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24 games like Mafia III (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Mafia III 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 III: Definitive Edition, which both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric.
- Mafia III is tagged Crime, Open World, Action, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Third Person, Violent, Shooter 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.
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 III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 14 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; published by the same company; 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 II
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Nudity; 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 RichNudityViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGoreShooter
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Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Nudity; published by the same company; released around the same time (2020).
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: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 74% positive of 38,558 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichNudityViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGoreShooter
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third-Person Shooter; published by the same company; 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 RichThird-Person ShooterViolentThird PersonShooterClassicMature
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter; 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 StealthThird PersonShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterMatureStory RichSandbox
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Classic.
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 StealthThird PersonClassicShooterSandboxGreat SoundtrackGoreFPS
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter; 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 StealthThird PersonShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterMatureStory RichSandbox
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Classic; released around the same time (2014).
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 StealthThird PersonClassicGreat SoundtrackShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterSandbox
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 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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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Story Rich and Third Person; released around the same time (2015).
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain at a glance Released 2015 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 92% positive of 107,873 Price $19.99 StealthStory RichThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterShooterSandbox
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Stealth; 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 RichStealthViolentShooterGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Gore and Violent; released around the same time (2017).
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 81% positive of 49,468 Price $39.99 FPSGoreViolentShooterStory RichNudityStealthGreat Soundtrack
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Stealth; 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 RichStealthViolentShooterGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 9 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 PersonCrimeShooterSandboxThird-Person ShooterMatureGreat SoundtrackNudity
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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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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Gore and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
The Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Price $39.99 Story RichGoreThird-Person ShooterThird PersonViolentStealthShooterGreat Soundtrack
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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: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 10 player tags including Crime, Third-Person Shooter and Nudity.
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 CrimeThird-Person ShooterNudityViolentThird PersonMatureStory RichGore
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Just Cause 4 Reloaded
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Sandbox, Third-Person Shooter and Shooter; released around the same time (2018).
Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!
Just Cause 4 Reloaded at a glance Released 2018 Studio Avalanche Studios Player sentiment 62% positive of 32,247 Price Not listed SandboxThird-Person ShooterShooterViolentStory RichGoreThird PersonFPS
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HITMAN 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Violent; released around the same time (2018).
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
HITMAN 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 91% positive of 74,796 Price Not listed StealthThird PersonViolentSandboxGoreShooterThird-Person ShooterGreat Soundtrack
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Sleeping Dogs
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Crime and Sandbox.
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 PersonCrimeSandboxStory RichGreat SoundtrackViolentThird-Person ShooterShooter
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Metro Exodus
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Story Rich and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Metro Exodus at a glance Released 2020 Studio 4A Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 135,440 Price $29.99 FPSStory RichShooterStealthGreat SoundtrackViolentGore
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Far Cry 3
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2012).
Stranded on the Rook Islands as Jason Brody, fight your way through a lawless tropical open world using a powerful arsenal to save your friends and escape the madness of this acclaimed visceral FPS.
Far Cry 3 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Red Storm Entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 133,189 Price $19.99 FPSShooterStealthSandboxStory RichNudity
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Lucius
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Nudity and Third Person; released around the same time (2012).
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 GoreNudityThird PersonStealthMatureViolentStory Rich
Common questions
What game is most like Mafia III?
Mafia III: Definitive Edition, on the evidence we have. It both open world, stealth, 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 III" 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 III. 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.
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.