“I quit. After a year+ playing. It's a pay to win game. Unless you plan on paying constantly dropping only on an app game. Expect to get near 1 shotted.”
Independent automated assessment · 1 signal source · 415 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Metal Slug: Awakening
HaoPlay Limited[Folded Spacetime, Endless Causality - Version Update Announcement] I.
4.5 ★135,930 ratings
5M+Downloads
12+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
[Folded Spacetime, Endless Causality - Version Update Announcement]
I. New Story: Folded Spacetime Time-travel phenomena are occurring frequently, and the butterfly wings of parallel worlds quietly brush across the sea of space-time. The future Morden Army, reduced to "Temporal Assassins" due to the collapse of the Space-Time Gate, appeared above Andrew City without warning. Folded Spacetime, Endless Causality. The future Morden Army, gradually losing their sanity in the void, seems to be resolutely executing some kind of "directive"...
II. New Character: Thea A member of the Hidden Knowledge Society, codenamed "Snowy Owl." Growing up in the polar blizzards, she deconstructed the Abyss energy in the "Echo Crystal" with her extraordinary sensitivity to light and color. She partners with the information broker "Crow" to explore the mysteries of the Time-space Rift together.
III.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 1.23.1 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.23.1, updated 2026-09-16.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
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Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
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In the package we scanned
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Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Pay to progress: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 415 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“GACHA AT IT'S WORST. Metal Slug nostalgia is what brought me into the game, but seeing all the pay to win nonsense is just overkill. even modes claiming it isn't pay to win is very heavily pay to win. it's a shame cause the game looks…”
“p2w heavy and all PvP modes and unbalanced for p2w dominance”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 1.23.1.
What this app sells
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