How many copies did Metal Gear sell? — 2024 statistics

The Metal Gear sales reached over 60 million copies.

(Source: VG Sales)

• From September 2021 to June 2023, around 700,000 units were sold even without new mainline titles since 2018.
• Metal Gear sold 1 million copies.
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake sold 1.3 million copies.
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance sold 6.5 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid sold 7 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid 2 sold 8.6 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid 3 sold 6.2 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots sold 6 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid HD Collection sold 1.2 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes sold 5.3 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain sold 9.6 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker sold 3.4 million copies.
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops sold 1.3 million copies.
• Metal Gear Survive sold 700,000 copies.
• Metal Gear: Ghost Babble sold 57,000 copies.

This is the first point at which to start gauging the Metal Gear series — the sales. We can see that all of the games have been quite successful in their respective release years and that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was the most successful game in the series and that it sold only 1 million more copies than Metal Gear Solid 2. Overall, nearly 60 million sales across the entire series are fantastic!

The Metal Gear has generated over $1 billion for Konami since its inception in 1987.

(Source: Eurogamer)

• This revenue milestone underscores the financial success and longevity of the series over several decades.
• The substantial revenue reflects the series’ popularity and its ability to maintain a dedicated player base over time

The Metal Gear series revenue reached over $138.7 million on Steam.

(Source: VG Insights)

• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain grossed $76.2 million.
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance grossed $40.6 million.
• Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes grossed $19.1 million.
• Metal Gear Survive grossed $2.8 million.

High Metal Gear sales come with high profits, and we can see that only 4 of the Metal Gear games that have available data on Steam have generated some impressive profits, with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leading the pack again and generating nearly $80 million.

Metal Gear Solid V increased Konami’s profits by 150%.

(Source: Games Industry)

• Following the 6 million sales milestone for Metal Gear Solid V, Konami saw increases in profit in quite a few sectors.
• The digital entertainment sector saw an increase in profits of 93.4 billion yen ($665.2 million).
• The year prior noted profits of 67.9 billion yen ($483.6 million).

We’ve mentioned Metal Gear Solid V a few times, but the only way to emphasize the sheer success of this game enough is to drive Konami’s profits up to such an extent that it is newsworthy. A 150% increase in profits is no joke, and it just cements MGS V’s reputation.

The Metal Gear games have over 8 million hours watched on Twitch in their best years.

(Source: SullyGnome)

• Metal Gear had 132,000 hours watched in 2022.
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake had 182,000 hours watched in 2019.
• Metal Gear Solid had 1.3 million hours watched in 2022.
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty had 1.37 million hours watched in 2022.
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance had 330,000 hours watched in 2022.
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater had 1.18 million hours watched in 2021.
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots had 1 million hours watched in 2022.
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance had 2.37 million hours watched in 2022.
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain had 1.8 million hours watched in 2016.

And for the final line of stats, we can see that MGS V is the most popular Metal Gear game on Twitch, with 1.2 million hours watched, and some of the other games have gotten relatively close, but, as in many other matters, MGS V takes the cake!

To sum up

Okay, that would be all we have to say about the Metal Gear series and all of the sales that it has gathered since the first game was released, mostly focusing on Metal Gear Solid V as it was the latest game in the series as we wait for updates regarding Metal Gear Solid VI. Until then, we’ll be sure to update this with any and all newly available information. We sincerely hope that you have learned something new about this series and that all of your questions have been answered!