Ghostrunner vs Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Ghostrunner is an action-adventure fighting game from One More Level (2020) while Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a hack and slash game (2013).
What each one is
Steam files Ghostrunner under Action-Adventure and Fighting. In contrast, it files Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance under Great Soundtrack and Hack And Slash.
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
At a glance
| Ghostrunner | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.0/10 | 8.2/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (91%, 66,721) | Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 88,848) |
| Critic aggregate | 81/100 | 83/100 |
| Price | $29.99 | $29.99 |
| Install size | 22 GB | 25 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2020 | 2013 |
| Developer | One More Level | — |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Ghostrunner vs Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
GhostrunnerAction-adventure fighting gameMetal Gear Rising: RevengeanceHack and slash gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
GhostrunnerAction, Cyberpunk, Fast-PacedMetal Gear Rising: RevengeanceHack and Slash, Action, Spectacle fighterThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
GhostrunnerScore 8.0 · 91% on Steam · 81 criticMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance ✓Score 8.2 · 96% on Steam · 83 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Ghostrunner66,721 reviews · 7 add-ons · 22 GBMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance88,848 reviews · 25 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Ghostrunner$29.99Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance$29.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
GhostrunnerPlayableMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueGhostrunner and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Mobile
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (GamingPickz Score 8.2)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (verified)
- Lighter on storage: Ghostrunner (22 GB)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
ActionCyberpunkFast-PacedDifficultSwordplaySingleplayerHack and SlashSci-fi
Where they differ
First-PersonFuturisticViolentAction-AdventureCombatPost-apocalyptic
Spectacle fighterCharacter Action GameThird PersonGoreStory RichReplay Value
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Ghostrunner is demanding, for players who want a challenge. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is demanding, for players who want a challenge.
System requirements, side by side
| Ghostrunner | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | GeForce GTX 1050 (2048 MB) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB) | Nvidia Geforce GTS 450 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K (4 * 3300) AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4 * 3400) | Intel Core i5 2400 |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Install size | 22 GB | 25 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Ghostrunner · Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Ghostrunner and 1 for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Ghostrunner and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in scope?
Ghostrunner has drawn 66,721 Steam reviews, ships 7 add-ons and installs in 22 GB. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has drawn 88,848 Steam reviews and installs in 25 GB.
Is Ghostrunner or Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance rates higher (8.2 to 8.0). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Ghostrunner or Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance?
Ghostrunner is cheaper right now at $29.99, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.