Metroid (1986)

All time rank: 226 of 1,000
1980s rank: 16 of 105
1986 rank: 2 of 12
List appearances: 20 lists
Developer: Nintendo R&D1
Platforms: ArcadeFamicom Disk SystemNintendo Entertainment System
Genre: Action-Adventure
Series: Metroid
Wikipedia: Wikipedia
IGDB: IGDB
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Metroid

Source Lists

All time 12
2018 Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time #57
2017 Polygon
The 500 best games of all time #89
2012 Time
All-TIME 100 Video Games #1
2009 Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time #7
2003 GameSpot
The Greatest Games of All Time #1
2002 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games Ever #69
1999 Hyper
The Top 50 Games of All Time #38
1999 Next Generation
The Fifty Best Games of All Time #6
1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly
100 Best Games of All Time #44
1997 Hyper
The 50 Best Games Ever! #1
1996 Next Generation
Top 100 Games of All Time #70
1995 Hyper
Top 100 Video Games of All Time #1
Decade 2
2024 Edge
The 50 best games of the '80s #16
2009 GameSpy
GameSpy's 50 Favorite Console Games of the '80s #4
Miscellaneous 6
2025 IGN + Nintendo Life
The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time #37
2025 Rolling Stone
The 20 Best NES Games of All Time #7
2024 GamesRadar+
The 10 best NES games of all time #4
2017 IGN
Top 100 NES Games #6
2005 Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games #11
1997 Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power's 100 Best Games of All Time #35

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