Metroid

Metroid Guía y cronología

Samus Aran is usually alone when a mission takes her into an unfamiliar world. Finding a route through its ruins means learning the terrain, recovering abilities and discovering what has been left there. Metroid's main adventures and first-person Prime games share that patient exploration, with original and remade editions revisiting some missions.

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Timeline guide

Metroid: Choose How to Step Into Samus' World

For the early main story, begin Zero Mission, then Samus Returns and Super Metroid. For first-person exploration, begin Metroid Prime or Prime Remastered. Choose one presentation of a remade mission rather than requiring both.

Entries
15
Released
15
Span
1986-2025

The Main Samus Saga includes Other M as well as side-scrolling games. Its title describes a story route, rather than an exclusively side-scrolling selection.

Overview & recommendation

Metroid's sense of discovery begins with being alone somewhere you do not understand. Learning a world's routes and recovering abilities is part of the story, whether you see it from the side or through Samus' visor.

The first practical choice is that perspective. You can follow the main mission history or enter through Prime, without treating the other format as an entrance requirement.

Choose Zero Mission for a revised introduction to Samus' first mission. Continue through Samus Returns and Super Metroid for the earlier core sequence, then follow the later main stories. For Prime, choose the original or Remastered before its numbered sequels; side adventures can be explored for their different focus.

Samus' Main Missions and the Prime Branch Connected adventures with legacy versions preserved separately

Legacy Versions holds the original tellings later revisited by Zero Mission and Samus Returns. Prime explores another portion of Samus' career, not a different Samus solely because the viewpoint changes.

  • Main Samus Saga (6 entries)

    Samus' main mission history through Dread, including the early remade adventures and Other M's differently presented story.

  • Prime Saga (7 entries)

    The Prime branch's first-person-centered adventures and side perspectives, with the original Prime and Remastered distinguished as presentations.

  • Legacy Versions (2 entries)

    The original early Metroid releases, preserved as alternatives to the missions later retold by Zero Mission and Samus Returns.

A Main-Story Route or the First Prime 15 entries

Stay with the chosen route and edition. The original Prime and Remastered revisit the same central mission, just as the older Metroid games and their remakes offer alternative beginnings.

  1. 1
    Metroid: Zero MissionGame · 2004
  2. 2
    Metroid PrimeGame · 2002
  3. 3
    Metroid Prime RemasteredGame · 2023
  4. 4
    Metroid Prime HuntersGame · 2006
  5. 5
    Metroid Prime 2: EchoesGame · 2004
  6. 6
    Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionGame · 2007
  7. 7
    Metroid Prime: Federation ForceGame · 2016
  8. 8
    Metroid Prime 4: BeyondGame · 2025
  9. 9
    Metroid: Samus ReturnsGame · 2017
  10. 10
    Super MetroidGame · 1994
  11. 11
    Metroid: Other MGame · 2010
  12. 12
    Metroid FusionGame · 2002
  13. 13
    Metroid DreadGame · 2021
  14. 14
    MetroidGame · 1986
  15. 15
    Metroid II: Return of SamusGame · 1991

Remade Missions Still Belong to Their Earlier Story 15 entries

The original and revised early missions can cover the same events. The Prime branch is placed around Samus' earlier career; its separate presentations do not add repeated missions between the later main adventures.

  1. 1
    Zebes originMetroid: Zero MissionGame · 2004
  2. 2
    Original NES versionMetroidGame · 1986
  3. 3
    Tallon IVMetroid PrimeGame · 2002
  4. 4
    Tallon IVMetroid Prime RemasteredGame · 2023
  5. 5
    Alimbic ClusterMetroid Prime HuntersGame · 2006
  6. 6
    AetherMetroid Prime 2: EchoesGame · 2004
  7. 7
    Phazon warMetroid Prime 3: CorruptionGame · 2007
  8. 8
    Post-Prime 3Metroid Prime: Federation ForceGame · 2016
  9. 9
    ViewrosMetroid Prime 4: BeyondGame · 2025
  10. 10
    SR388 missionMetroid: Samus ReturnsGame · 2017
  11. 11
    Original Game Boy versionMetroid II: Return of SamusGame · 1991
  12. 12
    Return to ZebesSuper MetroidGame · 1994
  13. 13
    Bottle ShipMetroid: Other MGame · 2010
  14. 14
    B.S.L. StationMetroid FusionGame · 2002
  15. 15
    ZDRMetroid DreadGame · 2021

Samus' Missions and Later Retellings 15 entries

Release order shows older adventures before their revised versions. It is useful for design history, while a story route can choose the later presentation without moving the mission later in Samus' life.

  1. 1
    MetroidGame · 1986
  2. 2
    Metroid II: Return of SamusGame · 1991
  3. 3
    Super MetroidGame · 1994
  4. 4
    Metroid FusionGame · 2002
  5. 5
    Metroid PrimeGame · 2002
  6. 6
    Metroid: Zero MissionGame · 2004
  7. 7
    Metroid Prime 2: EchoesGame · 2004
  8. 8
    Metroid Prime HuntersGame · 2006
  9. 9
    Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionGame · 2007
  10. 10
    Metroid: Other MGame · 2010
  11. 11
    Metroid Prime: Federation ForceGame · 2016
  12. 12
    Metroid: Samus ReturnsGame · 2017
  13. 13
    Metroid DreadGame · 2021
  14. 14
    Metroid Prime RemasteredGame · 2023
  15. 15
    Metroid Prime 4: BeyondGame · 2025

Frequently asked questions 6 answers

Do I need Metroid II and Samus Returns?

They are versions of the same early mission. Choose one for your story route or compare both if their design differences interest you.

Is Prime Remastered another game after the original Prime?

It revisits that game's central adventure. Pick the presentation you want before moving to another Prime story.

How many Metroid games are there?

There are 15 Metroid games released between 1986 and 2025.

What is the chronological order of Metroid?

In chronological (in-universe) order, Metroid begins with Metroid: Zero Mission (Zebes origin) and ends with Metroid Dread. The full chronological list of 15 games is above.

What is the release order of Metroid?

By release date, Metroid starts with Metroid (1986). The most recent release is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (2025).

What is the newest Metroid release?

The newest released game is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (2025). See where it falls in the chronological and play order lists above.

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