Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Japan[a]
Publisher(s)	Konami
Director(s)	Hideo Kojima
Producer(s)	Hideo Kojima
Designer(s)	Hideo Kojima
Programmer(s)	Kazunobu Uehara
Artist(s)	Yoji Shinkawa
Writer(s)	Hideo Kojima Tomokazu Fukushima Shuyo Murata
Composer(s)	Harry Gregson-Williams Norihiko Hibino
Series	Metal Gear
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 Nintendo 3DS
Release	November 17, 2004 PlayStation 2 NA: November 17, 2004 JP: December 16, 2004 EU: March 4, 2005 AU: March 17, 2005 Snake Eater 3D Nintendo 3DS NA: February 21, 2012 WW: March 8, 2012
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, stealth
Mode(s)	Single-player

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater^[b] is a 2004 action-adventure stealth video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. It was released in late 2004 in North America and Japan, and in early 2005 in Europe and Australia. It was the fifth Metal Gear game written and directed by Hideo Kojima and serves as a prequel to the entire Metal Gear series. An expanded edition, titled Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence,^[c] was released in Japan in late 2005, then in North America, Europe and Australia in 2006. A remastered version of the game, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition, was later included in the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Vita, while a reworked version, titled Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. The HD Edition of the game was included on the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 compilation for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on October 24, 2023.^[1] The same year, Konami announced a remake, entitled Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, set to be released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows in August 2025.

Set in 1964, 31 years before the events of the original Metal Gear, the story centers on the FOX operative codenamed Naked Snake as he attempts to rescue Russian rocket scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, sabotage an experimental superweapon, and assassinate his defected former boss. While previous games were set in a primarily urban environment, Snake Eater adopts a 1960s Soviet jungle setting, with the high-tech, near-future trappings of previous Metal Gear Solid games replaced with wilderness. While the environment has changed, the game's focus remains on stealth and infiltration, while retaining the series' self-referential, fourth-wall-breaking sense of humor. The story of Snake Eater is told through numerous cutscenes and radio conversations.

Considered one of the greatest video games of all time, Metal Gear Solid 3 was met with critical acclaim, particularly for its immersive stealth gameplay, atmosphere, story, setting, and characters. It was a commercial success, having sold more than four million copies worldwide as of March 2010^[update].

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