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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on Twitch — competition and audience

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and a prequel to the original Metal Gear. The game has a complex story with long cut-scene sequences, but there are fewer and they are shorter compared to earlier Metal Gear Solid titles. Most of the gameplay mechanics introduced in Ground Zeroes are carried over: it is still an action game and stealth oriented but replaces the linear corridor design from most earlier titles with large open world environments that offer the player unrestricted freedom for the approach. The world has now a real-time day and night cycle and various weather effects that influence enemy behaviour, visibility and sound. Sabotaging or destroying certain structures can also influence other parts of the map.

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What is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain about?

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has brought a new edge to the Cold War, and in 1984, a one-eyed man with a prosthetic arm appears in the country. Those who know him call him Snake; the legendary mercenary who was once swept from the stage of history and left in a coma by American private intelligence network Cipher. Snake is accompanied by Ocelot, an old friend who saved him from attack when he finally awoke. Now, Snake’s former partner Kazuhira Miller is being held by the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Snake must undertake a solo mission to rescue Miller and prove to the world that the legendary mercenary is not dead and gone. That first step will lead to a path of vengeance against the very Cipher that slaughtered so many of Snake’s men, and to a battle that will embroil the whole world... What started in Ground Zeroes... must finish with "V."

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16Room for youThin
12Live streamers5 in English
176People watching
#2Your spot at 10 viewersof 13

Should I stream Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on Twitch?

16/100 · Thin· 15 viewers per streamer on paper

Not really. Most of the 23 people watching Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in English are already committed to the streams they are on, leaving about 9 across 3 other English streams. You would start around #2 of 13.

About 9 of the 23 English viewers here are not watching the two biggest English streams — roughly 2 each if you split it with the 3 other English streams below them. With ten viewers you would sit at #2.

Only 23 of the 176 viewers here (13%) are watching in English. 5 of the 12 live streams are in English.

Most of the audience here is not watching in English, is committed to the biggest streams, or you would start too far down the list to be found.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

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How many people stream Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?

Right now

12 right now, to 176 viewers between them. 5 of them are streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain too saturated on Twitch?

No. 12 people are streaming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain to 176 viewers, 5 of them in English to 23 — about 5 each — and you would open at about #2 of 13.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 12 live right now

Is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain any good?

Players score it 90 out of 100 from 1,202 ratings, and critics 96 out of 100.

96Critics19 outlets
90Players1,202 ratings

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Details

Released
Sep 1, 2015 · 11 years ago
Time to finish
About 101h
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Rated
ESRB M
Biggest stream
137 (78% of the category)
Typical stream
4 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 19, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC