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Mafia cover art

Mafia

Illusion Softworks · 2K · 2002-08-28

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 29, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 12, 2004 (Xbox), Feb 04, 2004 (PlayStation 2)

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 is a 2002 Action, Adventure game priced at $4.94, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 16342 reviews).

59
playing now
88%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (1527 ratings)
67
Nexus mods (131k downloads)
21h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.94
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Mafia is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering of Developers. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in August 2002, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004. Set within the fictional American city of Lost Heaven during the 1930s, the story follows the rise and fall of taxi driver-turned-mobster Tommy Angelo within the Salieri crime family.

Trailer

Mafia trailer thumbnail

MAFIA - Official Teaser | Arun Vijay, Prasanna, Priya Bhavani Shankar | Karthick Naren | Subaskaran

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 59 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 416 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~52/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 654k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,342 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2020-10-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 51 of 92 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25525520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

125162026-09-15 12:00 — 68 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 100 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 98 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 121 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 64 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 119 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 37 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 97 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 78 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 77 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 57 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 48 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 86 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 94 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k1Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 23 · peak 51Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 20Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 69 · peak 197May 2018 — avg 33 · peak 81Oct 2018 — avg 31 · peak 81Mar 2019 — avg 49 · peak 137Aug 2019 — avg 68 · peak 196Jan 2020 — avg 68 · peak 186Jun 2020 — avg 113 · peak 276Nov 2020 — avg 56 · peak 156Apr 2021 — avg 36 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 39 · peak 103Feb 2022 — avg 81 · peak 209Jul 2022 — avg 64 · peak 156Dec 2022 — avg 154 · peak 329May 2023 — avg 93 · peak 204Oct 2023 — avg 86 · peak 204Mar 2024 — avg 89 · peak 218Aug 2024 — avg 104 · peak 286Jan 2025 — avg 89 · peak 221Jun 2025 — avg 71 · peak 168Nov 2025 — avg 65 · peak 170Apr 2026 — avg 62 · peak 165Aug 2026 — avg 74 · peak 178
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.942015-02-182026-10-142015-02-18 — best price $14.952018-01-01 — best price $11.992018-03-28 — best price $10.042018-05-28 — best price $14.992018-08-30 — best price $10.042018-11-15 — best price $10.042019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-02-20 — best price $12.592019-05-27 — best price $14.992019-09-03 — best price $14.242019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-14 — best price $9.362020-02-14 — best price $9.742020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-06-15 — best price $14.992021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-05-10 — best price $14.992021-09-02 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $4.942022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-31 — best price $14.992022-10-20 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-10-17 — best price $14.992024-02-22 — best price $4.942024-06-27 — best price $4.942024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-03-19 — best price $4.942025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $4.942026-04-09 — best price $4.952026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-09-03 — best price $4.952026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $4.952026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9413242026-05-31 — 533 pageviews2026-06-04 — 402 pageviews2026-06-08 — 537 pageviews2026-06-12 — 385 pageviews2026-06-16 — 354 pageviews2026-06-20 — 383 pageviews2026-06-24 — 378 pageviews2026-06-28 — 514 pageviews2026-07-02 — 392 pageviews2026-07-06 — 401 pageviews2026-07-10 — 390 pageviews2026-07-14 — 378 pageviews2026-07-18 — 418 pageviews2026-07-22 — 422 pageviews2026-07-26 — 417 pageviews2026-07-30 — 355 pageviews2026-08-03 — 408 pageviews2026-08-07 — 401 pageviews2026-08-11 — 431 pageviews2026-08-15 — 941 pageviews2026-08-19 — 824 pageviews2026-08-23 — 924 pageviews2026-08-27 — 722 pageviews2026-08-31 — 768 pageviews2026-09-04 — 607 pageviews2026-09-08 — 576 pageviews2026-09-12 — 482 pageviews2026-09-16 — 446 pageviews2026-09-20 — 453 pageviews2026-09-24 — 400 pageviews2026-09-28 — 360 pageviews2026-10-02 — 324 pageviews2026-10-06 — 371 pageviews2026-10-09 — 481 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CrimeActionClassicShooterViolentAdventureDifficultOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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