Single-player games like Mafia II (Classic)
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mafia II (Classic), 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
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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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Driver® Parallel Lines
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You were the fastest wheelman on the street. You were a legend. You were money. Until they set you up and sent you down. Twenty-eight years inside for someone else's crime. Now you're getting out. Guess what? You got a new job, it's called getting revenge.
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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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Saints Row 2
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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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Watch_Dogs™
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.
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Mafia: The Old Country
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).
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.