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Metroid Dread 2021

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

All-time standing

#575 of 1,900

In the top 30% of games

By scope

2020s #23 of 451 Top 5% 2021 #5 of 65 Top 10% Nintendo Switch #110 of 478 Top 25%

Ballots (36)

All time 2

USA Today's For The Win

USA Today's For The Win

The 100 best video games of all time, ranked

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #64
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Hobby Consolas

Los mejores juegos de toda la historia

  • Published 2026
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #357
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Decade 2

Paste

The 50 Best Games of the 2020s So Far

  • Published 2024
  • Decade list · 2020s
  • Ranked #32
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Game Rant

Best Games Of The 2020s

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2020s
  • Included, unranked
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Year 32

Digital Trends

The 10 best video games of 2021

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #1
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NME

The 20 best games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #1
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Time

The 10 Best Video Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #1
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Ars Technica

Ars Technica's top 20 video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #2
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Esquire

35 Best Video Games 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #2
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GamingBolt

GamingBolt

GamingBolt’s Game of the Year – Top 25 Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #2
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Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer

Top 10 Games of 2021 (Game of the Year)

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #2
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IGN

The Best Game of the Year 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #2
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USA Today

The best games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #2
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Empire

Empire

The Best Games Of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #3
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Paste

The 30 Best Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #3
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Complex

The Best Video Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #4
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El País

El País

Los 10 mejores videojuegos de 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #4
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Maxim

The Best Videogames of 2021, Ranked

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #4
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Polygon

The 50 best video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #4
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Den of Geek

The Best Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #5
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Eurogamer

Eurogamer's game of the year is…

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #5
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Game Informer

Top 10 Games Of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #5
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NY Daily News

NY Daily News

The 10 Best Video Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #6
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A.V. Club

The 17 best games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #8
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Slant

The 25 Best Video Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #10
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CBR

Editor Picks: The 10 Best Video Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #11
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Vulture

The Best Video Games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #11
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GamesRadar

GamesRadar

The 25 best games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Ranked #14
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Bloomberg

Bloomberg

These Are the 10 Best Video Games We Played in 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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CBC

CBC

Here are some of the best video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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CNN

The best video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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GameSpot

10 Best Games Of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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Pittsburg Post Gazette

Pittsburg Post Gazette

The 10 best video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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The Daily Telegraph (UK)

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

The 20 best video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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The Sydney Morning Herald

The best video games of 2021, and what to buy

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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Washington Post

The best video games of 2021

  • Published 2021
  • Year list · 2021
  • Included, unranked
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