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Super Mario Maker is a game-making system. It’s simpler than tools like Dreams or Roblox, but still offers a huge array of ways to create running and jumping platform games that can then be shared online. You can play hundreds of games that other people have created.

Unfortunately, Super Mario Maker is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Super Mario Maker

Game Details

Release Date: 10/09/2015

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, Switch and Wii U

Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Players: 1-4 (4 online)

Genres: Creative (Action and Platform)

Accessibility: 2 features

Components: 2D Side-On

Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)

Costs: Purchase cost

6 Similar Games Short List

Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Super Mario Maker. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Super Mario Maker.

I Wanna Maker

Release Date: 13/02/2020

Platforms: PC

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

I Wanna Maker is a running and jumping game where you create unique levels and share them with other players. With over 1000 levels to play, all made by different people across the world, it offers a fresh platforming challenge with a wide range of...

Game Builder Garage

Release Date: 11/06/2021

Platforms: Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Game Builder Garage enables anyone to make video games. Unlike other game makers, this offers in-depth lessons to take you from the basics to advanced techniques. The cute Nodon characters that power the visual drag-and-drop construction, enable players...

Wonderbox

Release Date: 23/09/2020

Platforms: Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Blocks

Wonderbox is a action-adventure game where you tap to build beautiful miniature diorama scenes in which to explore. Like Toad Treasure Tracker Each of these worlds has its own micro-adventure with enemies,...

Tabletop Simulator

Release Date: 05/06/2015

Platforms: Mac and PC

Components: 3D First-Person

Tabletop Simulator is a way to play classic board and card games on a computer. It is a system that provides a simulated gaming table for you to enjoy as you wish. The game provides you with all the physics, pieces, and table space for you to play on.

Dreams

Dreams (Dreams)

Release Date: 14/10/2019

Platforms: PS4

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

Anyone can learn how to create their own video games, music, animations and art in Dreams. Everything is controlled with accessible menus and interactions via the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 controller. This makes it easy to dive in and create...

Lego Mindstorms

Release Date: 01/01/1998, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Blocks and Gadget

Lego Mindstorms is a creative robotic toolkit made of Lego augmented with motors, sensors and other electronics. The Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor kit enables you to build a five different robotic models with interactive and challenge elements. It’s...

31 Similar Games Long List

Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Super Mario Maker. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Super Mario Maker.

Nintendo Land

Release Date: 30/11/2012

Platforms: Wii U

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person and 3D Third-Person

Nintendoland is a collection of Nintendo games was created for the Nintendo Wii U launch. It uses the console’s tablet screen to create specific roles for different players. In Mario Chase, the hiding player uses the tablet controller screen while the...

ElecHead

Release Date: 14/10/2021, updated in 2022

Platforms: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

ElecHead is a running and jumping puzzle game where you control a character who is a source of electricity. With this power you activate the platforms you need to progress in unusual and puzzling ways. It introduces unique scenarios where you need to...

Roblox

Roblox (Series)

Release Date: 15/06/2016, updated in 2022

Platforms: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

In this game, amateur game-makers create simple online games that often mimic real-world grown-up scenarios, like working in a pizza restaurant, surviving natural disasters, escaping prison, scuba diving or playing hide-and-seek. The library of games is...

Geometry Dash

Release Date: 13/08/2013, updated in 2017

Platforms: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Geometry Dash is a running, jumping game. It features over 20 stages where you play as a customisable small cube, which you used to dodge 2D obstacles to the rhythm of electronic music using a single button to control the cube. If you hit any of the...

New Super Mario Bros. U

Release Date: 18/11/2012, updated in 2019

Platforms: Switch and Wii U

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

New Super Mario Bros. U is platform game where you play with 4 main players (and an optional assistant player) to traverse from one side of the level to the other. Along with the usual running, jumping, stomping and collecting you are racing other...

Pac-Man Geo

Release Date: 14/10/2020

Platforms: Android and iOS

Components: 2D Side-On

Pac-Man Geo combines the classic pill-collecting arcade game with the real world. Unlike Pokemon Go, you don't run around outside, but use real world locations to make the mazes around which you are chased by ghosts.

