Metroid Dread
Join intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in her first new 2D Metroid story in 19 years. Samus’ story continues after the events of the Metroid Fusion game when she descends upon planet ZDR to investigate a…
Metroid Dread is an adventure developed by MercurySteam, released 7 October 2021 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.
What Metroid Dread is
Metroid Dread is an adventure game developed by MercurySteam and released in 2021. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Mercury Steam Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Face off against unrelenting E.M.M.I. robots: once DNA-extracting research machines, the imposing E.M.M.I. are now hunting Samus down. Tensions are high as you evade these E.M.M.I. to avoid a cruel death while finding a way to take them down. Find out what turned these robotic wonders into the scourge of ZDR and escape with your life. Feel Samus’ power grow as you gain maneuvers and abilities: acquire new and familiar abilities as you traverse the many environments of this dangerous world. Parkour over obstacles, slide through tight spaces, counter enemies, and battle your way through the planet. Return to areas and use your new abilities to find upgrades, alternate paths, and a way…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metroid series
Metroid Dread is the 43rd of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. It arrived 3 years after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The next entry was Metroid Dread: Special Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 84 is almost exactly the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Super Metroid at 100.
How it was received
Metroid Dread holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 222 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10 hrs.
What it launched against
Metroid Dread launched on 7 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Far Cry 6. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Far Cry 6.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metroid Dread yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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