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Mafia Games in Order
There are four Mafia games: Mafia (2002), Mafia II (2010), Mafia III (2016) and the Sicily-set prequel Mafia: The Old Country (2025). Release order is the intended path; the timeline runs Old Country first, from 1900s Sicily to 1968 New Bordeaux.
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Why this order?
Release order is how the saga was written, and it works: Mafia (2002, or better its 2020 Definitive Edition), Mafia II (2010), Mafia III (2016), then Mafia: The Old Country (2025). Each game is a self-contained crime story in a new city and era, connected by threads and cameos rather than cliffhangers, so you lose nothing structural by jumping in anywhere. What release order preserves is the echoes: the remake of the first game retro-fits nods to II and III, and The Old Country plants a young Salieri decades before he runs Lost Heaven.
The chronological alternative is a clean sweep through the century: The Old Country (1900s Sicily), Mafia (1930s Lost Heaven), Mafia II (1940s and 50s Empire Bay), Mafia III (1968 New Bordeaux). It is a great rewatch order and a defensible first path for prequel-purists, at the cost of meeting the saga's best-known story last-but-one.
About those Definitive Editions, because they are not equivalent: Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020) is a ground-up remake and simply the version to play; Mafia II and III Definitive Editions (2020) are remasters, with III's including its three story DLCs. All three come bundled as Mafia: Trilogy. The Old Country gets its Man of Honor story expansion on August 14, 2026, adding two chapters set in the winter of 1905. No fifth mainline game is announced.
Timeline 2002-2025
Every entry by release year: rows that share a year are a cluster, and the long droughts are called out on the rail.
- 2002 Mafia
- 8-year gap
- 2010 II
- 6-year gap
- 2016 III
- 4-year gap
- 2020 Definitive EditionII: Definitive EditionIII: Definitive Edition
- 5-year gap
- 2025 The Old Country
Where to play it today
- Mafia: Trilogy (all three Definitive Editions) is on PC, PlayStation and Xbox
- Mafia: The Old Country is on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
- The games rotate through sales and subscription catalogs; check current storefronts
Availability changes often and varies by region - links search each platform for Mafia.
Frequently asked questions
How many Mafia games are there?
Four mainline: Mafia (2002), Mafia II (2010), Mafia III (2016) and Mafia: The Old Country (2025). The 2020 Definitive Editions are versions of the first three, not separate entries, and the delisted mobile spinoff Mafia III: Rivals does not count toward the saga.
What order should I play the Mafia games in?
Release order, using the Definitive Editions: Mafia, Mafia II, Mafia III, then The Old Country. Chronological (The Old Country first, as a 1900s prequel) works for timeline purists since every game is a self-contained story.
Is Mafia: The Old Country a prequel?
Yes: it is set in 1900s Sicily, decades before the first game, following Enzo's rise inside a Sicilian family, and it features a young Salieri long before his Lost Heaven era. Its Man of Honor expansion (August 14, 2026) adds two chapters set in winter 1905.
Are the Definitive Editions worth it, and are they all the same?
They are not the same: Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020) is a full remake and the version to play; Mafia II and III Definitive Editions are remasters, with III bundling its three story DLCs. All three ship together as Mafia: Trilogy.
Do the Mafia games share a story?
They share a world more than a plot: each game is a self-contained crime saga in a new city and decade, linked by cameos and consequences (Vito appears in III, the remake nods to both sequels, The Old Country seeds Salieri). You can start anywhere, but release order makes the echoes land.
Is Mafia 5 coming?
Nothing is announced as of mid-2026. The newest content is The Old Country's Man of Honor expansion, dated August 14, 2026.
Last verified · Sources: en.wikipedia.org, Wikidata
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