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24 games like Mafia II: Definitive Edition (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Mafia II: Definitive Edition on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Mafia II, which both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric.
- Mafia II: Definitive Edition is tagged Action, Adventure, Crime, Open World, Story Rich, Sexual Content, Nudity, Violent by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are from the same studio: Mafia: Definitive Edition, Mafia III: Definitive Edition.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Mafia II
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 15 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Sexual Content; published by the same company.
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.
Mafia II at a glance Released 2010 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 74% positive of 38,540 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichSexual ContentNudityViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGore
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Hangar 13; both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 13 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Sexual Content; released around the same time (2020).
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: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 87% positive of 110,615 Price $39.99 CrimeStory RichSexual ContentThird-Person ShooterRemakeViolentThird PersonShooter
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Hangar 13; both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; released around the same time (2020).
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.
Mafia III: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,063 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonViolentShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterNudity
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; published by the same company; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Mafia III at a glance Released 2016 Studio Aspyr Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,036 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonViolentShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterNudity
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 11 player tags including Sexual Content, Crime and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2023).
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.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2023 Studio Rockstar Games Player sentiment 80% positive of 16,017 Price $59.99 Sexual ContentCrimeThird-Person ShooterNudityViolentAction-AdventureThird PersonMature
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; published by the same company.
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 II (Classic) at a glance Released 2011 Studio 2K Czech Player sentiment 94% positive of 58,640 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterGreat SoundtrackClassicNudity
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Crime and Violent.
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days at a glance Released 2010 Studio IO Interactive Player sentiment 67% positive of 9,765 Price $9.99 Third-Person ShooterCrimeViolentShooterThird PersonMatureNudityStory Rich
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Mafia
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Crime and 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.
Mafia at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 88% positive of 16,301 Price $14.99 Story RichCrimeClassicGreat SoundtrackThird PersonViolentThird-Person ShooterShooter
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Crime and Shooter.
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.
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City at a glance Released 2010 Studio Rockstar North / Toronto Player sentiment 74% positive of 10,072 Price Not listed Third PersonCrimeShooterThird-Person ShooterMatureGreat SoundtrackNudityStory Rich
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Yakuza 0
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Great Soundtrack and Crime; released around the same time (2018).
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
Yakuza 0 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 95% positive of 77,742 Price Not listed Story RichGreat SoundtrackCrimeViolentMatureSexual ContentThird Person
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Yakuza Kiwami
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Crime and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2019).
SEGA’s critically-acclaimed entry that started a legend. Become Kazuma Kiryu, an up-and-coming yakuza who takes the fall for the murder of a crime boss, only to emerge from prison ten years later to a changed world. Remastered from the ground up, now in 4K and uncapped framerates on PC.
Yakuza Kiwami at a glance Released 2019 Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 23,315 Price Not listed Story RichCrimeGreat SoundtrackViolentThird PersonSexual ContentRemake
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Action-Adventure; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2018 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,978 Price $5.99 Third PersonStory RichAction-AdventureViolentShooterGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Action-Adventure; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Eidos-Montréal Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,994 Price $5.99 Third PersonStory RichAction-AdventureViolentShooterGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Noir, Third-Person Shooter and 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.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne at a glance Released 2003 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 94% positive of 14,615 Price $2.49 NoirThird-Person ShooterClassicStory RichShooterThird PersonGreat SoundtrackCrime
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Max Payne
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Noir, Classic and Third-Person Shooter.
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…
Max Payne at a glance Released 2001 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,818 Price $3.49 NoirClassicThird-Person ShooterStory RichThird PersonShooterGreat SoundtrackCrime
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Sleeping Dogs
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Crime and Story Rich.
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.
Sleeping Dogs at a glance Released Not recorded Studio United Front Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 17,264 Price Not listed Third PersonCrimeStory RichGreat SoundtrackViolentThird-Person ShooterShooter
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L.A. Noire
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Crime, Noir and Story Rich.
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.
L.A. Noire at a glance Released 2011 Studio Team Bondi Player sentiment 86% positive of 36,822 Price $19.99 CrimeNoirStory RichThird PersonMatureNudityThird-Person Shooter
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Resident Evil 3
Why it matched: both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Remake, Third Person and Gore; released around the same time (2020).
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Resident Evil 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 83% positive of 125,534 Price $39.99 RemakeThird PersonGoreThird-Person ShooterViolentStory RichSexual ContentClassic
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Crime; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Watch Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Romania Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,471 Price $49.99 Third PersonShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterMatureStory Rich
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Crime; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Watch_Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,514 Price $49.99 Third PersonShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterMatureStory Rich
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Max Payne 3
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Story Rich and Shooter.
No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.
Max Payne 3 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Rockstar Vancouver Player sentiment 87% positive of 64,035 Price $5.99 Third-Person ShooterStory RichShooterThird PersonNoirGreat SoundtrackViolentNudity
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, crime and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Classic and Great Soundtrack.
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 Third PersonClassicGreat SoundtrackShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterGoreViolent
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Classic and Shooter.
Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 4,890 Price $8.99 Third PersonClassicShooterGreat SoundtrackGoreCrimeThird-Person ShooterStory Rich
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Action-Adventure; published by the same company.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion at a glance Released 2006 Studio 4J Studios Player sentiment 75% positive of 70,052 Price $49.99 Third PersonStory RichAction-AdventureGreat SoundtrackViolentSexual ContentGore
Common questions
What game is most like Mafia II: Definitive Edition?
Mafia II, on the evidence we have. It both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Mafia II: Definitive Edition" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Mafia II: Definitive Edition. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Mafia II: Definitive Edition do?
Mafia: Definitive Edition, Mafia III: Definitive Edition are also from Hangar 13, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.