Nintendo’s latest earnings report, which ended March 31, 2022, announced that the best-selling game in the Metroid series was Metroid Dread.
Metroid Dead has sold 2.90 million units worldwide since its debut in October 2021. Metroid Prime, the previous best-selling game, sold 2.84 million units on GameCube.
Meanwhile, the original Metroid game sold 2.73 million units, Metroid II: Return of Samus sold 1.72 million units, Metroid Fusion sold 1.60 million units and Super Metroid sold 1.42 million units.
Finally, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption reached 1.41 million sales and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes reached 1.10 million sales.