Games like New Super Mario Bros.
Closest overall match: Super Mario Galaxy (★ 4.4). Highest rated: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Luigi's Mansion at about 2 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for New Super Mario Bros. — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are mario, console and NES.
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63%
1. Super Mario Galaxy
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 83
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54%
2. Mario Kart DS
Shares Minigames, NES, mario and console; same developer; about 20h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 82%
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54%
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2
Shares princess and mario; same developer; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 83
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52%
4. Super Mario 3D World
Same developer; about 33h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 58h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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51%
5. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Shares mario; same developer; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 83
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51%
6. Luigi's Mansion
Shares mario and console; same developer; about 23h shorter.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4
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51%
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
About 7h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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49%
8. Super Mario Bros. 2
Shares princess and mario; same developer; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 1988
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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48%
9. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Same developer; about 35h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 60h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 4
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48%
10. Super Mario Sunshine
Same developer; about 25h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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48%
11. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Same developer; about 12h longer.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 37h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 4
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48%
12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like New Super Mario Bros.?
On our similarity model, Super Mario Galaxy is the closest match to New Super Mario Bros. — shares NES, mario and console; same developer; released within 1 year.
Which game like New Super Mario Bros. is rated highest?
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 500 players.
Are there games like New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against New Super Mario Bros. 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.
Base game data via RAWG.