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2021

Metroid Dread: 37 Game of the Year awards

Metroid Dread is a 2021 action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and Nintendo EPD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch on October 8, 2021. Dread is the ninth main Metroid game, the first since Metroid: Other M (2010), and the first original side-scrolling Metroid game since Metroid Fusion (2002).

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Metroid Dread finished #5 in the 2021 race, with 37 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 37Total awards
  • 30Media outlets
  • 7Readers' choice
  • 14Countries

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • Metroidvania
  • Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States11
United Kingdom4
Italy4
Canada3
Spain3
Mexico2
Sweden2
Finland2
Australia1
Colombia1
France1
South Africa1
Iran1
Mongolia1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
AtomixMexico2021
AusGamersAustralia2021
Backloggd ReadersUnited States2021
COGconnectedCanada2021
Coming SoonUnited States2021
Digital TrendsUnited States2021
Easy Allies ReadersUnited States2021
GameFAQs ReadersUnited States2021
Gamereactor EUUnited Kingdom2021
GamerFocusColombia2021
GamerGenFrance2021
GamesVillageItaly2021
GameTyrantUnited States2021
Geeks and Com'Canada2021
Goomba StompCanada2021
Hobby ConsolasSpain2021
KGUN 9United States2021
Loading.se ReadersSweden2021
MinnMax ReadersUnited States2021
Next Gen BaseUnited Kingdom2021
NMEUnited Kingdom2021
Pelit MagazineFinland2021
Pelit Magazine ReadersFinland2021
PowerWave83Italy2021
Premios Xataka Orange ReadersSpain2021
Red Bull SwedenSweden2021
ResetEra ReadersUnited States2021
SA GamerSouth Africa2021
SmashPadUnited States2021
SpazioGamesItaly2021
TimeUnited States2021
tuttoteKItaly2021
VGChartzUnited Kingdom2021
VidaoPantallaSpain2021
VigiatoIran2021
Xataka MéxicoMexico2021
YOLO.mnMongolia2021

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