Is Mafia: Definitive Edition Worth It in 2026?

Overview

About Mafia: Definitive Edition

Re-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era of organized crime. After a run-in with the mob, cab driver Tommy Angelo is thrust into a deadly underworld. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri crime family, Tommy soon finds that the rewards are too big to ignore.

Story setup

The city of Lost Heaven got hit hard by The Great Depression, and the advent of Prohibition in America means lucrative business opportunities for mobsters. The Salieri and Morello crime families vie for control over Lost Heaven, even as its few honest policemen scramble to maintain order. Thomas Angelo's humble life as a hard-working taxi driver is forever changed after a fateful run-in with the Italian Mafia.

Reference

At a glance

Released: September 25, 2020
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Action
Play modes: Single Player
Age rating: ESRB M
Time to beat: ~11 hours

Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for Mafia: Definitive Edition.

Typical: 11hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist: 32hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 13 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Mafia: Definitive Edition offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Mafia: Definitive Edition. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+

CEROZ

Crime
Violence

CLASS_IND18

ESRBM

Blood
Drug Reference
Intense Violence
Sexual Themes
Sexual Content
Suggestive Themes
Strong Language

GRAC19+

Language
Crime, Anti-Social
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug
Sexuality
Violence

PEGI18

Violence
Bad Language

Violence is a strong component of the gameplay, with the player witnessing and engaging in a wide variety of violent acts. These run from beating people to death with baseball bats and tyre irons to gun fights with enemy families. Examples of the strongest violence include a scene in which a man, who is hanging by his wrists, is beaten for information before being executed, and a scene in which mobsters open fire on a restaurant full of innocent diners, killing them all before destroying the place with explosives. Strong language occurs throughout, including 'motherfucker' and 'fuck'. There is also milder bad language, including 'bitch', 'dick' and 'shit'.

USK18

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