The Best Mario Games, Ranked | Was Mario 64 Robbed?

Mario 64 taught a plumber to explore in 3D. Our reviewed lists put it outside the top five. Odyssey edges it by three points, and you can make a case for changing that order. We count down five mainline Super Mario platform adventures, explain what earns each place, and give its strongest objection. Defend one level in the comments. Follow ListMash for more rankings drawn from published lists and online arguments. The internet argued. We ranked it. CHAPTERS 0:00 Mario 64 missed the cut? 0:14 #5 — Super Mario Odyssey 0:51 #4 — Super Mario Galaxy 2 1:29 #3 — Super Mario Bros. 3 2:07 #2 — Super Mario World 2:46 #1 — Super Mario Galaxy 3:36 Defend your pick and watch next ABOUT THE SAMPLE Eight independent original editorial origins, checked October 1, 2026. We preserve each source's original top-ten positions: a #1 earns 10 points, #10 earns 1. Each origin counts once. Galaxy 67; World 63; Bros. 3 54; Galaxy 2 52; Odyssey 38; Mario 64 35. These are list-support points, not percentages of people. Six underlying lists predate Wonder; absence cannot tell us what those authors think of it. Two sources also predate Odyssey, and VidChord had not played it. Gaming.net's 2026 update still contains 2022 judgments. Remasters share the original game's nomination. Removing a source can change fifth place; Galaxy keeps first in all eight checks, including a points tie resolved by our frozen first-place tie rule. The Galaxy 1/2 story criticism compares the original Wii editions. The Switch release of Galaxy 2 adds a Rosalina storybook, expanded in April 2026: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/... RANKING SOURCES Nintendo Everything — Ethan, underlying judgment 2026-03-21 https://nintendoeverything.com/best-s... Gaming.net — Nitisha Upadhye, underlying judgment 2022-01-10 https://www.gaming.net/best-super-mar... The Washington Post — Gene Park, underlying judgment 2020-05-06 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-... Rintendo — lingsdook, underlying judgment 2017-09-26 https://rintendoblog.wordpress.com/20... The Chi-Scroller — Chris Hodges, underlying judgment 2017-02-03 https://chiscroller.wordpress.com/201... VidChord — vidchord, underlying judgment 2017-11-01 https://vidchorddotcom.wordpress.com/... Polygon — Jeremy Parish, underlying judgment 2017-11-08 https://www.polygon.com/features/2017... Domainie (YouTube) — Domainie, underlying judgment 2025-08-01    • Ranking EVERY Super Mario Game!    GAMEPLAY CREDITS xRavenXP — [Longplay] NES - Super Mario Bros 3 (HD, 60FPS) (2018-01-08)    • [Longplay] NES - Super Mario Bros 3 (HD, 6...   Nintendo of America — Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch (2025-09-18)    • Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 ...   Nintendo Longplays — N64 Longplay - Super Mario 64 (2024-06-15)    • N64 Longplay - Super Mario 64   Nintendo of America — Super Mario Odyssey - Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2017 (2017-06-13)    • Super Mario Odyssey - Game Trailer - Ninte...   Nintendo of America — Super Mario Odyssey Trailer - Nintendo Switch (2017-10-07)    • Super Mario Odyssey Trailer - Nintendo Switch   Nintendo Longplays — SNES Longplay - Super Mario World (2014-04-21)    • SNES Longplay - Super Mario World   Brief muted excerpts illustrate the game mechanics discussed. Original game audio is excluded. Nintendo Longplays permits reuse with credit; the selected footage ledger records each original interval. Game footage and characters belong to their respective owners. ListMash has no affiliation with Nintendo. COMMUNITY EXCERPTS Mr. Panda — https://chiscroller.wordpress.com/201... Mr. Wapojif — https://chiscroller.wordpress.com/201... Comments illustrate the Galaxy 1/2 disagreement; they add no ranking votes. VOICE / MUSIC Xenia, ElevenLabs v4 via the existing Higgsfield plan. Original ListMash electronic music; no game music or third-party samples. #SuperMario #Mario64 #ListMash