Games like METAL SLUG 2 — Co-op
Closest overall match: METAL SLUG 3 (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Metal Slug X at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: Ikaruga at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like METAL SLUG 2? Our model ranked 7 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Shoot 'Em Up, controller support and Steam Leaderboards.
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81%
1. METAL SLUG 3
Shares cloud saves, overlay, achievements, Shoot 'Em Up and controller support and 8 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11, Casual
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81%
2. Metal Slug X
Shares cloud saves, overlay, achievements, Shoot 'Em Up and controller support and 8 more tags; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11, Casual
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81%
3. METAL SLUG
Shares cloud saves, overlay, achievements, Shoot 'Em Up and controller support and 7 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11, Casual
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53%
4. Ikaruga
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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48%
5. PixelJunk Shooter
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, controller support, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, 11
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47%
6. Crimsonland
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, controller support, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative and 2D and 4 more tags; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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47%
7. The Chaos Engine
Shares controller support, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 40
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like METAL SLUG 2?
On our similarity model, METAL SLUG 3 is the closest match to METAL SLUG 2 — shares cloud saves, overlay, achievements, Shoot 'Em Up and controller support and 8 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like METAL SLUG 2 is rated highest?
Metal Slug X holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 183 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against METAL SLUG 2 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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