Everything You Need To Know About Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – Green Man Gaming Blog

Arguably one of the most requested and highly anticipated remakes of all time, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a balanced reimagining of 2004’s seminal stealth adventure epic that looks set to bring one of developer Hideo Kojima’s finest moments kicking and screaming into the present day. Put simply, if you’re a fan of the Metal Gear Solid series or the stealth genre more broadly, then Konami absolutely has your back with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

Be sure to keep this guide in your favourites and bookmarks as we cover everything you need to know about Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, including the release date, pre-order bonuses, special editions, gameplay details, latest trailer, PC specifications and more.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Release Date

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is set to receive a full release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam on August 28, 2025. As of this writing, a PC release date for the Epic Games Store has yet to be confirmed and likewise, no Nintendo Switch 2 version of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has been announced either. Finally, owing to its use of Epic’s Unreal Engine 5 technology, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is not slated to appear on the last-generation PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch consoles.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Pre-Order Bonuses

Whether you’re nabbing the Standard or the Digital Deluxe editions (more on that below), pre-ordering either edition ahead of time will nab you the following pre-order bonuses:

• White Tuxedo Uniform (available with preorders of Standard and Digital Deluxe editions – and also obtainable via in-game progress)
• 48-Hour Early Access (available only with preorder of Digital Deluxe edition)

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Special Editions

Sitting alongside the Standard Edition of the game, there is also a Digital Deluxe Edition which offers the following goodies for those willing to reach deep enough into their pockets:

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Digital Deluxe Edition

• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater base game
• Sneaking DLC Pack, which includes:
  • Uniform: Battle Dress (PW ver.)​
  • Uniform: Sneaking Suit (PW ver.)​
  • Uniform: Crocodile Suit​
  • Uniform: Naked (Woodland)​
  • Uniform: Naked (Ammunition Belt)
  • Uniform: Gold
  • Face: Glasses
  • Face: Sunglasses
  • Equipment: Kerotan Mask
  • Equipment: GA-KO Mask

Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater Story

Essentially a prequel to all of the other titles in the Metal Gear Solid series, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater takes place in 1964 against the backdrop of the Cold War. As CIA field agent Naked Snake, players are tasked with delving deep into the fictional Soviet region of Tselinoyarsk to recruit Sokolov, a Russian weapons scientist who defected to the United States two years prior, but who has since been forced to return to Russia. Naturally, as you might expect, the brown stuff hits the fan pretty quickly and without going into much more detail beyond this, it’s also worth noting that this remake takes no liberties with the story, maintaining the exact same setting, plot and cast of characters as the 2004 original.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Gameplay

Rightfully regarded as not just one of the best titles in the entirety of the Metal Gear Solid saga, 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater pioneered several new gameplay mechanics and elements that would set it apart from many of the similar stealth genre fare of the day. This included such features as an all-new camouflage system, physical injury system and occasionally amusing stamina and food management mechanics whereby if Snake didn’t eat enough food, he would have a grumbly belly that could alert nearby enemies.

Rather than reinvent the wheel for the remake, many of these systems have merely been tweaked rather than overhauled in their entirety. Thanks to the massive uptick in visual fidelity for example, the physical damage system – where Snake can accumulate various debilitating injuries to different limbs and parts of his body – has now been improved to show off cuts, bruises and scars that stay permanently on his character model, providing players with a physical journey of sorts for Snake from the beginning to the end of the game.

The camouflage system has also seen some neat upgrades, with a new object permanence system that allows elements in the environment, such as stray leaves, mud, blood and more to stick to Snake’s clothing and thus affect his environmental camouflage index score as a result. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater makes some other tweaks and beneficial quality of life changes too, including such meaningful additions as the ability to crouch walk and use firearms from a third-person perspective (previously, you could only shoot when in first-person).

Finally, players will get the choice between “Legacy Style” and “New Style” control systems, with the latter providing a free camera and control scheme that feels much more modern and in line with the later entries in the series, while the former provides the fixed cameras, original controls and overhead perspective seen in the 2004 original.

PC Specifications

Certainly one of the better-looking remakes to come along in a good while, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater makes deft use of Epic’s Unreal Engine 5 and the existing codebase of 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater to craft an exceptionally beautiful stealth experience. Gorgeous and yet eminently scalable across a range of PC hardware configurations, check out the full PC specifications below to see how your rig will fare.

MINIMUM:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows® 10, Windows® 11 (64-bit OS required)
• Processor: Intel i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: RTX 2060 Super (8GB)
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 100 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

RECOMMENDED:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows® 10, Windows® 11 (64-bit OS required)
• Processor: Intel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: RTX 3080
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 100 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

Where Can I Watch The Latest Trailer?

The latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is available to watch right now, and you can catch it above.

Providing a neat overview of the gameplay mechanics which underpin the stealth-based action, this latest batch of footage shows main protagonist Naked Snake doing his sneaking thing, busting out his CQC moves, taking on bosses, and so much more besides. This latest trailer also provides a look at some of the decidedly less serious elements of the remake, too, such as the Ape Escape-themed Snake vs. Monkey special scenario mode.