Hidden Through Time

Release Date: 12/03/2020, updated in 2022

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made

Hidden Through Time is a spot the item game that also takes you on a journey through different time periods. You are tasked with finding specific items and must zoom, interact and uncover things to find each one.

Super Mario Run

Release Date: 15/12/2016, updated in 2017

Platforms: Android and iOS

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Super Mario Run is a running and jumping game you play by tapping the screen to jump. Your character automatically runs and you just tap at the right time to avoid obstacles and jump on enemies. It sounds too simple to be fun but is actually a cleverly...

PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night

Release Date: 29/10/2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night is a running and jumping game where young children play as the heroes from the TV show. Its simple controls and straightforward levels, which have lots of collectables to find, provide a simple yet enjoyable interactive...

LittleBigPlanet 3

LittleBigPlanet 3 (Series)

Release Date: 27/10/2008

Platforms: PS Vita, PS3 and PS4

Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made

Little Big Planet is a series of games staring the Sackboy character. They offer a multiplayer running and jumping adventure, but also enable to player to substantially edit their character and eventually make their own levels.

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Release Date: 25/09/2018, updated in 2017

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Hand-Made

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a running and jumping game where you play different farmyard animals trying to get to the end of the level. The twist is that it's you and your friends who build the levels as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to...

Beard Blade

Release Date: 20/07/2021

Platforms: PC

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Beard Blade is a running and jumping game where you use your beard to climb, swing, glide and defeat enemies. It sounds like a silly concept, but along with the day-night cycle that completely changes levels, introduces fresh mechanics into this...

Fledgling Heroes

Release Date: 07/05/2020

Platforms: Apple TV, Mac, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Fledgeling Heroes is a fun flying game where you tap or press to guide a part through landscapes and collect coins. You can swim, sprint and soar, defeat dastardly dragons, unlock wondrous new worlds, and explore limitless levels in the Lab.

Rog & Roll

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: Mac and PC

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Rog and Roll is a running and jumping game where you fight enemies and avoid traps. Unusually, you play a former henchman on a quest to save his friends from re-emerging tyranny. It features retro-inspired graphics and a humorous story where characters...

Bridge Constructor

Bridge Constructor (Series)

Release Date: 01/12/2011, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5, Switch, Wii U, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

The Bridge Constructor games are a series of physics-based building challenges to make stable bridges over chasms and ravines. While it's a simple concept, the variety of locations and different geometry means that building a stable bridge requires...

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Release Date: 20/02/2015

Platforms: Wii U

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is a rolling, dashing and jumping game where you draw rainbow ropes for Kirby to follow. You journey through the clay world on a mission to restore the colour that has been drained by a mysterious force. You are guided along...

Levelhead

Release Date: 08/06/2020

Platforms: Android, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Components: 2D Side-On

Levelhead is a game-making game where you construct levels to train a delivery robot. The simple drag and drop level design develops into as complex a level maker as you want. Create simple running and jumping levels or something huge, puzzling and...

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Series)

Release Date: 24/05/2004, updated in 2016

Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, DS and Wii U

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a series of puzzle games where you guide miniature Nintendo characters to the end of the level. The twist is that you can't control the characters, only the level itself. The exact interactions vary from game to game, but in...

N Plus Plus

N Plus Plus (Series)

Release Date: 25/08/2016, updated in 2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

N++ (N Plus Plus) is a physics based jumping puzzle game. You run and jump around each level to collect gold tokens while avoiding hazards and unlock the door. It's unique because the simple visuals let you focus on accurate control, fast reflexes and...

Project Timi: Sasha's Curse

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Grid

Project Timi: Sasha's curse is a rhythmic platform game where you lay traps and defeat enemies in time to the beat. Set inside a small child's dream, you need to save Lucity Town from the nightmares and restore peace in a unique combination of puzzles,...

