# Metroid Dread becomes the series bestseller

> Metroid Dread sold 2.9 million copies worldwide by March 2022.

- Owner: Nintendo
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2021-10-08
- Milestone date: Week of Oct 10, 2021
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 37 (Niche), v1.3
- Mechanics: Pairing, Resale market

## Summary

Nintendo released Metroid Dread in October 2021 alongside the Switch OLED model. Nintendo reported 2.9 million worldwide sales by March 2022.

## Timeline

- 2021-09-29 — Nintendo Life (Press) — Nintendo had released TV commercials ahead of the game’s launch.
- 2021-10-08 — Nintendo (Retail) — Nintendo released Metroid Dread on Switch.
- Week of Oct 10, 2021 — Milestone: Japanese buyers (Retail) — Famitsu estimated 86,798 Japanese retail units sold in the October 4–10 week.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/metroid-dread-launch-2021

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Metroid Dread becomes the series bestseller.” Case HIS-02050. Spread Score v1.3: 37/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-02050