Mario: The Music Box (2015) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Mario: The Music Box

Mario has heard rumours of an abandoned mansion that has been close to the Mushroom Kingdom for over a century. Any person who dares step into the mansion's rooms, never returns. Mario and Princess Peach were…

28 October 2015

What Mario: The Music Box is

Mario: The Music Box is a puzzle game developed by Team Ari and released in 2015. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on RPG Maker XP.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario has heard rumors of an abandoned home that has been close to the Mushroom Kingdom for over a century. That people who go inside it never come back. Mario and Princess Peach were supposed to investigate the strange place but Mario decided to go alone. Inside the home he finds a strange music box that was playing by itself. Little did he know that a "harmless" music box would've caused the home to try to eat him alive.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mario: The Music Box launched on 28 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.

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