Games like Super Mario Galaxy
Closest overall match: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (★ 4.3). Highest rated: Donkey Kong Country at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Sonic & Knuckles at about 3 hours.
Looking for something like Super Mario Galaxy? Our model ranked 11 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: mario, NES and console.
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68%
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
Shares Gravity and mario; same developer; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 83
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65%
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Shares mario; same developer; about 16h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 83
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63%
3. New Super Mario Bros.
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 83
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61%
4. Super Mario 3D Land
Same developer; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 83
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57%
5. Super Mario 64
Same developer; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 83
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54%
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
About 21h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 83
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53%
7. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Same developer; about 28h shorter.
- Year
- 1995
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 83
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50%
8. Super Mario 3D World
Same developer; about 30h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 58h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 83
-
50%
9. Mario Kart DS
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer; about 23h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 82%
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50%
10. Sonic & Knuckles
Shares NES, planet and console; about 25h shorter.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 83
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50%
11. Donkey Kong Country
Same developer; about 22h shorter.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Super Mario Galaxy?
On our similarity model, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the closest match to Super Mario Galaxy — shares Gravity and mario; same developer; about 10h shorter.
Which game like Super Mario Galaxy is rated highest?
Donkey Kong Country holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 386 players.
Are there games like Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Super Mario Galaxy 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.