Mafia III

Overview

Mafia III is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K. It was released in October 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, in May 2017 for macOS, and in October 2021 for Google Stadia. It is the sequel to Mafia II and the third installment in the Mafia series. Set within the fictional city of New Bordeaux (based on New Orleans) in 1968, the story follows former criminal and Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay, who is forced to return to a life of crime to help his adoptive family settle problems with the local branch of the Mafia. After the Mafia betray and murder his family, Lincoln embarks on a quest for revenge while slowly building a criminal empire and seizing power from other criminal organizations in the city.

The development of Mafia III began soon after Mafia II's release, but initially had problems. 2K Czech, the developer of the series' first installments, oversaw restructure, with much of the development team assigned to the company's new studio, Hangar 13. After deciding on recreating New Orleans in 1968, the development team drew influence from the series' previous projects, and designed the game around Lincoln to replicate the core structure of its predecessors. Much of the development work constituted the open world's creation, and several team members conducted field research around Louisiana to capture footage for the design team. The game's soundtrack features several licensed songs composed by various musicians who were active during the time period.

Upon release, the game received a mixed reception, with praise directed at its story, characters, setting, darker themes, and soundtrack. Many also praised the combat and driving. However, some of the gameplay mechanics and the presence of technical issues drew criticism. The game was a commercial success, selling seven million copies worldwide. In May 2020, to coincide with the remake of the first Mafia game, 2K Games released a version of Mafia III comprising all downloadable content packs titled Mafia III: Definitive Edition. This Definitive Edition was later included in the Mafia: Trilogy pack, released in September 2020, and in October 2026, it received native ports for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Official trailer

Mafia III - The Heist Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

MAFIA 3 (PS4) - Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 - Prologue (Full Game), Shirrako. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Racing, Adventure

Developer

Hangar 13

Publisher

Take-Two Interactive, Aspyr Media

Series

Mafia

Engine

Fusion Engine

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

18

USK

18

CLASS IND

18

ESRB

M

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies86

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

1

Silver

7

Bronze

77

Total

86

Points

1755

Platinum time

50 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

3

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Deluxe Edition, Collector's Edition

DLC note

Three DLC packs of 10 trophies

Missable trophies

7

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico)

Region note

One list for every region. Voices in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

Yes

Other versions

One list with Mafia III: Definitive Edition on PS4; the PS5 version has its own list

Players with the platinum

4.51%

Missable trophies

• .45 in My Hand
• Family
• I Need a Favor
• IRA Don't Ask
• Just You and Me
• Sure Thing, Boss
• We're in This Together

Grind

• Code 112, the collectible trophy
• Never Saw it Coming, before a time limit

Glitches and fixes

• Baby, You're a Rich Man, Can't Trust a Rat, Closed Casket, Combat Specialist, Family, Flambé, Hole in Your Pocket, Live Another Day, No Loose Ends, Shh, shh, The New Boss and Wrecker can fail unless a playthrough is finished in one session

