Customer Ratings & Reviews

This game provides a high quality gaming experience: fluid combat movement,, detailed scenery/graphics and challenging but not difficult to play

Great game, Metroid is back after 19 years! Controls are great, game is stunning and the gameplay is stressful BUT extremely rewarding. Definitely recommend to Metroidvania fans.

Fun Metroid story, haven't had a good metroid game for awhile so it was nice to get one again.

After 19 years, I was resigned to the fact that Metroid 5 (aka Metroid Dread) was never gonna happen and I'm beyond happy I was wrong. This game looks beautiful and runs incredibly well. It'll ease newcomers into the game at first, but you'll be expected to explore and find the way forward before long. There's a decent ammount of escalating challenge throughout with boss fights, but it's not too frustrating since the game is generous with save points and automatic checkpoints before bosses. There's also a demo available on the Switch eShop in case you want to be 100% sure you'd enjoy it. I personally would highly recommend this title.

Great game, graphics, and a classic for the Nintendo series. This game can be challenging and it’s short depending on the type of gamer you are. I would recommend to any gamer.

I strongly dislike Metroid Prime games. They feel like bad FPS knockoffs with color by number combat. This game goes back to the root of 2D wild control epic awesome. There's dialogue, which breaks my immersion that I loved so much about Metroid II growing up, but it's limited mostly to an AI that talks about what's going on since it's more complicated than M2's "your metroid tracker detects metroids, exterminate them". If you haven't played all the other games who cares, it hints at the past and thrusts you into the classic "oh you lost all your suit's upgrades, fix that k?" style of awesome.

Great controls, awesome visuals. Only complaint is that it’s a bit easy to forget where to go next if you don’t play for a while.

What a fantastic return to the classic Metroid formula! Quite challenging, I recommend trying Super Metroid on the SNES Virtual Console first before buying

One of the best games on the Switch. It's incredible, even if you've never played a Metroid game before. It's pretty difficult, but far from unfair or impossible.

the only game I ever played from this series was the NES version the creepy gba one. Haven’t found the time to play it.

Metroid Dread is a much anticipated return to the older style of Metroid games, plus some improvements over MercurySteam's parry system from their last Metroid title, Samus Returns. I hope they make more, and also improve over issues I had with the game like the soundtrack and maybe brush up on some of the archaic systems that need updating.

Doesn't feel linear even if the area progression technically is, exploration is great and gameplay/combat definitely can be an intense and exciting experience.

one of the best 2d metroid games that is challenging on the nintendo switch best 2d medroid game ever made well done nintendo

Don't let any article about the difficulty dissuade you. This is a rare gem and a great game! It's difficult but fair, stick with it because it's worth it.

A solid entry to the Metroid franchise, but definitely not the best. I've had this game for 1 week now and have gotten to the end boss. But I'm 40 and am very familiar with the NES/SNES/Gameboy style Metroid games, with weapon and hidden item upgrades etc. Younger players will find this game too confusing and difficult. Boss fights take numerous attempts and require mastery of the controls and memorization of enemy attack patterns. Some of the controls are confusing and tough to master. No button remapping options. I hate that speed boost is tied to pressing down the left control stick, and I wish you could use the Dpad for movement instead of the stick. The online complaining about not getting the morph ball right away is just stupid. Overall the game is really fun. I'm not sure if it is as replayable for me personally as Super Metroid was back in the day, but this is definitely a speedrunner's delight.

10 out of 10 in my opinion. This game definatly does not hold your hand though. It can be tough but rewarding as well. A must pick up for any switch owner.

Metroid has truly been revived thanks to MercurySteam's genuine care towards the series lately. Here's hoping Metroid Prime 4 turns out just as good!

This game has great graphics, controls, bosses and music. I like that it is eerie and dark. If you like 2D Metroid games this is a must buy.

I never actually played Metroid and I’m an older guy in my early 50s but I like to sometimes sit down and spend some time playing games. The opening sequence was extremely loooong but so far, gameplay is awesome. When I was younger, I always enjoyed side scrolling games and this is exactly what I remember but this is way more advanced. So far, really enjoying it and plan on finishing it within the next couple of years, since I don’t have much time to spend playing games. Overall, great game and glad I picked it up.

This game keeps you going and involved. Not an easy game so it’s worth the standard $59.99. Great colors and movement and action!