Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a 2004 role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. The Thousand-Year Door is the second game in the Paper Mario series following Paper Mario, and is part of the larger Mario franchise. In the game, when Mario and Princess Peach get involved in the search for a mystic treasure that holds great fortune, Peach is kidnapped by an alien group called the X-Nauts; Mario sets out to find the treasure and save the princess.
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- Released
- 2004
- Developer
- Intelligent Systems
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 22 July 2004 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1075255, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door? How long to beat it
Total play time for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is about 53.4 hours to do everything, and around 31 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 | 31h | 577 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 38h | 723 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 53.4h | 194 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 66ahead of 18% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 47ahead of 85% 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 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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Common questions about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
What platforms is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on?
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is available on Nintendo GameCube. It first released in 2004.
Who made Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door?
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door?
about 31 hours for the main story, 38 hours with the main extras, 53.4 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.