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About the Game
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN is an open-world action-adventure built around tactical freedom and mature, cinematic storytelling.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN is an action and adventure game from KONAMI, and it carries on the METAL GEAR SOLID V Experience with its newest chapter. The biggest shift is the open-world design, which gives you real freedom over how you approach each mission and how your overall progression unfolds. Instead of following one fixed route through every objective, you decide how to tackle the job, and that tactical freedom sits at the heart of the game. The store page leans on this idea heavily, presenting it as a new era for the franchise.
The story opens nine years after the events of MGSV: GROUND ZEROES and the fall of Mother Base. Snake, also known as Big Boss, wakes from a nine-year coma in 1984, when the Cold War serves as the backdrop and nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis. Driven by revenge, he builds a new private army and returns to the battlefield to hunt the shadow group XOF. Revenge is the engine here, and the army you build is the tool you use to pursue XOF.
Beyond the action, the store description points to a deliberate focus on mature themes, including the psychology of warfare and the atrocities that come out of its vicious cycle. Its cinematic storytelling and immersive tactical gameplay are what the developers highlight most. The Fox Engine is pitched as the source of photorealistic visuals and thoughtful design, and the game's online connectivity extends play to other devices, with remote play listed for phones, tablets and TVs.
Feature Highlights
- The open-world design gives you ultimate freedom to choose how you approach missions and how overall progression unfolds.
- The Fox Engine is built to deliver photorealistic graphics and thoughtful game design at a new-generation production quality.
- The game lists remote play support on phones, tablets and TVs, so you can carry play beyond your PC.
- Full controller support means you can play with a gamepad from start to finish.
- Steam achievements, trading cards, leaderboards and cloud saves are all supported for tracking progress on Steam.
- Single-player and multiplayer are both listed, and Family Sharing is available for sharing the game with friends and family.
Who It Is (and Is Not) For
Recommended For
Players who enjoy open-world action-adventure games where they choose their own approach will get the most out of this one. It also suits anyone drawn to a serious, cinematic story about the psychology of war, and players who like collecting achievements and trading cards on Steam will find the platform extras useful.
Not Recommended For
If you want a Traditional Chinese interface or subtitles, this one is a poor fit, because the game does not list Traditional Chinese among its supported languages. It is also a weaker choice for anyone uncomfortable with mature content, since the store page flags adult content and the themes are heavy.
What the Steam Reviews Say
The Steam review label is Very Positive, which appears in the Taiwan Steam store as 極度好評. About 92 percent of reviews are positive, and the review pool runs to hundreds of thousands of reviews, a large sample for judging how players feel about the game overall.
A rating this high across a sample this big is generally a stable signal, since a handful of unhappy players rarely shifts a percentage built on so many votes. Small review counts are less reliable, but that is not the situation here. The percentage reflects how many players recommend the game, not whether it suits your taste, so the open-world focus and mature content are still worth weighing for yourself.
Price History & Historical Low
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| Date | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | NT$990 | — |
| 2026-09-16 | NT$990 | — |
| 2026-07-15 | NT$594 | -40% |
All prices here are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. The game currently sells for NT$ 990, which is its regular price, so no discount is active right now. The lowest paid price we recorded is NT$ 594, a 40 percent deepest discount logged in July 2026. Discounts show up often in our records, but we have not logged a free-to-keep promotion for this game.
Our price record is still short, so treat any verdict here as tentative. The latest price matches the highest price we have recorded, so the current listing sits at the top of the range we have seen.
If you want the game now and NT$ 990 fits your budget, buying at full price is defensible given the strong review record. If you can wait, a sale closer to the NT$ 594 low is the kind of price that makes the purchase easier to justify, though no drop is guaranteed.
Analysis written 10/27/2026 from our recorded prices; the chart above is live. Taiwan-region Steam prices.
How to Buy
- This title is not free right now, so there is nothing to claim at the moment.
- Open the Steam store page for METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN and check the current Taiwan price of NT$ 990.
- If you want to buy it now, add it to your cart and complete the purchase through your Steam account.
- If you would rather wait, click the wishlist button so the game stays on your list.
- Turn on Steam's wishlist sale notifications so you hear about price drops without checking manually.
- Check back here for the price trend before you decide.
Things to Know
The game does not support Traditional Chinese. Its listed languages are English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and Spanish (Latin America), with full audio support for English, Japanese and Spanish (Latin America). The store flags adult content, so look over the mature themes before buying. All prices are Taiwan-region Steam store prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.
