Mafia: Definitive Edition

Third-person crime action about a cab driver's rise in the mob

Hangar 13 · Published by 2K · Released Sep 24, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 111K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 1,171 in 30 days
Playing now: 426; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Mafia: Definitive Edition?

A single-player, third-person action-adventure set in 1930s Lost Heaven, Illinois, during Prohibition. You drive across the open city and fight through linear story missions as Tommy Angelo, a cab driver drawn into the Salieri crime family.

For you if...

+you want a focused, story-led single-player crime campaign
+you enjoy driving, shooting, and varied scripted missions
+you like 1930s cities and Prohibition-era gangster stories

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer or a systems-heavy open-world sandbox
−you dislike mandatory racing missions with sharp difficulty spikes
−you expect every feature and detail from the original

What players say

87% of 111,268 reviews are positive · 88% of 1,171 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the focused crime story, character performances, visuals, soundtrack, and period atmosphere. The mandatory race mission is the dominant complaint, especially on the highest difficulty, while some veterans of the original dislike removed or simplified content.

Screenshots and trailer

Mafia: Definitive Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core-i5 2550K 3.4GHz / AMD FX 8120 3.1 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 50 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 43
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian. Text only: Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese.