Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion is a 2001 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The game was a launch title for the GameCube and was the first game in the Mario franchise to be released for the console; it was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002. It is the third video game in which Luigi is the main character instead of Mario, after Mario Is Missing! and Luigi's Hammer Toss. Players control him as he explores a haunted mansion to rescue Mario and battles ghosts by capturing them through a vacuum cleaner supplied by Professor E. Gadd.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2001
- Developer
- Grezzo
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 14 September 2001 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Grezzo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genres | Action Adventure |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q984029, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Luigi's Mansion? How long to beat it
Total play time for Luigi's Mansion is about 7.7 hours to do everything, and around 6.5 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 6.5h | 526 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 7.5h | 503 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 7.7h | 243 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Luigi's Mansion sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Luigi's Mansion lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 61ahead of 15% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 54ahead of 91% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Luigi's Mansion
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Common questions about Luigi's Mansion
What platforms is Luigi's Mansion on?
Luigi's Mansion is available on Nintendo GameCube. It first released in 2001.
Who made Luigi's Mansion?
Luigi's Mansion was developed by Grezzo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Luigi's Mansion?
about 6.5 hours for the main story, 7.5 hours with the main extras, 7.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.