a slice of what is to come, it is a competent little game in its own right, though not worth the price at the time. Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (2014) is the immediate follow-up to Metal Gear Solid: Peace…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Is it a full game? No. Is it basically a very expensive demo? Kind of. Did I have a blast anyway? Absolutely. Ground Zeroes drops you into Camp Omega and just lets you cook. The stealth feels amazing, the sandbox is…”
“The best-playing MGS to date and a lot of replayability despite a short main mission.”
“Yet another Hideo Kojima masterpiece, content heavy & will have you coming back for HOURS! !!!”
25 of the 103 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“kind of a demo, not really a game, poor pc port as well”
“worst buy. never buy this game. its literally only one mission done over and over again. its a demo”
“poor excuse for a game. hasnt been converted for PC use. interface is still console based and useless for K&M.. mouse cursor shows up.. but you cant even use the mouse! pathetic. devs dont deserve your money.”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“worst buy. never buy this game. its literally only one mission done over and over again. its a demo”
“A great Metal Gear Solid buried under a laughably short amount of content and KB+M and Joystick problems that Konami never bothered fixing”
“if you ever run out of sleeping pills or literally have NOTHING better to do than watch a 50min cutscene about mofos you realllyyy dont care about, this is deffo the game for you”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A great Metal Gear Solid buried under a laughably short amount of content and KB+M and Joystick problems that Konami never bothered fixing”
“Metal Gear Solid V is a strange mixed bag of an experience (that goes for both games!) Ground Zeroes is basically a prologue for The Phantom Pain, coming in at ~6 hours of gameplay. It's not worth the 20 USD they're…”
“Probably the best teaser/demo that exists. There is a decent amount of content here that lets you "squeeze" the every penny out of it, but still MGS:GZ is too expensive for what it is. The fox engine is impressive, but…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“kind of a demo, not really a game, poor pc port as well”
“poor excuse for a game. hasnt been converted for PC use. interface is still console based and useless for K&M.. mouse cursor shows up.. but you cant even use the mouse! pathetic. devs dont deserve your money.”
“Metal Gear Solid V is a strange mixed bag of an experience (that goes for both games!) Ground Zeroes is basically a prologue for The Phantom Pain, coming in at ~6 hours of gameplay. It's not worth the 20 USD they're…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I beat this in 62 mins not even knowing WTF I was doing. Really?! That's it?! I know it's a "prologue" to MGS5, but damn. No cool boss fight, no David Hayter... I'm glad I treated MGS4 as the true end & never continued…”
“Positive review is justified only for one factor: it's a Metal Gear title which was touched by Kojima by more than 0%. It's basically a demo, not a game. Few short missions, terrible detection (luckily improved in…”
“Game is very optimized on PC but it's unfun compared to the sequel. It's a 2hr game that's $20 for some stupid Konami reason, which is the same amount of money for the multi-hour sequel. You need to play the PSP games…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I've gotta give up going for 100% on this one, it is too hard and the controls aren't fine enough. I do remember that being cleared up for the main game so looking forward to that. Good prelude to the full. 8 / 10”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Amazing stealth gameplay and atmosphere with tons of ways to approach missions. It’s basically a short prologue for The Phantom Pain, but the mechanics and level design are still fantastic. Short, but definitely fun.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Good prologue game. Works great on Linux too.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Stealth · Action · Tactical · Short · Singleplayer · Third Person · Story Rich · Cinematic · Open World · Replay Value · Atmospheric · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Japanese * , Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/gz/certification.php5 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2 x64, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64 (64-bit OS Required) Processor: Core i5-4460 (3.20GHz) or better *Quad-Core or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 graphics card required) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card