Games like Super Mario

Super Mario: first released 1985 by Nintendo.

In the series: Super Mario Bros. (1985), Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988), Super Mario World (1990), Super Mario 64 (1996), Super Mario Galaxy (2007), Super Mario Odyssey (2017).

104 games inspired by Super Mario

• A Hat in Time: Kickstarted 3D collectathon platformer.
• Attempt at a Normal Hack (Super Mario World ROM hack): A 40-exit standard hack in the Hall of Fame with hard but fair new levels.
• Baby Kaizo World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A beginner kaizo hack that teaches kaizo techniques.
• Bunbun World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack inspired by Quickie World with a full set of new levels.
• Celeste.smc (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack that brings Celeste's mechanics, elements and visuals into Super Mario World.
• Despair Mario's Gambit 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 120-star story-driven game with original worlds.
• Eternal Realm (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 47-star kaizo hack known for its precise, demanding movement challenges.
• Eureka (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 100-star game with original worlds and a new hub.
• Eversion: Free horror platformer that starts as a cute Mario-like; the HD version came to Steam later.
• Grand Poo World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo game dedicated to speedrunner Grand Poo Bear, built to challenge skilled kaizo players.
• Grand Poo World 2 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel with instant retry and a save block, one of the most streamed kaizo hacks.
• Grand Poo World 3 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The third Grand Poo World kaizo game.
• I Wanna Be the Guy: Freeware NES-style platformer of brutal traps, only offered from the author's site.
• Invictus (Super Mario World ROM hack): A 20-level kaizo hack mixing kaizo tricks with vanilla charm, among the most played on SMW Central.
• JUMP (Super Mario World ROM hack): A collab that grew into a full mostly-vanilla-style game with modern ASM, headed by worldpeace.
• JUMP½ (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel to JUMP, with storehouses, hint movies, new bosses and hidden puzzles; often called one of the best SMW hacks.
• Kaizo Mario 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A punishing kaizo take on Super Mario 64 with 120 stars of redesigned trap-filled courses.
• Kaizo Mario Bros. 3 (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): Brings the kaizo style to Super Mario Bros. 3 with new trap-filled levels.
• Kaizo Mario World (Super Mario World ROM hack): The hack that gave kaizo its name: trap-filled new levels that need frame-perfect play.
• Kaizo Mario World 2 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel to Kaizo Mario World with another set of trap-filled levels.
• Kaizo Mario World 3 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The third Kaizo Mario World game.
• King Boo's Revenge 2 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 182-star kaizo game where King Boo takes over the castle.
• Krack The Hack (Super Mario World ROM hack): A short standard hack where you play as a Koopa collecting keys across 14 exits.
• Little Mario World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A full Super Mario World hack with a new set of levels.
• Lost Universe 2: Curse of Eternity (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 130-star kaizo game set in a cursed universe.
• Love Yourself (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack with a personal theme of self acceptance.
• Lug's Delightful Dioramas (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 74-star game of small hand-built diorama levels, made with modern SM64 tools.
• Luigi and the Forest Ruins Rebooted (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 40-star Luigi adventure through overgrown ruins.
• Mari0: Super Mario Bros. recreated in LOVE with a Portal gun, co-op and a level editor.
• Mario Forever: Popular freeware Mario remake made in Clickteam tools; Godot Community Edition in 2024.
• Mario in the Dreamscape (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 145-star dream-themed adventure for experienced players.
• Mario in the Multiverse (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A large collab where each world borrows the look and mechanics of another game series, 123 stars.
• Mario on Indigo Island (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 111-star island adventure with new courses.
• Mario Party 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 70-star game whose courses are themed after Mario Party boards.
• Mario's New Earth (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 125-star game where Mario explores a newly made planet.
• Masterpiece (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Hall of Fame kaizo hack with a black switch palace challenge after the ending.
• Mini Kaizo Bros. 3 (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A shorter Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack.
• Mushroom Kingdom Fusion: Huge Mario crossover fan game, cancelled and revived several times.
• Nonsense (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Hall of Fame variety collab focused on classic platforming that grows very hard near the end.
• Nova the Squirrel: NES platformer with ability copying and puzzles.
• Omega Mario 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star advanced platformer with original worlds.
• Phenomena 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 120-star collab of strange, atmospheric new levels.
• Quickie World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A short kaizo hack that many players use as an introduction to kaizo.
• Quickie World 2 (Super Mario World ROM hack): The sequel to Quickie World with longer kaizo levels.
• Riff Bros. 3 (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack.
• Sam's Journey: Large scrolling platformer for the Commodore 64 with costume powers, sold on disk and cartridge.
• Shining Stars 3: Sanctuary of the Star Comet (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): The third Shining Stars game, 132 stars across a comet sanctuary.
• Shining Stars 4: Another Dimensional Incident (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 72-star dimension-hopping sequel in the Shining Stars series.
• SM64 Decades Later (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 150-star game set years after the original, with a new kingdom, new story and new mechanics.
• SM64 Royal Legacy: Definitive Edition (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 31-star castle adventure built with modern decomp tools.
• SM64 Sapphire (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A short, polished 30-star adventure set in brand new levels.
• SM64 Shining Stars Repainted (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 151-star overhaul of the Shining Stars hack with new art and courses.
