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Within the “PC” category, the closest game to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story is Fear & Hunger — scoring 85/100 on our similarity scale. Costume Quest and Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, roguelike runs and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping skill tree progression
Released 9 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: vibe casual and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping exploration and discovery
Costume Quest is a Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions. In this charming role-playing game, choose your hero and trick-or-treat through three beautiful environments full of Double Fine humor and story.
✓ Shared with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping loot and gear systems
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: progression.
Released 9 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and visual novel storytelling, while skipping exploration and discovery
Undertale is an independent role-playing game developed by Toby Fox. Once upon a time, there were two races on Earth: monsters and humans, but a war broke out between them and the latter won. Seven greatest mages sealed the monsters underground and left one entrance through a hole in the Ebott mountain. A lot of time passed since the war, but a human child accidentally falls down the mountain.
Released 6 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Shared with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping exploration and discovery
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings visual third person, while skipping exploration and discovery
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: visuals.
It predates Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with fighting mechanics, sandbox freedom and deep simulation, while skipping fantasy world
OverviewIn the "Taiwu" Universe, besides playing as a "successor of Taiwu", you will live your life in many different ways: being kind, evil, or somewhere between.
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: setting and progression.
Released 9 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Shared with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, strong narrative focus and vibe casual, while skipping exploration and discovery
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: progression and visuals.
Released 11 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Shared with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with card game strategy, strong narrative focus and setting cyberpunk, while skipping fantasy world
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: setting.
Released 13 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: card game strategy and vibe casual, while skipping fantasy world
Experience all the thrills of adventure in Northmark: Hour of the Wolf, a card-based RPG. Choose to become a mighty warrior, cunning mage or powerful druid as you fight for glory and survival in arena combat. Explore every corner of the kingdom from fiery deserts to deep forests and cold mountain peaks and Journey to the kingdoms of the elves and dwarves. But beware!
Released 3 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ If you enjoyed Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, expect deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and visual third person, while skipping fantasy world
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: setting and visuals.
Released 7 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ If you enjoyed Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, expect deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and fantasy world
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping adventure storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: progression.
It predates Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, it's known for deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and fantasy world
≠ Its own twist: historical setting, setting medieval and visual third person, while skipping adventure storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: visuals and setting.
It predates Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Shared with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and fantasy world
≠ Stands apart with card game strategy, vibe casual and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping adventure storytelling
Designed by the creators of Magic: The Gathering and the Ascension Deckbuilding Game, SolForge is a free-to-play digital collectible game in which players construct their own decks to challenge their friends or battle against the computer.
Released 3 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
✓ Shared with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and fantasy world
≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping adventure storytelling
Released 5 years after Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
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