Is Mario Clash on Steam?

No. Mario Clash 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 Clash on?

Mario Clash is available on Virtual Boy.

When did Mario Clash release?

Mario Clash was first released on September 28, 1995.

Mario Clash

Sep 28, 1995PlatformArcadeVirtual Boy

Mario Clash — frequently asked questions

Is Mario Clash on Steam?: No. Mario Clash 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 Clash on?: Mario Clash is available on Virtual Boy.
When did Mario Clash release?: Mario Clash was first released on September 28, 1995.

About Mario Clash

Mario Clash is the first 3D stereoscopic Mario game released for the Virtual Boy. The game is a return to the style of the original Mario Bros. To progress through the game, Mario must knock enemies off platforms using Turtle Shells. There are always two Koopas; if one gets knocked off, another one takes its place. Many enemies need to be hit from the side, thus Mario must throw shells from the background to the foreground and vice-versa in order to knock them off.

Summary via IGDB.

Mario Clash on Wikipedia

Mario Clash is a 1995 action video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Virtual Boy. It is the first stereoscopic 3D Mario game, and a 3D reimagining of Mario Bros. Reception for the game was mixed.

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

Game details

Developer: Nintendo R&D1
Publisher: Nintendo
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action
Series: Mario
Official site: Visit

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Virtual Boy · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-22

Loose

$59

Complete

$143

Sealed

$550

Release record

Territory	Date	Serial	Barcode	MSRP
Japan	28 Sep 1995	VUE-VMCJ-JPN	4902370502275	¥4,900
North America	30 Sep 1995	VUE-VMCJ-USA	045496770020	$39.95
Mexico Gamela México	—	VUE-VMCJ-USA	045496770020	—
Brazil Playtronic Industrial Ltda.	—	VUE-VMCJ-USA	7896273602804	—
Japandemo	—	—	—	—

Mexico: Substitutes a Spanish instruction booklet rather than adding one — Mexican packaging varies by title.

Community score: 68/100
Region: JP+NA
Released: 1995
Authenticity: Low

On Nintendo Switch Online since Mar 10, 2026 — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

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Mario Bros. rebuilt so the two planes of the arcade original become literal depth. Smarter than it gets credit for.

Take the 1983 Mario Bros. — single screen, knock enemies over from below — and split it across a foreground and background wall so you throw shells into the screen at enemies on the other plane. It is one of the few Virtual Boy games where the 3D is the aiming axis rather than decoration. Its harsh rating is really about structure: a single-screen arcade game in 1995 had aged out. It is better in short doses than the score suggests.

What the press said at the time

Electronic Gaming Monthly #78	January 1996	7.1/10
GameFan Vol. 3 #11	1995	73.5/100
Weekly Famicom Tsūshin #356	1995	24/40
GamePro	March 1996	3.3/5
Game Zero	1995	14.5/25

It charted in six of Nintendo Power's seven reader-voted Virtual Boy polls, peaking at third.

Before you buy

A rare inversion — the Japanese copy costs more than the American one, so buy domestic. No source explains why; the only pattern in the data is that the platform's two Mario-franchise titles are also its only two Japanese-premium titles, which points at collector demand rather than scarcity. A Japanese demonstration version also exists.