Every Metroid Game Ranked
Metroid spans 3 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2021 and 2025. The highest-rated is Metroid Prime Remastered (95) and the lowest is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (80). Across 111 critic reviews, the series averages 87, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has drawn the most reviews.
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Metroid Prime Remastered
9523 critic reviews·Feb 8, 2023·NintendoSwitch“Metroid's most revered title shines even brighter on the Nintendo Switch”
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Metroid Dread
8838 critic reviews·Oct 7, 2021·NintendoSwitch“It's been an exceptionally long time but we finally have a new Metroid game and the action-packed Dread is certainly one of the best.”
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
8050 critic reviews·Dec 4, 2025·NintendoSwitchSwitch 2“Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is an excellent, if relatively uneven, revival that reaches heights worthy of the Metroid name in its best moments.”
Metroid games in release order
- 1986Metroid—
- 1991Metroid II: Return of Samus—
- 1994Super Metroid—
- 2002Metroid Fusion—
- 2002Metroid Prime—
- 2004Metroid: Zero Mission—
- 2004Metroid Prime 2: Echoes—
- 2004Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt—
- 2005Metroid Prime Pinball—
- 2006Metroid Prime Hunters—
- 2007Metroid Prime 3: Corruption—
- 2010Metroid: Other M—
- 2016Metroid Prime: Blast Ball—
- 2016Metroid Prime: Federation Force—
- 2017Metroid: Samus Returns—
- 2021Metroid Dread88
- 2025Metroid Prime 4: Beyond80
- Coming Jan 28, 2027Metroid Ravenous—