Rabbids Coding

Release Date: 08/10/2019, updated in 2020

Platforms: Android, PC and iOS

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Grid

Rabbids Coding is an educational game where you use simple blocks of code to move a Rabbid and make it perform actions. It's designed as a simple way for younger children to begin to interact with code and understand how games work.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

Release Date: 31/01/2023

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a whimsical running and jumping game based on the longstanding Nickelodeon cartoon. In a magical world of pirates and cowboys, you run, jump and glide through several different areas, fighting enemies and...

Oddworld Soulstorm

Oddworld Soulstorm (Series)

Release Date: 19/09/1997, updated in 2022

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, Switch, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Oddworld: Soul Storm is a running and jumping game where you guide members of your species through labyrinthine levels to free them from brutal oppression. It's a remake of 1998's Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and a sequel to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty. Its...

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Release Date: 24/10/2011, updated in 2023

Platforms: Switch and Wii

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

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RoboCo

Release Date: 03/11/2022

Platforms: PC

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Blocks

RoboCo is a creative physics-based robot-building game where you design and code robots to perform challenging tasks. With the multitude of parts and templates to build from, there are countless ways to approach each situation, be it by creating an...

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Release Date: 08/10/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a side-on running and jumping game starring the characters from the 3D platform game Yooka-Laylee. You control Yooka, a male chameleon, and Laylee, a female bat and take on a level...

Hack 'n' Slash

Release Date: 09/09/2014

Platforms: Mac and PC

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Pixels and Text

Hack 'n' Slash is a puzzle adventure game where you tinker with the properties of game objects to explore dungeons and fight enemies. Using your USB sword on enemies hacks them so you can change their game-code and behaviour. It combines a standard...

Pompom

Release Date: 14/03/2022, updated in 2022

Platforms: Android, PC, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Grid and Pixels

Pompom is a running and jumping game where you are a hamster on a mission to save your owner from an evil cat. However, you don't control the hamster but place platforms (and springs, whips, umbrellas, cannons) to ensure he can progress.

Swift Playgrounds

Release Date: 13/09/2016, updated in 2021

Platforms: Mac and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Text

Swift Playgrounds (iPad and Mac) is a game where you learn to code. Three characters, Byte, Blu, and Hopper take young coders through the steps of making a game. Unlike other coding games, Swift Playgrounds includes modular lessons from a wide variety...

Lemmings

Lemmings (Series)

Release Date: 14/02/1991, updated in 2018

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PSP and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Lemmings is a series of puzzle games where you guide small (suicidal) creatures to the end of the levels. Unusually, you don't control when or how a character jumps and navigates the areas, but instead, you assign them actions that change the level to...

MouseCraft

Release Date: 25/02/2015, updated in 2020

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4 and Switch

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Grid

MouseCraft is a puzzle game where you guide mice to the cheese at the end of each level. Interestingly, you don't control the mice directly; instead, you place down blocks and items that can help them reach the end, in a way similar to [link to...

22 Easier Skill Rating than Super Mario Maker

If you like the sound of Super Mario Maker but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.

Fledgling Heroes

Rabbids Coding

PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night

Wonderbox

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

New Super Mario Bros. U

Hidden Through Time

Super Mario Run

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

N Plus Plus

MouseCraft

Lemmings

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Roblox

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

1 Video Game Like Super Mario Maker Based on Genre

These are games of a similar genre mix to Super Mario Maker. This includes games from the Action, Creative and Platform genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.

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16 Video Games With More Documented Accessibility Features than Super Mario Maker

If you like the sound of Super Mario Maker but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Super Mario Maker Accessibility Report.

Dreams

Pompom

PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night

Lemmings

Bridge Constructor

Game Builder Garage

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Rabbids Coding

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Rog & Roll

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

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Assistance Getting Starting:	Tutorials Practice Area View Control Mapping Assistance With Controls Reaction-Time Not Critical Low Pressure Adjust Speed No Jump Scares
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37 Great Games Like Super Mario Maker

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