• Let the Good Times Roll Obtained All Mafia III: Definitive Edition Trophies Platinum 4.51% of players
• Before They Bury You Decided Lincoln's fate Gold 25.57% of players
• Pray on the Way Up You hung Ritchie Doucet from a Ferris wheel Bronze 60.22% of players
• It's a Brave New World You turned the Butcher over to Burke Bronze 45.96% of players
• Fish Gotta Eat You helped Vito capture Michael Grecco Bronze 49.01% of players
• Everyone Will Notice You tossed Derazio out his penthouse window Bronze 33.8% of players
• My Name is Lincoln Clay You jammed a knife through Santangelo's head Bronze 29.37% of players
• Little Late for That You helped Enzo escape Bronze 34.35% of players
• The Poor Sumb**** You killed Judge Holden Bronze 30.76% of players
• Burn Like Napalm Tommy Marcano was burned beyond recognition Silver 29.95% of players
• Certainly Was Exciting You left Olivia Marcano to her fate Silver 30.06% of players
• Yet Here We Are You have avenged Sammy and Ellis Silver 27.59% of players
• Somethin' I've Gotta Do You collected your things from Sammy's Bronze 72.67% of players
• For Old Time's Sake Cassandra agreed to help you kill Marcano Bronze 71.19% of players
• Cut & Run Burke agreed to help you kill Marcano Bronze 53.34% of players
• We Partners Now Vito agreed to help you kill Marcano Bronze 55.89% of players
• Sure Thing, Boss Unlocked all Associates Bronze 36.3% of players
• IRA Don't Ask Completed all of Burke's side-missions Bronze 13.8% of players
• I Need a Favor Completed all of Vito's side-missions Bronze 18.71% of players
• .45 in My Hand Completed all of Cassandra's side-missions Bronze 15.08% of players
• Cash in Hand Saved $150,000 between your wallet and the bank Bronze 20.07% of players
• Baby, You're a Rich Man Earned $500,000 Bronze 17.37% of players
• Racketeer Got the maximum earn from one of your Rackets Bronze 39.66% of players
• We're in This Together Kept all Underbosses alive until "Yet Here We Are" Bronze 24.4% of players
• Just You and Me Kept only one Underboss alive until "Yet Here We Are" Bronze 6.01% of players
• Trust Reached the Loyal state with one Underboss Bronze 24.21% of players
• Family Reached the Loyal state with all three Underbosses Bronze 10.52% of players
• Hole in Your Pocket Spent at least $500,000 Bronze 12.83% of players
• Big Earner Received $10,000 in earn from one Underboss Bronze 7.22% of players
• The New Boss Flipped 16 Racket Bosses Bronze 6.28% of players
• Live Another Day Recruited 15 Racket Informants Bronze 20% of players
• No Loose Ends Killed all of the Racket Bosses Bronze 6.04% of players
• Can't Trust a Rat Killed 15 Racket Informants Bronze 6.96% of players
• Custom 358 Drove at 120 mph or faster for 20 seconds Bronze 27.47% of players
• Testing the Shocks While driving, performed a 50-meter jump and landed on your wheels Bronze 22.13% of players
• New Bordeaux Drifter While driving, drifted for at least 5 seconds Bronze 23.93% of players
• One Good Turn Made a 180 degree turn at high speed without hitting anything Bronze 47.21% of players
• Wrecker Executed 10 Vehicle Takedowns Bronze 27.68% of players
• Combat Specialist Killed 300 enemies via Takedowns Bronze 23.59% of players
• Shh, shh Performed 100 Stealth Takedowns on enemies Bronze 33.43% of players
• Closed Casket Performed 50 Brutal Takedowns Bronze 15% of players
• Softened 'Em Up Completely weakened a racket by killing all of its Enforcers Bronze 63.4% of players
• I'm Goin' In! Attacked a Racket without killing any Enforcers Bronze 21.9% of players
• Standard Communication Grid Wiretapped the Delray Hollow Smack Racket Bronze 65.85% of players
• Recruited to 5th SFG Performed 5 headshots in 5 seconds Bronze 10.49% of players
• Bon Appétit! Fed a body to an alligator Bronze 52.64% of players
• Next Time Swim Faster Got eaten by an alligator Bronze 28.19% of players
• Sending A Message Chained together 3 or more Brutal Takedowns Bronze 15.3% of players
• Code 112 Stole a Police car Bronze 47.65% of players
• Insurance Risk Escaped a Police Zone after being chased for 2 minutes Bronze 47.19% of players
