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Games like Super Mario 64 DS

2004

This 3D platformer remake has you hunting Power Stars through Peach's castle with four playable characters, each with unique abilities. Precise jumping and free-form exploration of compact worlds are the focus, plus touch-screen minigames.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Lots to discover
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

In short: Games like Super Mario 64 DS

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Super Mario 64 DS special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Spyro: Year of the Dragon

91 %Match

2000PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Super Mario 64 DS: jumping and platforming, lots to discover as well as a bright tone.

A colorful 3D platformer in which Spyro the dragon recovers 150 stolen eggs across many worlds. Playable side characters, vehicle sections and mini-games keep the collecting varied and funny.

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Poi

Jumping and platforming

Poi is a colorful 3D collectathon platformer in the spirit of 90s classics, where you explore large worlds, gather collectibles and tackle challenge levels. The focus is on classic jumping and discovery rather than story or combat.

Yooka-Laylee

Jumping and platforming

A colorful 3D collectathon platformer in the spirit of Banjo-Kazooie, where the duo Yooka and Laylee explore sprawling worlds packed with collectibles, puzzles and cheeky humor.

Bowser's Fury

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A compact 3D Mario adventure set in a connected island world, where the giant Fury Bowser periodically crashes in to raise tension and pace. Collecting Cat Shines, tight platforming and Bowser Jr. as a helper make it accessible and varied.

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

Jumping and platforming

A charming 3D platformer where little dragon Spyro collects gems and talismans across Avalar, using fire breath and gliding to beat enemies and obstacles. New abilities, lively worlds and funny characters make it a PlayStation-era classic.

Hot Lava

Jumping and platforming

A first-person platformer built on the childhood game where the floor is lava. You climb, slide and leap through school halls, kitchens and imaginative worlds without touching the ground, with fluid movement at its heart.

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Distinctive, stylised art style

A bright, quirky Sega 3D platformer where you play a boy in a chicken suit, rolling giant eggs to crush enemies and solve puzzles. Hatching the eggs releases helper creatures with special abilities.

A Hat in Time

Distinctive, stylised art style

A charming 3D collectathon platformer in the vein of N64 classics, where a tiny girl uses magical hats to bounce through varied, wonderfully weird worlds. Its chapters, from a mafia-run town to dueling bird film studios, overflow with humor and creativity.

Castle on the Coast

Jumping and platforming

As George the Giraffe, you leap and parkour through a magical castle in the style of classic 3D collectathons. You uncover crystal caves and quirky alternate dimensions while chaining together fluid movement tricks.

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