Super Mario 2D World Deluxe similar games & best alternatives

Super Mario 2D World Deluxe

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

What works

  • Creative and varied level design
  • Engaging cooperative multiplayer
  • Unique power-ups and mechanics
  • Smooth and colorful visuals
  • Good replayability with collectibles

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive level themes and structure
  • Limited character customization
  • Co-op physics can be chaotic
  • Minimal story depth
  • Some players find difficulty spikes frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!

  • Garbanzo Quest

  • KarmaZoo

  • Trine 2: Complete Story

  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  • Chariot

More violent

Games that feels like Super Mario 2D World Deluxe but with more combat and destruction

  • Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2

  • 30XX

  • Abathor

  • PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist

  • Obama

  • 20XX

Less intimate

Games that feels like Super Mario 2D World Deluxe but with less focus on close relationships

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Super Mario 2D World Deluxe but with less survival pressure

  • A Hat in Time

  • It Takes Two

  • Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

  • Rayman® Origins

  • Split Fiction

  • POPUCOM

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Super Mario 2D World Deluxe: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 05/08/2026