METAL SLUG 2 Downloads & RevenueMETAL SLUG 2 · App Store
METAL SLUG 2 is #7 in Games › Action Paid in Saudi Arabia and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 31 events in the last 12 months
- 🚀METAL SLUG 2: now shown next to Metal Shooter: Run and Gun, Metal Squad: Shooting Game, Metal Slug: Awakening +3 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 10Top Paid · Action · SA
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · IT
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · IT · Top Paid · Games · IT
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · BR
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Action · BR
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · SA
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 new best rank in the overall chart: #52Top Paid · All Apps · AR
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · AR · Top Paid · Games · AR
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new countryArgentina
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new country in 2 chartsSpain · Vietnam
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · VN
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Action · SA · Top Paid · Casual · SA
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · SA
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Action · GB
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · AE
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Action · JP
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Casual · GB
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Action · US
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Action · IN
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Casual · DE · Top Paid · Casual · IN
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Action · AE · Top Paid · Casual · FR
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100 in 6 chartsTop Paid · Games · AE · Top Paid · Action · FR · Top Paid · Action · IT · Top Paid · Casual · JP · +2 more
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈METAL SLUG 2 entered the top 100Top Paid · Casual · AE
- 🆕METAL SLUG 2 first spotted by AppInsider#97 in Top Paid · Action · South Korea
- 🆕METAL SLUG 2 released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Action PaidMETAL SLUG 2 at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid mobile port of the classic Neo Geo run-and-gun shooter METAL SLUG 2, targeting retro gaming enthusiasts and fans of cooperative arcade action. The app is currently charting in the top 5 for Casual Paid games in Italy and top 10 in Brazil, indicating strong regional traction in these markets despite a modest global rating.
Similar apps: Contra: Return, Metal Slug XX, Gunstar Heroes
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METAL SLUG 2 on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
METAL SLUG 2 declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
METAL SLUG 2 downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where METAL SLUG 2's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How METAL SLUG 2 makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Games › ActionPaid | #7 |
 Mexico | All AppsPaid | #77 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › CasualPaid | #16 |
 United States | Games › CasualPaid | #170 |
| United States | Games › ActionPaid | #192 |
 Brazil | Games › CasualPaid | #35 |
 Italy | Games › CasualPaid | #33 |
 Japan | Games › CasualPaid | #184 |
| South Korea | Games › CasualPaid | #105 |
| South Korea | Games › ActionPaid | #146 |
| Italy | Games › ActionPaid | #94 |
| Brazil | Games › ActionPaid | #131 |
 India | Games › CasualPaid | #175 |
 Indonesia | Games › CasualPaid | #133 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › CasualPaid | #112 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › ActionPaid | #186 |
Apps near METAL SLUG 2 on the chart
Games › Action Paid, around #7.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about METAL SLUG 2
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly report that the game is unplayable due to broken controls and lack of iOS compatibility updates. While some nostalgic fans praise the core gameplay, they are frustrated by technical issues like unmapped grenade buttons on controllers and stuck virtual joysticks.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and being fun. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Updates: “Please update all the metal slug games to IOS 11”
- Fun: “This is a fun game and will keep you playing for hours”
- Crashes & bugs: “Let me know when the next update helps fix the bugs”
- Useful: “I highly recommend this game its graphics are just like they used to be”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Bugs fixed but more added”
- Price & subscription: “Want my money back please”
- Updates: “stop being lazy and update”
- Features & content: “ITS SO BAD I CANT EVEN MOVE FORWARD IN THE FAME CANT EVEN GET PASSED FIRST LEVEL ITS SO TRASH NO FAKE AS REVIEW”
About METAL SLUG 2
Thwart General Morden's evil ambition, and uncover the secret of his new coup!!
Features
■Not only a perfect port of the original NEOGEO game!
In addition to its classic “ARCADE MODE”, this perfect conversion of “METAL SLUG 2” includes a “MISSION MODE”, allowing you to select in which stage you want to play!
You can now train yourself in your favorite stages or those which give you a hard time!
■New playable characters will assist you on the battlefield!
2 female recruits, Eri, a former super agent, and, Fio, the heir of a military family, join Regular Army's PF Squad Marco and Tarma, in order to put an end to Gen. Morden's dastardly plans. Moreover, you will be supported during your mission by a heroic prisoner who will fight alongside you once freed, and a volunteer who will provide you with bonus items!
■Use new weapons and slugs to fight your way through and survive on the battlefield!!
The METAL SLUG arsenal expands with the introduction of new weapons such as the "Laser Shot", "Flame Bottles", and new slug vehicles such as the "Slugnoid" (bipedal tank) and the "Slug Flyer" (fighter plane)! The "Camel Slug", a camel equipped with a Vulcan Cannon also awaits in the Desert Stage to help you!!
■ A control scheme allowing for precise controls!
The "Autofire" feature allows you to fire your weapons continuously by holding down the button,
you can reposition the buttons outside of the game screen area in "Window mode".
Enjoy every corner of METAL SLUG 2 using your own custom controls!
■Intense cooperative gameplay via the Wi-Fi function!
"METAL SLUG 2” can be doubly enjoyed by playing with another brother-in-arms simultaneously via the Wi-Fi function!
Will you be able to clear the hardest stages with your friends?
■Compatible with “GAME CENTER”!
Complete the maximum number of “ACHIEVEMENTS” in order to increase your "METAL SLUG 2" Player Rank!
Beat the best scores and become World’s Number 1!!
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