Games like METAL SLUG on Xbox
Closest overall match: METAL SLUG 3 (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: METAL SLUG 2 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 10 came closest. What ties them together most: Great Soundtrack, Singleplayer and Shoot 'Em Up.
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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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81%
2. METAL SLUG 2
Shares cloud saves, overlay, achievements, Shoot 'Em Up and controller support and 7 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11, Casual
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53%
3. THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002
Shares controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 4, Fighting, 11
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50%
4. 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%
5. 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%
6. 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%
7. 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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48%
8. Worms
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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47%
9. Steredenn
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual
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46%
10. Crazy Taxi (1999)
Shares Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like METAL SLUG on Xbox?
On our similarity model, METAL SLUG 3 is the closest match to METAL SLUG on Xbox — 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.
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