Single-player games like Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Mafia II: Definitive Edition, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
An inadvertent brush with the mob thrusts cabdriver Tommy Angelo into the world of organized crime. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, the rewards become too big to ignore.
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
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HITMAN™ 2
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
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Yakuza 0
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
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Sniper Elite 5
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
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Yakuza 3 Remastered
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Kazuma Kiryu has earned his retirement on the sandy beaches of Okinawa. But when a deadly power struggle arrives on his doorstep, he’ll have to walk the streets of Kamurocho to escape his past for good. Complete The Dragon of Dojima’s journey.
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Mafia: The Old Country
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.
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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.
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Saints Row 2
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.
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FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take the journey, now in ultimate quality. Boasting a wealth of bonus content and supporting ultra high-resolution graphical options and HDR 10, you can now enjoy the beautiful and carefully-crafted experience of FINAL FANTASY XV like never before.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.
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Watch_Dogs® 2
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
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TopSpin 2K25
Single-player alternative to Mafia II: Definitive Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
TopSpin 2K25 returns as a next-level tennis sim, bringing realistic court physics and challenging skill-based gameplay. Play single or multiplayer locally or online. Build your MyPLAYER or play as icons like Roger Federer and Serena Williams with custom animations mirroring their real-life styles.