4A Games’MetroReduxwas confirmed for a February 28 release on the Nintendo Switch through a pair of 50-second teaser trailers released today.
The trailers are ostensibly identical minus an R 18+ rating at the beginning of the video cut for Australia which is absent in the PEGI (European) version. They feature a fly-through of various locales and hazards present in the subway tunnels ofMetro 2033andMetro: Last Light, the two post-apocalyptic survival horror titles remade in HD for theReduxcollection, ending in a snowy outside world that further zooms out to show the footage running on a Switch.
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This release ofMetro Reduxon Nintendo’s hardware was leakedby PEGI’s rating board alongside Blue Manchu’sVoid Bastardsfor the PlayStation 4 at the end of 2019, but there were no concrete details other than its “18” rating available until today.
The descriptions for the teaser trailers on YouTube both say that ordering the physical version “from select retailers” will also provide players The Ranger Cache pre-order pack, which includes real-life swag like a set of pins, art cards, a poster, and a game case sleeve.
TheMetroseries is a popular adaptation of novels by Dmitry Glukhovsky,which has a film adaptation planned for 2022. In the realm of video games,Metro 2033andMetro: Last Lightwere followed byMetro Exodus— which was first released asan Epic Games Store Exclusive in February 2019. Despite the controversy that came with that exclusive release, a fourth sequel to the ongoing seriesis already in development at 4K Games.
Nintendo is a few years late to getting its hands on the remastered games featured inMetro Redux, which has been made available on PlayStation 4, Steam, and Xbox One since its initial release in 2014. Back then the primarily family-friendly company was still pushing its Wii U console.
Since jumping to the Switch, Nintendo has become much more bold with releasing grittier and hardcore titles once thought unimaginable. In fact, the Switch will be seeingid Software’s highly anticipatedDoom Eternalsometime after its wide release this March.
TheMetrogames undoubtedly fit a similar niche, so it should be a perfect companion piece for gamers looking to balance out the cartoon-y fun ofMarioandPokemon.
Metro Reduxis available now for PlayStation 4, Steam, and Xbox One. It will be released on Nintendo Switch starting June 21, 2025.
