Is Mario Bros. on Steam?

No. Mario Bros. is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Mario Bros. on?

Mario Bros. is available on Arcade, NES, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Atari 2600.

Is Mario Bros. still popular?

Mario Bros. is declining. Over the past 30 days Twitch viewership is down 67%.

When did Mario Bros. release?

Mario Bros. was first released on July 14, 1983.

Mario Bros.

Jul 14, 1983PlatformArcadeArcadeNESGame Boy Advance Wii Atari 2600

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Mario Bros.player count & live stats

Mario Bros. is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. The closest public, real-time popularity signal is Twitch viewership — see the live streams and 7-day viewer trend below.

DecliningTwitch viewership is down 67% over the last 30 days.

Platforms: Arcade, NES, Game Boy Advance, Wii +1
First released: Jul 14, 1983

Mario Bros. live stats

2 7-day peak viewers

16 30-day peak viewers

5,840 12-month peak viewers

Live stats last updated 10 minutes ago.

Mario Bros. monthly peaks

Highest concurrent viewers recorded each month, most recent first.

Peak viewers reached 5,840 in August 2026 and has since fallen 99%, to 36 in September.

Month	Peak viewers	Share of peak
October 2026so far	4	0%
September 2026	36	1%
August 2026	5,840	100%

Mario Bros. — frequently asked questions

Is Mario Bros. on Steam?: No. Mario Bros. is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Mario Bros. on?: Mario Bros. is available on Arcade, NES, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Atari 2600.
Is Mario Bros. still popular?: Mario Bros. is declining. Over the past 30 days Twitch viewership is down 67%.
When did Mario Bros. release?: Mario Bros. was first released on July 14, 1983.

About Mario Bros.

Mario Bros. is an arcade game published by Nintendo and developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types, but with the same objective. Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they sit on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when a set number of coins is collected. For the two player mode, the first to collect the set amount of coins wins.

Summary via IGDB.

Mario Bros. on Wikipedia

Mario Bros. is a 1983 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's chief engineer. Players control Italian twin brother plumbers Mario and Luigi as they exterminate turtle-like creatures, giant flies, and crabs emerging from the sewers of New York City by knocking them upside-down and kicking them away. The Famicom/NES version was the first game to be developed by Intelligent Systems. It is part of the Mario franchise and the first spin-off of the Donkey Kong series.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, NES, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Atari 2600
Developer: Nintendo R&D1
Publisher: Nintendo
ESRB rating: E
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Themes: Action
Series: Mario Bros.

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

70/100

from 114 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Built by
Atari 2600	1983	$20	$78	$773	2 reviews	Atari (designed by Dan Hitchens)

Also released on: Arcade · NES · Game Boy Advance · Wii. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

$20

Complete

$78

Sealed

$773

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Silver - 1983	CX2697	Scarce+
Europe Atari	Red	CX2697	Rare

Also released in South America by Polygram, Tron.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1983
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Atari's own 2600 take on Nintendo's two-plumber arcade game, common loose but a serious buy sealed.

Mario Bros. began as a 1983 Nintendo arcade game in which Mario and Luigi knock pests upside down and kick them away. Atari Inc. published the 2600 conversion in December 1983, programmed by Dan Hitchens, with a PAL release in 1984.

Computer and Video Games scored the 2600 version 82%. For most buyers it is an inexpensive way to own an early Mario game on Atari hardware.

What the press said at the time

Computer and Video Games		82%
Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 9	December 1983	Graphics ★★★ · Play-Action ★★★

“We were not particularly impressed with the play action in the single-player game, but the two-player version is highly entertaining because the players have the option of cooperating or competing.”
— Computer Entertainer, December 1983

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — stars in most years, diamonds in 1986–87 — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 8 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

How the Atari 2600 version differs

Computer and Video Games (1989) called the Atari VCS version "just as much fun" as the NES version despite its graphical limits, and rated the Atari 7800 version slightly better.

Like most home ports, the 2600 cartridge leaves out the arcade game's falling icicles. Only the Atari 8-bit computer version keeps them.

The 2600 version sold 1.59 million cartridges, which made it one of the best-selling games of 1983.

Also on other platforms

NES · Game Boy Advance · Wii

Atari 2600	Atari (designed by Dan Hitchens)
Arcade	Nintendo (designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi)
NES	Nintendo and Intelligent Systems
Atari 8-bit computers	Sculptured Software
Commodore 64	Ocean Software (1986 release)

Commodore 64. Two versions exist: an unreleased Atarisoft version and a 1986 version by Ocean Software.
NES. The Famicom/NES version was the first game developed by Intelligent Systems.
Apple II. An Apple II version was made but never commercially released.

How the other versions reviewed

NES	Computer and Video Games	83%
Wii	GameSpot	4.9/10
Game Boy Advance	IGN	6/10 (e-Reader)
Wii	IGN	4.5/10
NES	Mean Machines	80%
NES	AllGame	4.5/5
NES	Power Unlimited	80%

These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.

Worth knowing

Arcade to 2600 in months. Atari Age noted in fall 1983 that "the coin-op game appeared only this summer, and the Atari version is due in time for Christmas".

Before you buy

Low risk for loose and boxed copies; no reproductions are documented. Complete copies cost several times the loose price. Sealed copies sell for far more, so a sealed purchase is a packaging purchase: inspect the seal closely and consider third-party grading at that level.