Games like Super Mario Bros. 2
Closest overall match: Super Mario Bros. 3 (★ 4.4). Highest rated: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Luigi's Mansion at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like Super Mario Bros. 2? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: princess, puzzles and mario.
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58%
1. Super Mario Bros. 3
Same developer; rated 0.5 higher; about 15h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 1988
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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56%
2. Super Mario Bros.
Same developer; rated 0.4 higher; about 20h longer.
- Year
- 1985
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 30h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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54%
3. Super Metroid
Same developer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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52%
4. Super Mario Sunshine
Same developer; rated 0.4 higher; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 92
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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52%
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Shares princess; same developer; rated 0.4 higher; about 18h longer.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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52%
6. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
Shares princess and puzzles; same developer; rated 0.5 higher; about 8h longer.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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50%
7. The Legend of Zelda
Shares princess; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1986
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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50%
8. Luigi's Mansion
Shares mario; same developer; rated 0.4 higher; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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50%
9. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Shares puzzles; same developer; about 9h longer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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49%
10. Battletoads
About 7h shorter.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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49%
11. Prince of Persia (1989)
About 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1989
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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49%
12. New Super Mario Bros.
Shares princess and mario; same developer; about 15h longer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 4, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Super Mario Bros. 2?
On our similarity model, Super Mario Bros. 3 is the closest match to Super Mario Bros. 2 — same developer; rated 0.5 higher; about 15h longer; same release year.
Which game like Super Mario Bros. 2 is rated highest?
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 192 players.
Are there games like Super Mario Bros. 2 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like Super Mario Bros. 2 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Super Mario Bros. 2 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.