Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Directed and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, it is the successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. and the first game in the Super Mario series. Players control Mario, or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode, to traverse the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa. They traverse side-scrolling stages while avoiding hazards such as enemies and pits and collecting power-ups such as the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Starman.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1985
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1985 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | Platformer |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q11168, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Super Mario Bros.? How long to beat it
Total play time for Super Mario Bros. is about 2.3 hours to do everything, and around 1.8 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 | 1.8h | 1,339 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 2.2h | 213 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 2.3h | 316 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Super Mario Bros. sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Super Mario Bros. lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 36ahead of 2% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 90ahead of 100% 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 Super Mario Bros.
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 Super Mario Bros.
What platforms is Super Mario Bros. on?
Super Mario Bros. is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1985.
Who made Super Mario Bros.?
Super Mario Bros. was developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Super Mario Bros.?
about 1.8 hours for the main story, 2.2 hours with the main extras, 2.3 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.