Free to play · tower defense
Metal Slug Defense
By SNK, released 1 Jan 2014
- Microsoft Windows
What it is
Metal Slug Defense is SNK’s free-to-play tower defense game, bringing the Metal Slug characters into a strategy game. More than 200 characters from five armies—including human forces, aliens and giant robots—join the battles, with KOF characters also appearing. The game uses simple controls for its action and offers multiplayer matches for up to four players, either one-on-one or two-on-two. Its 2D pixel-art cast returns from the Metal Slug universe. On Windows, the Steam version includes single-player and multiplayer, achievements, leaderboards, Steam Cloud, partial controller support and Family Sharing. It is listed as released in 2014, with a Steam release date of May 1, 2015.
What players like, and what they don't
- Free to play
- Multiplayer supports up to four players
- More than 200 characters across five armies
- Steam Cloud and leaderboards included
- Listed for Windows only
- Controller support is partial
Who it suits
A fit for players looking for a free-to-play tower defense game with Metal Slug characters and small-group multiplayer. Windows players can also use its Steam achievements and leaderboards.
Metal Slug Defense combines tower defense with the Metal Slug cast and multiplayer for up to four players. Its listed platform is Windows, with partial controller support.





