iOS (iPhone/iPad) Critic Reviews

Metal Slug Defense is a Must Have casual strategy game and a thoughtful mobile adaptation of the classic arcade series.

A bizarre marriage of tower defense, real-time strategy and 2D shoot ‘em up action, Metal Slug Defense is like Kingdom Hearts— a blend of disparate things that somehow manages to work.

Metal Slug Defense successfully combines the spirit of its run-and-gun predecessors with a competent set of strategy mechanics.

Metal Slug Defense is a nice take on the tower defense genre, thanks to a simple but compelling gameplay, lots of missions and excellent 2D graphics.

An interesting Tower Defense twist for one of the best 2D arcade shooters out there. Challenging and fun to play.

A surprisingly faithful recreation of the tone of the Metal Slug franchise, transposed to a tower defence game. Shame about the unstable and unfair multiplayer.

It has intelligent and interesting gameplay, but the free to play model spoils the fun, trying to milk the player's wallet over and over.

We are pretty sure nobody asked for a free-to-play Metal Slug tower defence game. Now we have one, and it's a pretty, but dull pay-to-win experience.

A decent hybrid of action and strategy, dressed in pixel-clothing and tons of charming details for the hardcore fans to enjoy.

It looks like Metal Slug but it certainly doesn’t play like it, which would be fine if only the strategy gameplay had any real depth – or the microtransactions were less obnoxious.