Games like Super Mario Kart
Closest overall match: Mario Kart DS (★ 4.3). 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 Kart? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: mario, console and NES.
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64%
1. Mario Kart DS
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 1
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60%
2. Mario Kart 64 (1996)
Same developer; about 69h longer.
- Year
- 1996
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 75h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 1
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56%
3. Mario Kart 8
Shares mario; same developer; rated 0.3 higher; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 1
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55%
4. Mario Kart: Double Dash
Same developer; rated 0.3 higher; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 1
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54%
5. Mario Kart Wii
Same developer; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 1
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47%
6. Super Mario Galaxy
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer; about 22h longer.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 97
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 84%
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46%
7. New Super Mario Bros.
Shares NES, mario and console; same developer; about 19h longer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 25h
- Finish rate
- 87%
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46%
8. Luigi's Mansion
Shares mario and console; same developer.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
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44%
9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Shares NES and console; same developer; about 22h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1991
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 28h
- Finish rate
- 74%
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43%
10. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
Shares NES and console; same developer; rated 0.3 higher; about 12h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 1993
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 84%
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43%
11. Super Mario Bros. 2
Shares mario; same developer.
- Year
- 1988
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 63%
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42%
12. SnowRunner
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 1
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Super Mario Kart?
On our similarity model, Mario Kart DS is the closest match to Super Mario Kart — shares NES, mario and console; same developer.
Which game like Super Mario Kart 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 Kart on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like Super Mario Kart on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Super Mario Kart 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.