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Samus on the cover of Metroid Dread
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How Long Does It Take to Beat Metroid Dread?

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Gordon Bicker
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Published: Oct 15, 2021 11:50 am

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Metroid Dread has been released and players are flocking to the series at an efficient pace. The game combines excellently crafted gameplay with an exquisite story at the same time. Samus returns to the series with an all-new slick fresh look in that gorgeous Metroid art style. Players may be wondering how long it takes to beat Metroid Dread and this guide article will offer you all the answers you need to know about the playtime required to make your way through the latest instalment.

How Long to Beat Metroid Dread

There is plenty of knowledge to be learned from the average playtime of the experience. The main story of Metroid Dread has an average main story playthrough time of 8 hours, 9 minutes from various sources. You will be controlling the bounty hunter Samus Aran, the main protagonist of the game as she explores the planet ZDR and encounters the menacing foes awaiting her.

Someone who plays through the game at a leisurely pace is more than likely to encounter runtimes close to 12 hours or over. That’s just for the main story, players who seek to complete absolutely everything the game has to offer completionist style are more than likely to spend on average 16 hours and 50 minutes completing their playthrough. Completionists will surely be happy to know that they will have a lot to discover and rightly so: complete.

How long does it take to beat as a Speedrunner?

The speedrunning community has always been a large part of the Metroid franchise and will want to understand how long it may take them to beat this experience along with the others. It has been recorded that some speedrunners have reported times around three hours on average for a speedrun attempt.

Will you be spending time this month playing through Metroid Dread?

Metroid Dread is available now on Nintendo Switch.

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Gordon Bicker
Gordon is a contributing writer for Attack of the Fanboy, a Games Design (BA) Honours student, and a Video Game Ambassador. He has been writing at AOTF for over a year and a half, with four years of games writing experience for outlets like Green Man Gaming. When he's not busy, he'll no doubt be experiencing games, writing poetry, playing guitar, adventuring, or happily starting a new Skyrim playthrough! As an avid Final Fantasy XIV player, he also hopes that you'll gain a warm feeling from his community stories. Gordon has reported on Fallout 4 and Destiny 2, whose favorite genres include action RPGs, MMORPG's and First Person Shooters but is always experimenting with many other types of games.