List of Metal Slug video games

Metal Slug is a series of run and gun video games first released on Neo-Geo arcade machines and game consoles created by SNK. It was also ported to other consoles, such as the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation, the Neo-Geo Pocket Color and more recently, the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, iPhone, iPod Touch, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. There is also an anthology of the first 7 games in the main series (including Metal Slug X) available for the Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 and Windows. In 2009, the first three games were officially ported by Games Load to Windows.

Logo of the Metal Slug series

Games

Main series

Title	Details
Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 Original release date(s): NA: April 18, 1996 JP: April 19, 1996	Release years by system: 1996 – Neo Geo 1996 – Neo Geo CD 1997 – Sega Saturn 1997 – PlayStation 2008 – Virtual Console 2010 – PlayStation Network 2012 – iOS/Android 2015 – Windows (Steam) 2017 – Nintendo Switch
Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle-001/II Original release date(s): JP: February 23, 1998 NA: April 2, 1998 EU: November 28, 2008	Release years by system: 1998 – Neo Geo 1998 – Neo Geo CD 2008 – Virtual Console 2011 – PlayStation Network 2013 – iOS/Android 2016 – Windows (Steam) 2017 – Nintendo Switch
Metal Slug 3 Original release date(s): JP: March 23, 2000 NA: September 17, 2001 EU: November 12, 2004	Release years by system: 2000 – Neo Geo 2003 – PlayStation 2 2004 – Xbox 2008 – Xbox Live Arcade 2012 – Virtual Console 2012 – iOS/Android 2014 – Windows (Steam) 2014 – Linux, macOS 2015 – PlayStation Network 2017 – Nintendo Switch
Metal Slug 4 Original release date(s): JP: March 27, 2002	Release years by system: 2002 – Neo Geo 2004 – PlayStation 2 2005 – Xbox 2012 – Virtual Console 2018 – Nintendo Switch
Metal Slug 5 Original release date(s): JP: November 14, 2003	Release years by system: 2003 – Neo Geo 2005 – PlayStation 2 2005 – Xbox 2018 – Nintendo Switch
Metal Slug 6 Original release date(s): JP: February 22, 2006	Release years by system: 2006 – Atomiswave 2006 – PlayStation 2
Metal Slug 7 Original release date(s): JP: July 17, 2008 NA: November 28, 2008 EU: February 27, 2009 AU: October 29, 2009	Release years by system: 2008 – Nintendo DS

Remakes

Title	Details
Metal Slug X Original release date(s): NA: March 18, 1999 JP: March 19, 1999 EU: August 1, 2003	Release years by system: 1999 – Neo Geo 2001 – PlayStation 2012 – Virtual Console 2013 – iOS/Android 2014 – Microsoft Windows (Steam) 2017 – Nintendo Switch
	Notes: A revised version of Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug XX Original release date(s): JP: December 23, 2009 NA: February 23, 2010 EU: June 25, 2010	Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation Portable 2010 – Xbox Live Arcade 2018 – PlayStation 4 2019 – Microsoft Windows (Steam)
	Notes: A revised version of Metal Slug 7

Spin-offs

Title	Details
Metal Slug 1st Mission Original release date(s): JP: May 27, 1999	Release years by system: 1999 – Neo Geo Pocket Color
Metal Slug 2nd Mission Original release date(s): JP: March 9, 2000 NA: May 22, 2000	Release years by system: 2000 – Neo Geo Pocket Color
Metal Slug Advance Original release date(s): EU: November 12, 2004 JP: November 18, 2004 NA: December 2, 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – Game Boy Advance
Metal Slug Original release date(s): JP: June 29, 2006	Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation 2
	Notes: A third-person shooter First 3D Metal Slug game
Metal Slug Touch Original release date(s): JP: December 16, 2009	Release years by system: 2009 – iOS
	Notes: Removed from the App Store on May 31, 2012
Metal Slug Defense Original release date(s): JP: May 1, 2014	Release years by system: 2014 – iOS/Android 2015 – Microsoft Windows (Steam)
	Notes: A tower defense game Closed on mobile on April 17, 2023
Metal Slug Attack Original release date(s): February 14, 2016	Release years by system: 2016 – iOS/Android 2024 – Microsoft Windows (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S (as Metal Slug Attack Reloaded)
	Notes: 20th Anniversary Special Sequel to Metal Slug Defense A tower defense game Closed on January 12, 2023 Re-released in 2024 as Metal Slug Attack Reloaded without microtransactions and the SNK guest characters.
Metal Slug: Commander Original release date(s): August 19, 2021	Release years by system: 2021 – iOS/Android
	Notes: Developed by SNK Hong Kong and published by SNK China
Metal Slug: Awakening Original release date(s): CHN: April 2023 SEA: August 2023 WW: July 2024	Release years by system: 2021 – iOS/Android 2022 – iOS/Android/Steam (worldwide)
	Notes: Developed by TiMi Studios Beta released in China in April 2001 Formerly known as Metal Slug Code: J Chinese version of the mobile release published by Tencent Games Southeast Asian version of the mobile release published by VNG Games Japanese version of the home release published by Bandai Namco Entertainment International version of the home release published by SNK
Metal Slug Tactics Original release date(s): WW: November 5, 2024	Release years by system: 2024 – Microsoft Windows (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
	Notes: Developed by Leikir Studio and published by Dotemu A turn-based tactics game

Compilations

Title	Details
Metal Slug: Collector's Edition Original release date(s): KOR: 2002	Release years by system: 2002 – Microsoft Windows
	Notes: Includes Metal Slug, 2, X and 3
Metal Slug 4 & 5 Original release date(s): NA: May 24, 2005	Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation 2 2005 – Xbox
Metal Slug Anthology Original release date(s): NA: December 14, 2006 EU: February 9, 2007 EU: November 27, 2009 JP: February 22, 2007	Release years by system: 2006 – Wii 2007 – PlayStation Portable 2007 – PlayStation 2 2009 – Microsoft Windows 2015 – PlayStation 3 2016 – PlayStation 4
	Notes: Includes Metal Slug, 2, X, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Known as Metal Slug Collection PC on Windows
Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission: Double Pack Original release date(s): WW: September 15, 2021	Release years by system: 2021 – Nintendo Switch

Metal Slug Zero Online

Metal Slug Zero Online
Developer(s)	Dragonfly
Publisher(s)	SNK Playmore
Series	Metal Slug
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)	Run and gun

Metal Slug Zero Online is an unreleased massively multiplayer online game, part of the Metal Slug series. It was being developed by Dragonfly and WizHands for SNK Playmore and was intended for the South Korean market. There was no word on a Japanese or North American release. The game was on course for a 2009 release, but in the summer of that year, developer Dragonfly suspended development of the game due to their belief that the game could not conform to the trend of current gaming industry.