• Never Saw it Coming Killed an enemy within 2 seconds of kicking open a door Bronze 29.23% of players
• Flambé Made 10 enemies kill themselves with their own Molotovs Bronze 8.95% of players
• Real Nice Time You gutted Lou Marcano like a catfish Silver 30.51% of players
• The Connection to Cuba You chased down and killed Frank Pagani Bronze 33.9% of players
• There's a War Goin' On You burned Remy Duvall on a cross Bronze 30.29% of players
• Jesuit in New Mexico You helped Alvarez escape Bronze 30.29% of players
• Another Brother Falls You survived the drive into Sinclair Parish Bronze 29.44% of players
• Kickin' Up Dust You helped MJ and Roxy get the Witnesses free Bronze 28.35% of players
• Ain't Nowhere Safer You captured Slim Beaumont Silver 28.04% of players
• Concerned Citizens You helped Irma, Jeremiah, and Christian Bronze 23.71% of players
• Herbalist Reached the Max Herbalism level Bronze 13.56% of players
• Mr. Green Thumb Fully upgraded the Grow House Bronze 13.19% of players
• That Good Connect Sold a single batch of weed for $10,000 or more Bronze 13.78% of players
• Campaign Strategy Destroyed 10 of Slim's re-election billboards Bronze 10.27% of players
• Danger Close Killed 30 enemies using Proximity Mines Bronze 9.38% of players
• Trap Game Strong Successfully triggered 10 Vehicle Traps Bronze 11.3% of players
• Creature of Habit You investigated the scene Bronze 29.21% of players
• Devotchka You survived the trip to Boicherot's Bronze 26.87% of players
• Big Money You got a hot tip on a loose nuke Bronze 26.38% of players
• Aid and Comfort You helped Donovan end Connor Aldridge Bronze 26.16% of players
• There Are No Dominos You secured the nuke Silver 26.14% of players
• Operation: Deep Sleep Knocked out 30 people with the Dart Gun Bronze 11.14% of players
• Did I Forget Something? Placed an unconscious person in the trunk of a car Bronze 25.45% of players
• Big Fat Party Animal Killed 50 enemies using the Hartmann 7.62mm and wearing the Party Animal outfit Bronze 9.62% of players
• Skip Trace Completed all Bounty Hunting assignments Bronze 21.51% of players
• Spotter Killed 30 Enemies Using Sniper Support Bronze 8.82% of players
• A Little Closure You investigated the cult's activities at Sammy's Bronze 30.26% of players
• Covered in Blood You met Bonnie Harless Bronze 27.75% of players
• Haunted Places Investigated the 3 "Places of Darkness" Bronze 25.39% of players
• …Worse Than Dying You killed Bonnie Harless Silver 24.6% of players
• Barkeep Began Sammy's Renovation Bronze 22.65% of players
• Amateur Bouncer Protected Sammy's from the Dixie Mafia Bronze 20.9% of players
• Pour Sammy! Fully renovated Sammy's Bronze 16.67% of players
• Pop, Pop Killed 4 enemies using Slow-Mo Shooting 10 Times Bronze 8.58% of players
• Blade of Death Killed 20 enemies using Throwing Knives Bronze 14.84% of players
• Street Rocket Drove a distance of 50 km in the Samson Harrier Bronze 11.73% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 42.9 GB

Update patch01.12

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

Three story add-ons came out in 2017 through the season pass. Since May 2020 they come free with the Definitive Edition, a free upgrade for every owner of Mafia III.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
Faster, Baby!	2017-03-28	Story add-on	Free with the Definitive Edition	Yes
Stones Unturned	2017-05-30	Story add-on	Free with the Definitive Edition	Yes
Sign of the Times	2017-07-25	Story add-on	Free with the Definitive Edition	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Mafia III is single-player only and has no online play.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Haden Blackman
Producer	Mike Orenich
Designer	Matthias Worch
Programmer	Laurent Gorga
Artist	David Smith
Writer	William Harms
Composer	Jim Bonney
Composer	Jesse Harlin

Credits

Publisher

Take-Two Interactive, Aspyr Media

Developer

Hangar 13

Director

Haden Blackman

Released

2016-10-07

Age rating

ESRB M

Disc ID

CUSA03652

Region

US

Time to beat

about 22.3 hours