Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- PS3 · PC · X360
- Mode
- Single player
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- None
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- Action
- Fantasy
- Historical
- Stealth
- Sandbox
- Open world
- world war ii - ww2
- exploration
- bloody
- murder
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 82 / 100 · 1,248 players
- Critics
- 73 / 100 · 6 critics
- Developer
- 2K Czech, Massive Bear Studios
- Publisher
- 2K Games, Take-Two Interactive
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.









