Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain artwork

Metal Gear Solid Games in Order

This list covers 19 released Metal Gear Solid games, from Metal Gear Solid (1998) to Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (2025). 7 have a critic score on CriticDB.

Metal Gear Solid quick answers

How many Metal Gear Solid games are there?: 19 Metal Gear Solid games have been released so far.
What was the first Metal Gear Solid game?: Metal Gear Solid, released in 1998.
What is the newest Metal Gear Solid game?: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, released August 28, 2025.
What is the best Metal Gear Solid game?: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, with a critic score of 92.

Updated October 2026

Every Metal Gear Solid game in release order

1
Metal Gear Solid
1998
Not yet rated
2
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
1999
Not yet rated
3
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
2000
Not yet rated
4
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
2001
Not yet rated
5
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
2004
Not yet rated
6
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
2004PS2
85
7
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
2006
Not yet rated
8
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus
2007
Not yet rated
9
Metal Gear Solid Mobile
2008
Not yet rated
10
Metal Gear Online
2008
Not yet rated
11
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2008PS3
87
12
Metal Gear Solid Touch
2009
Not yet rated
13
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
2010
Not yet rated
14
Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops
2012
Not yet rated
15
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
2013PCPS3Xbox 360
82
16
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
2014PCPS3Xbox 360PS4+1
77
17
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2015PCPS3Xbox 360PS4+1
92
18
Metal Gear Survive
2018PCPS4Xbox One
62
19
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
2025PCPS5Xbox Series X|S
88

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