What is the best game similar to Mario & Luigi: Brothership?

The closest game to Mario & Luigi: Brothership is Super Paper Mario, scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. They share 6 gameplay attributes, including precision platforming, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Mario & Luigi: Brothership?

The three closest games to Mario & Luigi: Brothership are: 1. Super Paper Mario (77/100, 6 shared attributes) 2. Blade Kitten (74/100, 6 shared attributes) 3. Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (64/100, 5 shared attributes). All share Mario & Luigi: Brothership's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 28 candidates across 7 dimensions.

Is Blade Kitten similar to Mario & Luigi: Brothership?

Yes, very much so — Blade Kitten scores 74/100 similarity to Mario & Luigi: Brothership. They share 6 attributes, including precision platforming and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Platformer games are similar to Mario & Luigi: Brothership?

The best Platformer games similar to Mario & Luigi: Brothership are Super Paper Mario, Blade Kitten, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse. All share the Platformer genre alongside other key Mario & Luigi: Brothership attributes like precision platforming, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling.

How is similarity to Mario & Luigi: Brothership calculated?

We compare Mario & Luigi: Brothership against every game in our catalog using 7 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Mario & Luigi: Brothership experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Few titles capture what makes Mario & Luigi: Brothership unique: precision platforming, fantasy world and single-player focus. After measuring 7 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 28 most faithful alternatives. Super Paper Mario, Blade Kitten and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment top the ranking, with Super Paper Mario at number one (77/100).

iRank77/ 100

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Top games similar to Mario & Luigi: Brothership

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Each one has been evaluated across 7 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Super Paper MarioClosest overall match

iRank78

GenrePlatformerSubgenre2D Platformer

SoloFantasy2DDarkLoot

IGDB78· 3

Year 2007Dev Intelligent Systems · Nintendo

✓ Same family of 2D platformers: precision platforming, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, loot and gear systems and skill tree progression, while skipping visual isometric

Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Brothership: visuals.

It predates Mario & Luigi: Brothership by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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