Metal Gear Solid (1998)

All time rank: 24 of 1,400
1990s rank: 9 of 364
1998 rank: 2 of 42
List appearances: 78 lists
Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Platform: PlayStation
Genres: Action-AdventureStealth
Series: Metal GearMetal Gear Solid
Wikipedia: Wikipedia
IGDB: IGDB
HowLongToBeat: HowLongToBeat
Main: ~11h
Main+Extra: ~13h
100%: ~18h
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Metal Gear Solid

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All time 66
2026 Digitec Galaxus
The 100 best games of all time #18
2026 Kinda Funny
Kinda Funny's Top 100 Games of All Time #10
2026 The Irish Times
The only perfect video game ever made, plus the rest of our top 30 – in reverse order #9
2025 Multiplayer.it
I 100 migliori videogiochi della storia #56
2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time #7
2024 Moustique
On a classé les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo depuis la sortie de Pong en 1972 (pour fêter les 100 ans de Moustique) #15
2024 Screen Rant
Screen Rant's Best Games Of All Time #11
2023 British GQ
The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts #7
2023 GameStar
Die 300 besten PC-Spiele: Das große Ranking #242
2023 GLHF
The best 100 games of all time, ranked #3
2023 Kinopoisk
100 великих игр #29
2022 GLHF
The 100 best video games of all time, ranked #3
2022 IGN
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time #36
2021 GamesRadar+
The 50 best games of all time #1
2020 Collider
The Greatest and Most Influential Video Games of All Time #1
2020 GAMINGbible
The Greatest Video Games Of All Time #18
2019 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #30
2019 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #14
2019 Video Gamer
Les 100 Plus Grands Jeux Video de Tous les Temps #1
2018 Esquire
The (Real) Greatest Video Games of All-Time #1
2018 Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time #92
2018 GameStar
Die 250 besten PC-Spiele aller Zeiten - Das große GameStar-Ranking #220
2018 GamesTM
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time #2
2018 Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play #1
2018 IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #30
2017 Jeuxvideo
Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps #29
2017 Polygon
The 500 best games of all time #25
2017 Stuff
Stuff's Best Games Ever: The 50 greatest games of all time #45
2016 Digitally Downloaded
The top 100 of all time! #6
2016 Gameswelt
Gameswelt Top 100 #27
2016 Power Up Gaming
The 100 Greatest Games Ever #6
2015 GamesTM
100 Greatest Games of All Time #1
2015 IGN
Top 100 Games of All Time #41
2015 Power Unlimited
Top 100 Beste Video Games Aller Tijden #19
2014 Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #13
2013 EP Daily
Top 100 Games & Movies Of All Time! #17
2013 GamingBolt
Top 100 greatest video games ever made #34
2013 NA
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die #1
2013 The Irish Times
The 50 best videogames of all time #8
2012 G4
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #45
2012 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #51
2012 Gameswelt
Gameswelt Top 100 #7
2012 Jeux Video Network / Jeux Video Magazine
L'intégralité des 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo de l'histoire dévoilée ! #4
2012 Time
All-TIME 100 Video Games #1
2011 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time #21
2010 GamesTM
100 Greatest Games Of All Time #1
2010 The Phoenix
Top 50 Games of All Time #25
2009 Benchmark.pl
100 najlepszych gier XX wieku #1
2009 Empire
The 100 Greatest Games #20
2009 Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time #19
2009 Jeux Video Network / Jeux Video Magazine
Les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo de tous les temps #5
2007 IGN
The Top 100 Games of All Time #20
2006 NA
Game On! The 50 Greatest Video Games Of All Time #1
2005 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games #19
2005 The Age
The 50 best games #10
2005 Yahoo! UK
The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time #20
2003 Entertainment Weekly
We rank the 100 greatest early video games #23
2003 IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time #30
2002 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games Ever #14
2002 The Sydney Morning Herald
Top 50 video games of all time #32
2001 GameSpy
GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time #32
2000 Edge
The 100 best games of all time #16
2000 GameSpot
GameSpot's 100 Games of the Millennium #17
1999 Hyper
The Top 50 Games of All Time #21
1999 Next Generation
The Fifty Best Games of All Time #27
1999 The Independent
The 50 Best Video games: A Legend In Your Own Living-Room #19
Decade 2
2025 Game Two
Die 20 BESTEN GAMES der 90er! #6
2016 Business Insider
The 11 best games from the '90s #9
Miscellaneous 7
2025 3DJuegos
Los 20 mejores juegos de PS1 #1
2024 IGN
The 100 Best PlayStation Games of All Time #1
2023 Edge
The 100 Greatest Games of Edge's Lifetime #25
2020 IGN
The 25 Best PS1 Games Of All Time #1
2010 Gamereactor
De 10 bästa Playstation-spelen #1
2008 Entertainment Weekly
The 50 best videogames from 1983 to 2008 #10
2005 GameSpy
Top 25 PSone Games of All-Time #1
End of year 3
2021 Goomba Stomp
The Best Games of the 1990s (1998) #2
1999 D.I.C.E. Awards
Game of the Year 1998 #2
1999 Edge
Game of the Year 1998 #3

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