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Games like METAL SLUG DEFENSE
SNK CORPORATION · 2015 · 55 % positive of 2,095
24 games that play like METAL SLUG DEFENSE and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED, METAL SLUG 2 and METAL SLUG.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like METAL SLUG DEFENSE have in common
- The tags they share most often with METAL SLUG DEFENSE: Strategy (13 of 24), Pixel Graphics (12) and Tower Defense (11).
- They came out between 2012 and 2024, 17 of them after METAL SLUG DEFENSE (2015).
- Best rated by Steam players: Soldat (94 % positive of 1,734).
- 6 games both play and look like METAL SLUG DEFENSE, among them METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED, METAL SLUG and METAL SLUG XX.
By gameplay
Plays like METAL SLUG DEFENSE
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
73 % positive of 1,399
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

METAL SLUG 2
88 % positive of 1,157
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Arcade

METAL SLUG
89 % positive of 4,457
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Arcade

METAL SLUG XX
51 % positive of 1,071
Shared: Shooter · Arcade · Action

METAL SLUG X
88 % positive of 3,560
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Arcade

METAL SLUG 3
89 % positive of 8,579
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Arcade

Metal Assault
58 % positive of 298
Shared: Shooter · Free to Play · Action

GUNS UP!
74 % positive of 6,672
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Shooter

Aegis Defenders
78 % positive of 1,752
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

Mushroom Wars
76 % positive of 556
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Action

Soldat
94 % positive of 1,734
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Free to Play

Metal Slug Tactics
78 % positive of 1,105
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · 2D
More matches
- Mushroom Wars 262 % positive of 964Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Action
- Fieldrunners64 % positive of 328Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Singleplayer
- SNK VS. CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM92 % positive of 176Shared: Pixel Graphics · Action · 2D
- Fieldrunners 285 % positive of 499Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Action
- THE LAST BLADE 291 % positive of 349Shared: Pixel Graphics · Arcade · Action
- FLERP86 % positive of 389Shared: Tower Defense · Pixel Graphics · Arcade
- Tower Wars72 % positive of 1,751Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Action
- AirMech84 % positive of 10,679Shared: Strategy · Shooter · Massively Multiplayer
- Fortress V261 % positive of 503Shared: Strategy · Shooter · Action
- Bloons TD Battles90 % positive of 29,096Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Massively Multiplayer
- SAMURAI SHODOWN V SPECIAL / サムライスピリッツ零スペシャル91 % positive of 502Shared: Pixel Graphics · Arcade · Action
- PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate80 % positive of 1,219Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D
By look
Looks like METAL SLUG DEFENSE
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
73 % positive of 1,399

METAL SLUG XX
51 % positive of 1,071

GIGANTIC ARMY
75 % positive of 359

METAL SLUG X
88 % positive of 3,560

METAL SLUG 3
89 % positive of 8,579

Guilty Gear Isuka
55 % positive of 531

UnMetal
93 % positive of 3,017

Metal Assault
58 % positive of 298

GUILTY GEAR Xrd -SIGN-
91 % positive of 2,704

Commando Collection
97 % positive of 1,149

Pharaoh Rebirth+
91 % positive of 332

Rumble Fighter: Unleashed
55 % positive of 401
More matches
- Speedball 2 HD66 % positive of 644
- Fight'N Rage91 % positive of 2,974
- Deadly 3076 % positive of 1,827
- METAL SLUG89 % positive of 4,457
- Critadel80 % positive of 222
- RefleX88 % positive of 223
- Crazy Flasher Series 202187 % positive of 2,749
- Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense83 % positive of 503
- Incitement 364 % positive of 162
- GUILTY GEAR81 % positive of 610
- Intrusion 289 % positive of 2,071
- Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike74 % positive of 362
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.