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Single-player games like Mafia II (Classic)

Below are 13 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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    Grand Theft Auto III — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto III

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).

    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.

    2008ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).

    Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together and does not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play.

    2010ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Steam game cover

    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.

    2008ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).

    Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.

    2020ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia II: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Mafia II: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).

    War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.

    2020ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator — Steam game cover

    Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).

    Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Driver® Parallel Lines — Steam game cover

    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.

    2009Racing2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia — Steam game cover

    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.

    2002ActionAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia: The Old Country — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionAdventure49.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Mafia: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mafia II (Classic).

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia III: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Grandfather — Steam game cover

    The Grandfather

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    One night The Grandfather went to give his wife a good night kiss, she ignored him as usual, this broke his heart every night. He went to sleep in his own bed, full of misery as usual, but this night would turn out to be different than the others.

    2016IndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Esports Godfather: The Legend Begins — Steam game cover

    Esports Godfather: The Legend Begins

    Single-player alternative to Mafia II (Classic) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    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!

    2024SportsStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →