Mafia II 2010

About

On Steam, 93% of 36,585 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 298 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 506 in the last 30 days. Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 16 hours, doing everything about 39 hours. It won the Czech Game of the Year Awards – Czech-language Game.

Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure game set in the fictional American city of Empire Bay between 1945 and 1951. Players control Vito Scaletta through a story-driven campaign involving organized crime, navigating an open world on foot or by vehicle. Gameplay combines shooting, driving, and limited melee combat, with a wanted system that escalates law enforcement response based on criminal activity. The game features era-appropriate vehicles, licensed period music across multiple radio stations, and a cover-based combat system.

Story

In 1943, Sicilian immigrant Vito Scaletta is arrested during a robbery and chooses to enlist in the United States Army rather than serve prison time. After returning home on leave to Empire Bay in 1945, he reunites with childhood friend Joe Barbaro, who has become involved with the city's organized crime families. When Vito learns his late father left the family deeply in debt to a loan shark, he turns to the criminal underworld for work, taking on jobs with Joe and various mob contacts to settle what is owed. After a stint in prison, Vito emerges in 1951 and rises quickly through the ranks of the Falcone crime family alongside Joe, securing the lifestyle he has always wanted. But as tensions mount between the city's rival factions, Vito finds his loyalties tested and his ambitions threatened by forces he cannot control.

What is happening now

Mafia II is a crime-driven action game blending shooting, driving, and adventure gameplay across early 1960s America. Players follow mobsters Vito and Joe through a narrative heavy on consequences and moral compromise. Recent coverage has highlighted the discovery of a cut ending that was restored through a Steam leak. The original conclusion to Vito and Joe's story was apparently darker than what shipped with the game, pushing the already-grim narrative toward an even more brutal finale. The restoration has renewed interest in how the game's developers approached the mobster tale's conclusion.