Dr. Mario
Dr. Mario is a 1990 falling-block puzzle game developed by Nintendo R&D1, casting Mario in a lab coat as a physician who tosses colored, two-segment vitamin capsules into a jar to eliminate colored viruses. It arrived amid the puzzle-game boom sparked by Tetris and released across the NES and Game Boy.
Players rotate and position the red, blue and yellow capsules to line up four or more matching colors in a row or column, clearing the aligned viruses and capsule pieces from the bottle. The interplay of capsule colors, careful stacking and virus placement created satisfying combo clears and a steadily rising challenge as higher levels packed more viruses onto the screen, all set to two catchy, iconic background tracks.
Dr. Mario became an enduring Nintendo puzzle staple, reappearing and being remade across many platforms and generations, including later mobile entries. It has been re-released repeatedly through digital services and remains a simple, compulsive classic of the falling-block genre.
Where can you play Dr. Mario today?
Device by device, which of the 1 alternative below you can play on it.
- PC
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (€ 39,99).
- Mac
- None of the alternatives to Dr. Mario runs on Mac.
- Linux
- None of the alternatives to Dr. Mario runs on Linux.
- iPhone
- None of the alternatives to Dr. Mario runs on iPhone.
- iPad
- None of the alternatives to Dr. Mario runs on iPad.
- Android phone
- None of the alternatives to Dr. Mario runs on Android phone.
- Android tablet
- None of the alternatives to Dr. Mario runs on Android tablet.
- PlayStation
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (€ 39,99).
- Xbox
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (€ 39,99).
- Switch
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (€ 39,99).
- Steam Deck
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (€ 39,99).
Games like Dr. Mario
Modern alternatives to Dr. Mario, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
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Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
€ 39,99A competitive puzzle game combining two classic falling-block systems.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is also an alternative to 2 other classics
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 runs on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet. It is Steam Deck Verified.
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