
A masterclass in action design, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
93
Verdict
92%
Steam
96
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (92% positive from 106K reviews)
Healthy player count of 1,937 concurrent
Critically acclaimed (96/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
No significant drawbacks reported
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami. Directed, written, and produced by Hideo Kojima, it is the ninth installment in the Metal Gear franchise, following Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a stand-alone prologue released the previous year. Set in 1984, nine years after the events of Ground Zeroes, the story follows mercenary leader Punished "Venom" Snake as he ventures into Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border region to exact revenge on those who destroyed his forces and almost killed him during the climax of Ground Zeroes.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
On 09/06/2026 they updated the game without any announcement, added a new Denuvo version on a 11 year old game, broke ALL the mods just to impose sanctions on Russia and Belarus, which do not work, never worked, and never will work. But one good thing came out of it, it exposed all the filthy bootlickers defending this trash of a company that hasn't released a single good game in, guess what, 11 years after firing Kojima because a delay and more funding would push their annual net balance, despite this being their most sold game and the game that actually kept them alive to this day in the video game industry. Silent Hill 2 Remake, Silent Hill f and Metal Gear Solid: Delta weren't made by Konami, they were outsourced. That's why they are actually good. If Konami made them i bet they would turned out to be trash. And none of those games have Denuvo since day one. FUKONAMI. PULL THE LEVER. I reverted the .exe file, compared everything, tested everything if it works, generated Denuvo Tokens, etc. So the mods can be played again, here is the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-H8rpY9yKWDHSkZUv1brfQOgh_WKSGZp/view?usp=drive_link Nexus Mods removed my file, and all the instructions on how to use it. I don't have the time nor energy to write another one. I poured my heart into writing a beautiful essay. Most mods will work with the new .exe, however this is just a a temporary fix for the old mods that aren't compatible with it, if you wish to play them. So the creators and their mods, and their hard work never fade away. Despite that, imposing Sanctions on the countries that are featured in this game, along with the fact that it goes AGAINST the message of the game, my review will remain unchanged. I love this game, in fact, i recommend the game. It's a good game, it's one of the BEST games ever. And the best stealth game ever. With, or without mods. But Konami doesn't deserve the money when most of the staff left their company, the very staff that made this game. Just because they funded it doesn't mean anything to me. They didn't fund it enough nor given it enough time to get a proper ending or finishing it with all the features, yet they still oversold it and generated enough money. It's basically their last proper game, and a money machine that sells. LONG LIVE KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
Adding denuvo to an 11 year old game is beyond anti consumer, it's frankly pathetic and konami should be ashamed of themselves. Acquire this game through other means I'll say.
The last and best Metal Gear Solid game. RIP to one of the best game series.
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