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If Super Mario Galaxy left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — precision platforming, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus — and the NextGameLike editorial team ranks them by a similarity score computed across 7 attributes. Knack comes closest (75/100).
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The closest game to Super Mario Galaxy is Knack — scoring 75/100 on our similarity scale. LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and Kirby and the Forgotten Land follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Super Mario Galaxy. 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.
Its point of contact with Super Mario Galaxy is a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where they diverge is setting.
Released 6 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
Same family as Super Mario Galaxy: a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: offline play.
What carries over from Super Mario Galaxy is single-player focus and a third-person camera. Its own ground is multiplayer gameplay.
Released 15 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
Shelved next to Super Mario Galaxy for good reason: a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and setting: this one brings offline play.
Released 4 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
With Super Mario Galaxy it shares single-player focus and a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: sandbox freedom and multiplayer gameplay.
Same studio: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development.
Same family as Super Mario Galaxy: a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and setting.
Released 17 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
It comes from the same genre as Super Mario Galaxy and shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and setting — its own ground is fantasy world.
Released 10 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
It comes from the same genre as Super Mario Galaxy and shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: racing gameplay and open world exploration.
On paper it is what Super Mario Galaxy is — a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in game mode and setting.
Held in common with Super Mario Galaxy: single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is game mode: offline play.
Genre puts it alongside Super Mario Galaxy, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and game mode — its own ground is fantasy world.
Released 10 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
Genre puts it alongside Super Mario Galaxy, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and setting.
Released 13 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
It meets Super Mario Galaxy on single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.
Released 17 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
Held in common with Super Mario Galaxy: single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode.
Genre puts it alongside Super Mario Galaxy, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and game mode — its own ground is historical setting.
Released 6 years after Super Mario Galaxy.
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