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Downtown Mafia: Gang Wars

DYNAMICNEXT · 2018-07-25

Steam

CasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 25, 2018 (Linux), Jul 25, 2018 (Mac)

Addictive text-based Mafia MMO RPG where you team up with other players to wage Gang Wars, Turf Wars, Boss Fights, Hire Mercs, Hit-List your enemies, buy weapons, vehicles and equipments, City-based Missions, TOURNAMENTS and much more..

Downtown Mafia: Gang Wars is a 2018 Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 158 reviews).

4
playing now
68%
positive of 158 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 29,058 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1222026-09-15 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
254Jul 2018Aug 2026Jul 2018 — avg 25 · peak 41Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 28Jan 2019 — avg 10 · peak 20Apr 2019 — avg 12 · peak 21Jul 2019 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2019 — avg 10 · peak 22Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 18Apr 2020 — avg 14 · peak 24Jul 2020 — avg 15 · peak 23Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 25Jan 2021 — avg 12 · peak 23Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 19Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 19Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 13Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 14Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 15Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
6%
earned "Neighborhood Muscle"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Hindi

Player tags

PvPRPGCo-opCrimeIndieCasualMMORPGFightingStrategyText-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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