About
AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake) is a fan-made remake of Nintendo's 1991 Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus, built in GameMaker: Studio by Argentine developer Milton Guasti over roughly a decade of solo work. It rebuilds the original's 2D exploration and Metroid-hunting structure with modernized graphics, controls, and music while staying faithful to the source.
Released for Windows in August 2016, it was widely praised by fans and press for its polish, but Nintendo issued DMCA takedowns days later and it is no longer officially distributed. The AM2R community has continued maintaining and updating the project since.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- AM2RLauncher
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Runtime
- Runs as
- Native Linux
- Proton
- not needed
⚙ Setup notes
Overview: Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R) by DoctorM64 — a free GameMaker fan remake of Metroid II.
Native (recommended): The clean Deck path is native — install the AM2RLauncher Flatpak from Flathub (io.github.am2r_community_developers.AM2RLauncher). It builds the native Linux build + community updates, so no Proton is needed.
Supply your own data: You must provide your own AM2R 1.1 game data — the launcher ships no copyrighted files.
Proton: A Windows .exe under Proton also works if you prefer.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: Unofficial fan remake that Nintendo has issued takedowns against — its availability is unstable; obtain it only from a source you judge legitimate.
Install: Native Flatpak path is the community-recommended way to run it on Deck — install via Discover, then use the launcher's built-in Install Community Updates.
Controller: Works natively; if button mapping is off, add a Steam Input gamepad layout as a fallback.
Links: deckport links nothing.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.