9 Best Mafia Games That You Should Know Update 03/2024

Best Mafia Games

So now that all three of the Mafia Trilogy movies are out in their final form, it’s the best time to start watching them. Even though the games are set in an open world, their main goal is to tell a strong story with surprising twists and a powerful narrative.

Also, The Mafia series are historical dramas set in the 1930s, 1940s, and late 1960s, as well as crime games. This is for people who have played the series before and want to play something else while they wait for the new Mafia game to come out.

1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Grand Theft Auto Vice City

Released: 2002

Platform: PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, Android, iOS, and Mac OS

Developer: Rockstar

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002. It is still one of the best mafia video games. The setting in the 1980s, the fully voiced characters, and the music made it one of the best open-world games of all time.

People who like the Mafia series will like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City because it has a good story and a good vibe. It stars Ray Liotta, who played Tommy Vercetti in Goodfellas, as the game’s main character. It was based on movies and TV shows like The Godfather, Scarface, and Miami Vice.

2. The Warriors

Released: 2005

Platform: PS2, PSP, and Xbox

Developer: Rockstar Games

As a fight-em-up game, The Warriors was released in 2005. It’s similar to coin-op games like Streets of Rage, but not as much as the Mafia games. However, if you want a different take on gang war, The Warriors is a great movie with a great story.

Add-on: The story works as an add-on, and it follows the same script as in the film. Because the 1979 movie is known for its fast-paced chase scenes, it gives the characters more time to grow. With most of the original cast reprising their roles from the movie, the voice cast is great. It makes the movie feel more like a real one.

3. The Getaway

The Getaway

Released: 2002

Platform: PS2

Developer: Team Soho

Playstation 2 game The Getaway was a ripoff of Grand Theft Auto. It was based on British gangster movies like Get Carter, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch. It was made in 2002.

The Getaway isn’t like the Grand Theft Auto games that it’s based on. It takes place in modern-day London. People who live in modern-day New York and Los Angeles don’t think the setting is very real. Another thing to keep in mind is that players will also have to deal with rival gangs like the Yardies and Bethan Green Mob.

4. Max Payne 3

Released: 2012

Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, and PC

Developer: Rockstar

It was released in 2012 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Max Payne 3 is a third-person action game that puts players in the shoes of the famous and titular Max Payne again for the second time. When you play Max Payne instead of the Mafia games, you play a completely linear shooter that focuses on character development and keeping the story going.

However, it is very story-based, and many fans have said that the Mafia games should leave the open-world setting and focus more on the story. In terms of how it looks, the game is still good. It’s surprising that it hasn’t been remade or even made backwards compatible on the Xbox Series X/S, because it should have been.

5. Blood & Truth

Blood & Truth

Released: 2019

Platform: PSVR

Developer: London Studio

Released in 2019, Blood & Truth is a first-person shooter that was made for the PlayStation VR only. In this game, you play as a gangster in a movie. It is an on-rails cinematic shooter, so its gameplay is very different from the Mafia games.

However, the story is about London mobsters in the vein of a Guy Ritchie movie or the TV series Gangs of London which would appeal to fans of the story-driven games with narratives that have similar twists and betrayals that are seen in the Mafia series. Some of the “Cockney Geezer” stereotypes and dialogue get old after a while, but the action in Blood & Truth makes it seem like the players are actually in their own action or gangster movie.

6. Sleeping Dogs

Released: 2012

Platform: Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC, and macOS

Developer: United Front Games

First released in 2012, Sleeping Dogs was eventually released as Sleeping Dogs: The Definitive Edition on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014 with improvements to its graphics, framerates, and lighting. The game is still one of the best mafia games out there.

Undercover cop Wei Shen is played by the game. He has become a member of the Triads in Hong Kong. However, many of Shen’s childhood friends are in the Triads, which makes it hard for him to separate work from his heart.

7. Yakuza (2005)

Yakuza (2005)

“Yakuza” was the first game in a long-running series. It was unique because it was set in an Asian open world and because it used the Mafia in a way that was more mainstream than the real thing. The game had some good gameplay mechanics and a good story. However, it is how the game brought attention to a wider representation of crime and a culture that isn’t from the United States that is more important in the long run. In this game, the story of a yakuza who was wrongly imprisoned for a decade and who protects an orphaned girl from the criminal underworld is heartwarming. It makes the case for players to give it a try. With ‘Yakuza Kiwami,’ which is a great modern-generation remake of the game, it has become even easier to play.

8. Mafia III (2016)

Some people might not be happy with how this game on organised crime turned out, but it’s still a great game to play if you like that kind of thing. Lincoln Clay is the main character of the game, and he wants to get rid of the Mafia instead of being a part of it. Because this game doesn’t use a lot of Italian-American stereotypes, the open world is very big.

9. Yakuza 4 (2010)

Yakuza 4 (2010)

In addition to the “Yakuza” games, “Yakuza 4” is special because of how far it goes when it comes to depicting life’s small things. Pachinko is a game that makes us believe in its stories, from real Pachinko simulators to its casinos. This is so intense that by the time we fight corrupt stock traders and even run an economy where garbage is money, we are fully in it. As a bonus, the story is very interesting.