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Metroid Dread
Released On: Oct 8, 2021
88
8.8
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 124 Critic Reviews
88
94% Positive
116 Reviews
116 Reviews
6% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 124 Critic Reviews
88
94% Positive
116 Reviews
116 Reviews
6% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Oct 10, 2021
For 15 years I have been waiting for this game, and to see it out and also be as good as I hoped it would be is simply incredible. The gameplay is sublime, the map design is great, the bosses are fun and the E.M.M.I are threatening. All these come together to create what possible is: The Nintendo Switch's 2021 game of the year.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 3,308 User Ratings
8.8
87% Positive
2883 Ratings
2883 Ratings
6% Mixed
215 Ratings
215 Ratings
6% Negative
210 Ratings
210 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 3,308 User Ratings
8.8
87% Positive
2883 Ratings
2883 Ratings
6% Mixed
215 Ratings
215 Ratings
6% Negative
210 Ratings
210 Ratings
Dec 5, 2025
Brilliant. Just absolutely brilliant. Lovely satisfaction feeling when you beat the game.
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Nintendo Switch Dec 5, 2025
A perfect return to the 2d part of the franchise, only missing a banger ost to achieve true greatness, the movement, level design and artstyle is some of the best in the entire franchise
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Nintendo Switch Oct 14, 2021
Overall, Metroid Dread brings a narrative close to a decades long story with excellent level design and combat. It also looks great as well. So until Samus Aran is needed once again to save the Galactic Federation, I am happy to just savour the joy of another successfully completed mission.
Oct 6, 2021
Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch is a worthy holder of the title "Metroid 5." Its sprawling world begs you to explore every inch of it, and while it keeps Samus Returns' control elements, they feel much better on the Switch. This is a proper Metroid 5, and that's more than enough to make it an Editors’ Choice pick for Switch games.
Oct 6, 2021
Metroid Dread is one of the best Metroidvania games out there with its awesome collection of abilities and its action-packed E.M.M.I. areas. It may not provide as much challenge as old-school fans would expect but it's still an undeniably incredible adventure.
Oct 18, 2021
Metroid Dread is hard, but it's hard in a really good way. The kind of way that makes you sometimes want to toss your controller, but doubles your resolve while doing so. It's smooth, quick, and makes Samus feel fast and powerful as much as it possibly can without turning into an action platformer.
Oct 28, 2021
Metroid Dread can't commit to giving players an action-packed power fantasy or a suspenseful adventure against the odds. It's quick, short, and snappy -- all things that can be good when used right, but not at all what Metroid Dread set out to deliver.
Dec 2, 2025
Literally the perfect metroid game ever created. Down to the last detail...
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Nintendo Switch May 12, 2025
Not my favorite Metroid. Less exploration, more unfairly difficult fights. Yes, I played through and killed all the EMMIs but they were nothing fun. Even on easy difficulty, there were a lot of deaths and a big part of the game was just watching the loading screen and then doing the same thing again with some more essential information. Also, it felt like every time you got a more powerful weapon, in that second all the enemies also became 10x more durable, and there was no real feeling of overkill progression at any point until the very end phase.
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Nintendo Switch Sep 16, 2025
Pretty dull in my opinion. With the name Dread and the word fear often used, the emmi robots does not justify that at all. They have to be the most boring additions of enemies than any other Metroid game I have tried. Much is reused in a way other much older Metroid games did way better.
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Nintendo Switch Jan 3, 2025
I managed to have a bit of fun with this but it's mostly a chore. It just involves too much wandering around wandering backwards and forwards over the same ground wondering what you've missed and being chased by enemies that are just really annoying.
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Nintendo Switch Summary 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 mysterious transmission sent to the Galactic Federation. The remote planet has become overrun by vicious alien lifeforms and chi...
Rated T for Teen
