Metroid Dread is already the best-selling Metroid game

The sales show how Metroid fits as a whole into Nintendo’s IP machine

The Metroid Dread best-selling question is now finally answered thanks to : it’s at the top of the mountain. The Metroid mountain that is.

As of March 31, 2022 (leaving some room for an uptick), Metroid Dread has pushed 2.9 million units, sales-wise. The two main contenders are Metroid Prime (clocking in at a staggering 2.84 million in sales), followed by the original Metroid (which hit a historic 2.73 million units sold). Naturally, the popularity of the Switch helped push Metroid Dread over that goal here, not to mention the positive word of mo🤪uth that the game enjoyed for quite som🥃e time.

One of the bigger takeaways from looking at the raw Metroid Dread‘s sales: at its peak, the series is knocking at the door of three million units. There’s a lot of gusto behind every Metroid game due to a hungry and loyal fanbase, but in the grand scheme of things, there are wells Nintendo is more eager to dip 🐓into.

And that’s fine! That number will climb since the game is still fresh. Plus, while Nintendo is a business, not every game needs to sell 10 million to be a success. And there’s that new Metroid Prime we hear about once a year if we’re lucky! The series’ future seems secure: or at least more secure than it did at one point in time.