Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition vs Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition is an action-adventure horror game from Rockstar Games (2023) while Mafia II: Definitive Edition is an action-adventure open-world game from Hangar 13 (2020).
What each one is
Steam files Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition under Action-Adventure and Horror. In contrast, it files Mafia II: Definitive Edition under Action-Adventure and Open-World.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.
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.
At a glance
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition | Mafia II: Definitive Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.0/10 | 6.7/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (80%, 16,017) | Mostly Positive (74%, 38,558) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | $59.99 | $29.99 |
| Install size | 19 GB | 50 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2023 | 2020 |
| Developer | Rockstar Games | Hangar 13 |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition vs Mafia II: Definitive Edition, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive EditionAction-adventure horror gameMafia II: Definitive EditionAction-adventure open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive EditionSexual Content, Open World, ActionMafia II: Definitive EditionAction, Adventure, CrimeThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition ✓Score 7.0 · 80% on SteamMafia II: Definitive EditionScore 6.7 · 74% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition16,017 reviews · 19 GBMafia II: Definitive Edition38,558 reviews · 50 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition$59.99Mafia II: Definitive Edition ✓$29.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive EditionPlayableMafia II: Definitive EditionPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition and Mafia II: Definitive Edition on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (GamingPickz Score 7.0)
- The cheaper right now: Mafia II: Definitive Edition ($29.99)
- Lighter on storage: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (19 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Mafia II: Definitive Edition (38,558 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Sexual ContentOpen WorldActionCrimeThird-Person ShooterNudityAdventureViolent
Where they differ
1990'sCombatPsychological HorrorMemesSandbox
NoirShooterAtmosphericGreat SoundtrackRemake
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Mafia II: Definitive Edition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition | Mafia II: Definitive Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB | 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300 | Intel i5-2500K |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Install size | 19 GB | 50 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition · Mafia II: Definitive Edition.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition and 1 for Mafia II: Definitive Edition. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition and Mafia II: Definitive Edition in scope?
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition has drawn 16,017 Steam reviews and installs in 19 GB. Mafia II: Definitive Edition has drawn 38,558 Steam reviews and installs in 50 GB.
Is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition or Mafia II: Definitive Edition better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition rates higher (7.0 to 6.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition or Mafia II: Definitive Edition?
Mafia II: Definitive Edition is cheaper right now at $29.99, against $59.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.