Metroid Fusion is overtly a horror game, trapping Samus in a claustrophobic research station where all life (including other humans) has been eradicated and replaced by parasites capable of exaggerating their shapeshifting forms.

Metroid Dread lives up to its title as one of the scariest Metroid games yet, and that can be largely attributed to the E.M.M.I. robots that menace Samus throughout the game.

But while Metroid Fusion is largely structured like your standard Metroid, it captures the essence of survival horror better than a lot of the actual survival horror games I've played. Specifically, it makes you feel completely and utterly helpless for an alarmingly long time.

Samus broke ground early in the gaming world when she debuted in the 1986 game Metroid. Originally players were under the impression that Samus was a male, as the English translation of the instruction manual used male pronouns for her. However, completing Metroid in under five hours revealed Samus to be a young woman.