Mafia: The Old Country similar games & best alternatives

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Mafia: The Old Country

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.

What works

  • Engaging and emotional story
  • Beautifully crafted early 1900s sicily setting
  • Strong voice acting and cinematic presentation
  • Solid gunplay and knife fight mechanics
  • Immersive soundtrack and atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear gameplay with limited exploration
  • Short game length and limited replayability
  • Performance issues and optimization problems
  • Some combat and stealth mechanics feel clunky or repetitive
  • Lack of open world freedom and side activities

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga

  • Still Wakes the Deep

  • Mafia II: Definitive Edition

  • The Last of Us™ Part I

  • Ertugrul of Ulukayin

  • Mafia: Definitive Edition

More autonomous

Games that feels like Mafia: The Old Country but with more freedom over how you play

  • Hell is Us

  • Vampyr

  • Days Gone

  • Rise of the Tomb Raider™

  • Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

  • ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY

More exploratory

Games that feels like Mafia: The Old Country but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Resident Evil

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Alone in the Dark

  • Layers of Fear

Less intimate

Games that feels like Mafia: The Old Country but with less focus on close relationships

  • Scars Above

  • The Evil Within

  • Outlast 2

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

  • Bright Memory

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

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Mafia: The Old Country: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Autonomy.

Last update: 21/08/2026