Mario Kart Tour Officially Shuts Down After Estimated $270 Million in Player Spending

Nintendo has officially shut down Mario Kart Tour, ending more than seven years of service for the mobile racing game.

Service ended at 11 p.m. PT on September 29, making Mario Kart Tour no longer playable through its normal game servers. Nintendo had announced the closure in July and gradually wound down paid features ahead of the deadline. Third-party estimates suggest the game generated approximately $268.5 million in consumer spending during its lifetime.

Mario Kart Tour launched on iOS and Android on September 25, 2019, bringing the series to smartphones with a free-to-start model built around rotating Tours, character collection and score-based competition.

Because the game required a persistent internet connection, the end of service effectively removes access to its races rather than simply ending future updates. Players can no longer log in and continue playing the existing content offline.

Nintendo prepared for the closure over several months. Sales of paid rubies ended ahead of shutdown, while automatic Gold Pass renewals and new subscriptions were also stopped. Gold Pass benefits were later made available without a subscription for the final stretch of service.

Some records will remain accessible after the game itself has closed. Nintendo says Past Tours' Stats can be viewed through the app until 9:59 p.m. PT on January 12, 2027, while previous All-Cup Rankings are scheduled to remain available until the end of September 2027.

Nintendo has not published a final revenue figure for Mario Kart Tour, but data from mobile analytics firm AppMagic estimates that players spent around $268.5 million across the game's lifetime.

AppMagic also estimates more than 276 million downloads since launch. The figures give an indication of the game's scale, but they are third-party estimates rather than financial results confirmed by Nintendo.

Its revenue was considerably stronger during the earlier years of operation. AppMagic estimates suggest monthly in-app purchase revenue generally sat around $5 million to $6 million during much of 2020 and 2021 before declining over time.

By the period surrounding Nintendo's July 2026 shutdown announcement, estimated monthly spending had fallen to roughly $650,000.

That decline provides useful context for the closure, although Nintendo itself did not give a specific reason for ending service beyond thanking players for supporting the game.

Although Mario Kart Tour can no longer be played, some of its most recognizable content has already moved beyond the mobile release.

The game introduced tracks based on real-world locations alongside original courses designed specifically for its rotating Tour structure. Several of those tracks later appeared in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe through the Booster Course Pass, preserving parts of Tour on Nintendo Switch even after the mobile servers shut down.

Nintendo marked the game's final days by looking back across the 93 Tours released during its lifetime and thanking players who had supported it since 2019.

The shutdown still marks a definitive end for the original mobile version. More than seven years after launch and with more than 276 million estimated downloads behind it, Mario Kart Tour is now no longer playable in the form Nintendo originally released.