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Game entry

Metroid: Samus Returns

2017 · Metroidvania, Platformer, Action-adventure · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo

Metroid: Samus Returns is ranked no. 1,054 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,575 and 52% of duels won. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Dust: An Elysian Tail: 2 wins to 2 across 4 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 24 out of 96 (Metroidvania).

World rank

no. 1,054

ELO score

1,575

Wins

52%

Duels played

195

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About Metroid: Samus Returns

Metroid: Samus Returns is a remake of Metroid 2: Return of Samus.
It uses a 3D graphic style with a side view camera that zooms in and changes for cutscenes. It also has new mechanics, items, and abilities.

"Brave the hostile terrain of an alien planet teeming with vicious life forms as legendary bounty hunter Samus Aran. Her mission? Terminate the Metroid menace in this masterful reimagining of her 1991 Game Boy adventure. Samus Aran’s arsenal has been enhanced with new moves and abilities that are sure to help her face the deadly surprises that await. This intense, side-scrolling action platformer is a great entry point into the Metroid franchise and perfect for returning fans as well, and it’s available only on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems."

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,575 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

All Metroidvania games →
  1. 1 Metroid Prime2002 · Metroidvania 1,988
  2. 4 Dead Cells2018 · Metroidvania 1,953
  3. 21 Ori and the Will of the Wisps2020 · Metroidvania 1,905
  4. 52 Ori and the Blind Forest2015 · Metroidvania 1,878
  5. 64 Hollow Knight2017 · Metroidvania 1,867

Keep exploring

All-time best Metroidvania games All-time best Nintendo games Ranking of Nintendo 3DS games Top games of the 2010s Best games of 2017 The Metroid games, ranked

Around this spot

The games Metroid: Samus Returns sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 1,051 Brink 1,576
  2. 1,052 Citizen Sleeper 1,576
  3. 1,053 Dirt 3 1,575
  4. 1,054 Metroid: Samus Returns 1,575
  5. 1,055 Guild Wars 2 1,575
  6. 1,056 Alpha Protocol 1,575
  7. 1,057 Neverwinter Nights 1,575

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The standing

Where Metroid: Samus Returns ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Metroid: Samus Returns stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 24 out of 96 (Metroidvania).

Where Metroid: Samus Returns ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 1,054 5,110
Metroidvania 24 96
2010s 439 2,044
2017 49 222

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