Games like Mafia
If Mafia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mafia: Definitive Edition, Mafia II (Classic) and Mafia III: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cars have realistic physics, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Mafia is a third-person open-world crime drama set in 1930s America, released in 2002. Players take on the role of cabdriver Tommy Angelo who becomes entangled with the Salieri crime family. The game combines faction politics, open-world exploration, third-person shooting, and vehicle control with realistic physics. Reviewers highlight that cars handle authentically for the era, and players note that free-mode extreme enables sandbox-style gameplay beyond the structured campaign. The game offers a long, challenging solo experience that players describe as atmospheric, immersive, and nostalgic. It holds an 88 on Metacritic and an 86% positive rating from over 2,200 Steam reviews, available for $14.99, though it is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Mafia: It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Top pick for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
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.
Mafia II (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Second-strongest match for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mafia.
Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...
Mafia III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Third-strongest match for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
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.
GUN™
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Ranked #4 for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mafia.
When life robs Colton White of all that matters, the only thing left he can trust is his GUN. From award-winning developer, Neversoft, and accomplished screenwriter, Randall Jahnson (The Mask of Zorro, The Doors), GUN follows Colton on his quest for discovery as he seeks to exact vengeful justice on those who have wronged him.
Grand Theft Auto III
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Ranked #5 for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Ranked #6 for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
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.
Vivat Slovakia
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Ranked #7 for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Vivat Slovakia is an open-world action game set in '90s Slovakia, where corruption runs deep and law enforcement is weak. Uncover a gripping story based on true events as you explore and shoot your way through a city at the crossroads of Eastern Europe’s turbulent history.
Hitman: Blood Money
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Mafia.
Ranked #8 for Mafia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mafia.
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Mafia
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Sleeping Dogs
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an immersive mood with Mafia.
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
Esports Godfather: The Legend Begins
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play.
E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!
Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mafia.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Mafia II (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mafia.
Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
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.
FINAL FANTASY XVI
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mafia.
An epic dark fantasy where fates are decided by mighty Eikons and the Dominants who wield them. This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a tragic warrior who swears revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that leaves naught but calamity in its wake.
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and an atmospheric mood with Mafia.
Reviewers of Mafia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mafia at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mafia.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mafia.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mafia.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mafia.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Mafia on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mafia.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mafia.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Mafia.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Mafia.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Mafia
- Does Mafia work on Steam Deck?
- Mafia is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Mafia cost?
- Mafia is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mafia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mafia are Mafia: Definitive Edition, Mafia II (Classic), Mafia III: Definitive Edition.
- Who developed Mafia?
- Mafia was developed by Illusion Softworks and published by 2K.
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