• SM64 The Green Stars (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 130-star game with an all-new castle hub and courses built around collecting green stars.
• SM64: Beyond the Cursed Mirror (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 120-star adventure with a new story, new hub, original bosses and badges that change Mario's abilities.
• SM64: Last Impact (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): An advanced 130-star game with new worlds, custom enemies and engine changes.
• SM64: Ocarina of Time (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Rebuilds the world of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a 171-star Mario platformer.
• SM64: The Mushroom Cup (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 130-star advanced game themed around a Mushroom Cup tournament.
• SM64: Through The Ages (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 95-star game whose worlds each recreate a different era of video game visuals.
• sm64ex: PC port of Super Mario 64 from the decompilation.
• smw: C reimplementation of Super Mario World.
• Star Revenge 0: Galaxy of Origins (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A space-themed prequel in the Star Revenge series with 122 stars of new worlds.
• Star Revenge 1.5: Star Takeover Redone (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A remake of the first Star Revenge game with 125 stars and a full new story.
• Star Revenge 2 Act I: To the Moon (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): An 85-star chapter of the Star Revenge saga that takes Mario to the moon.
• Star Revenge 2.5: Remnant of Doom (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A kaizo-difficulty Star Revenge entry with 115 stars of precision challenges.
• Star Revenge 3.5: Vacation of Cursed Dreams (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 133-star vacation-themed entry with new resort worlds and custom bosses.
• Star Revenge 4.5: The Kedama Takeover Rewritten (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A rewritten 100-star game where the villain Kedama takes over the kingdom.
• Star Revenge 4.9: Adulterated Reality (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 150-star kaizo game set in a warped version of the Star Revenge world.
• Star Revenge 5.5: Destroyed Memories (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A darker, harder 70-star Star Revenge chapter.
• Star Revenge 5: Neo Blue Realm (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A relaxed 70-star adventure through a blue-themed realm of new levels.
• Star Revenge 6.25: Luigi's Adventure DX (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A huge 216-star adventure starring Luigi with its own hub and story.
• Star Revenge 7: Park of Time (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star game built around a time-themed amusement park.
• Star Revenge 8: Scepter of Hope (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star quest for the Scepter of Hope across new worlds.
• Storks and Apes and Crocodiles (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Super Mario World hack with Donkey Kong Country style themes.
• Super "Sonic Saves the World" World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A master-level kaizo hack in the SMW Central Hall of Fame.
• Super Barb Bros (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack honoring Barbarian.
• Super Dram World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A 19-level kaizo hack with unlimited lives that helped popularize kaizo speedrunning.
• Super Luigi 64: The Flower Cup (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 166-star Luigi sequel to The Mushroom Cup.
• Super Mario 63: Flash 2D game based on Super Mario 64 with a level designer, from the author's own site.
• Super Mario 64 Land (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 131-star game in the spirit of Super Mario 3D Land, with level-based worlds instead of a castle hub.
• Super Mario 74 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Two complete games in one: a normal edition and a much harder Extreme Edition, 151 stars of new courses.
• Super Mario 74 Extreme Edition (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): The kaizo-difficulty second half of Super Mario 74 with 157 stars of remixed, brutal courses.
• Super Mario and the Cursed Castles (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 121-star easy-going game with a set of new cursed castles to explore.
• Super Mario Blue Twilight: Mario fan game.
• Super Mario Bros. 3: Mario Adventure (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A full new game on the Super Mario Bros. 3 engine with new worlds, power-ups and an overworld story.
• Super Mario Bros. Crossover: Flash remake of SMB1 that lets you play as Mega Man, Link, Samus and other NES heroes.
• Super Mario Bros. Remastered: Open-source Godot remake of SMB1, Lost Levels and Special with a level editor; needs your own ROM.
• Super Mario Bros. X: Mario fan game and level editor mixing assets from the NES and SNES games.
• Super Mario Bros. X2: Expanded SMBX with Lua scripting and much new content.
• Super Mario Fusion: Crossover Mario fan game, later Mushroom Kingdom Fusion.
• Super Mario in The Final Kaizo (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack with all-new levels.
• Super Mario Odyssey 64 (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Brings Super Mario Odyssey's kingdoms and Cappy-style moves into the Super Mario 64 engine.
• Super Mario Rainbow Road (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 60-star game set along a sky-high rainbow world of new courses.
• Super Mario Star Road (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A full replacement adventure with 15 new courses, new bosses and 130 stars, the hack that set the standard for SM64 hacking.
• Super Mario Treasure World (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 182-star kaizo game of treasure-hunting challenge levels.
• Super Mawaru World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack where Mario can only spin-jump, with levels built around that rule.
• Super Orb Bros. (Super Mario Bros. 3 ROM hack): A Super Mario Bros. 3 kaizo hack with a new set of levels.
• Super Panga World (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack made in tribute to PangaeaPanga.
• Takua 64 (Bionicle64) (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): Turns Super Mario 64 into a LEGO Bionicle adventure starring Takua on the island of Mata Nui.
• TheXTech: Open-source port of the SMBX engine to many platforms, fully compatible with SMBX episodes.
• Things.smc (Super Mario World ROM hack): A Hall of Fame kaizo hack with MSU-1 enhanced audio.
• We Like It Here (Super Mario World ROM hack): A kaizo hack made by Super Mario Maker creators with a steep difficulty curve.
• World of Jumps (Super Mario World ROM hack): A newer kaizo-style hack built around jump challenges.
• Ztar Attack 2: A Blast to the Past (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A 90-star sequel where Mario fights the Ztar army through new themed courses.
• Ztar Attack Rebooted (Super Mario 64 ROM hack): A rebuilt 170-star version of the original Ztar Attack.