Games like METAL SLUG — Co-op
Closest overall match: METAL SLUG 3 (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Ikaruga at about 1 hours.
We compared METAL SLUG against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 6 came closest. What ties them together most: Great Soundtrack, Shoot 'Em Up and cooperative.
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91%
1. METAL SLUG 3
Shares leaderboards, cloud saves, overlay, achievements and Shoot 'Em Up and 12 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11, Casual
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88%
2. Metal Slug X
Shares leaderboards, cloud saves, overlay, achievements and Shoot 'Em Up and 11 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11, Casual
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50%
3. Streets of Rage 2
Shares cooperative, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1992
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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50%
4. The King of Fighters XIII
Shares Local Multiplayer, Steam Leaderboards, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11
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49%
5. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Shares Local Multiplayer, cooperative, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 1992
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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49%
6. Ikaruga
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Local Multiplayer, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like METAL SLUG?
On our similarity model, METAL SLUG 3 is the closest match to METAL SLUG — shares leaderboards, cloud saves, overlay, achievements and Shoot 'Em Up and 12 more tags; same developer.
Which game like METAL SLUG is rated highest?
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 395 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against METAL SLUG 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.
Base game data via RAWG.