Mafia (video game)

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

This article is about the 2002 video game. For the 2020 remake of the game, see Mafia: Definitive Edition. For the video game series, see Mafia (series).
Mafia
Developer(s)Illusion Softworks
Publisher(s)Gathering of Developers
Director(s)
Producer(s)Lukáš Kuře
Programmer(s)Dan Doležel
Artist(s)Pavel Čížek
Writer(s)Daniel Vávra
Composer(s)Vladimír Šimůnek
SeriesMafia
Platform(s)
Release
August 29, 2002
  • Windows
    • NA: August 29, 2002
    • EU: September 6, 2002
    PlayStation 2
    • NA/UK: February 4, 2004
    • EU: February 13, 2004
    Xbox
    • NA: March 12, 2004
    • UK: March 26, 2004
    • EU: April 2, 2004
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Mafia received critical acclaim for the Windows version, with critics praising the game for its complex narrative and realism, while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions both received mixed reviews. A sequel, Mafia II by 2K Czech, was released in August 2010, and a third game, Mafia III by Hangar 13, was released in October 2016. A remake of the game, Mafia: Definitive Edition, also developed by Hangar 13, was released in September 2020.

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