Here's the order you should play the Metal Gear Solid series in if you want to follow the storyline from start to finish.

• 1964 – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• 1970 – Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
• 1974 – Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
• 1975 – Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
• 1984 – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• 1995 – Metal Gear
• 1999 – Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
• 2005 – Metal Gear Solid
• 2007/09 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• 2014 – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• 2018 – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance