Mario Is Missing!
Mario Is Missing! is a 1993 educational game developed and published by The Software Toolworks for MS-DOS, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, later released on Macintosh in 1994. The player controls Luigi, who must travel around the world to find and return stolen treasures as part of a quest to locate his brother, Mario, who has been captured by Bowser. Mario Is Missing!, part of a series of educational Mario games, was Luigi's second starring role in a video game, following the 1990 Game Watch game Luigi's Hammer Toss and preceding the 2001 GameCube game Luigi's Mansion.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1993
- Developer
- The Software Toolworks
- Platforms
- 2 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1993 |
|---|---|
| Developer | The Software Toolworks |
| Publisher | The Software Toolworks, Mindscape |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | educational video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2517563, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Mario Is Missing!? How long to beat it
Total play time for Mario Is Missing! is about 2.7 hours to do everything, and around 2.5 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 | 2.5h | 26 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 2.7h | 5 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 2.7h | 9 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Mario Is Missing! sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Mario Is Missing! lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 48ahead of 6% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 25ahead of 69% 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 Mario Is Missing!
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Mario Is Missing!
What platforms is Mario Is Missing! on?
Mario Is Missing! is available on Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1993.
Who made Mario Is Missing!?
Mario Is Missing! was developed by The Software Toolworks and published by The Software Toolworks, Mindscape.
How long does it take to beat Mario Is Missing!?
about 2.5 hours for the main story, 2.7 hours with the main extras, 2.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.