Games like Mario Kart DS
Closest overall match: Super Mario Kart (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Mario Kart 8 at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: GRID (2008) at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Mario Kart DS? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: mario, NES and console.
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64%
1. Super Mario Kart
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 1
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63%
2. Mario Kart 8
Shares mario, race and battle; same developer; about 8h longer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 1
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62%
3. Mario Kart Wii
Same developer; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 1
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61%
4. Mario Kart: Double Dash
Same developer; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 1
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56%
5. Mario Kart 64 (1996)
Same developer; about 70h longer.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 75h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 1
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54%
6. New Super Mario Bros.
Shares Minigames, NES, mario and console; same developer; about 20h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 87%
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50%
7. Super Mario Galaxy
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer; about 23h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 84%
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48%
8. GRID (2008)
Rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 1
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47%
9. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Shares Controller; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 1
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47%
10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Shares mario, fun, battle and Controller; same developer; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 80%
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47%
11. TrackMania Nations Forever
Shares Controller; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 1
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46%
12. MX vs. ATV Reflex
Rated 1.3 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 1
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Mario Kart DS?
On our similarity model, Super Mario Kart is the closest match to Mario Kart DS — shares NES, mario and console; same developer.
Which game like Mario Kart DS is rated highest?
Mario Kart 8 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 305 players.
Are there games like Mario Kart DS on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like Mario Kart DS on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Mario Kart DS on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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