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Mafia II: Definitive Edition
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 46% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 39,271
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- 46% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Viva La Resistenza!” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Home Sweet Home” (Complete Chapter 2): from 100% to 82% of starters.
- 83% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 39,560 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 12.5h for positive, 9.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (83.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Viva La Resistenza! Complete Chapter 1 100%
- Home Sweet Home Complete Chapter 2 Most players quit here 82% −18
- The Price of Oil Complete Chapter 3 70% −12
- Night Shift Complete Chapter 4 66% −4
- Good Spirits Complete Chapter 5 63% −3
- Time Well Spent Complete Chapter 6 62% −1
- Last Respects Complete Chapter 7 60% −1
- The Wild Ones Complete Chapter 8 58% −2
- Man of Honor Complete Chapter 9 55% −3
- Checking Out Complete Chapter 10 53% −2
- Our Good Friend Complete Chapter 11 51% −2
- Chasing the Dragon Complete Chapter 12 50% −1
- Chop Chop! Complete Chapter 13 49%
- Men at Work Complete Chapter 14 46% −3
- Finish Him Finish what you started 45%
- End of the Rainbow Settle the score with the Irish once and for all 46%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (67)
story milestone ending side
- Viva La Resistenza! Complete Chapter 1 100%
- Big Brother Protect Francesca 93%
- Back In Business Do your first job for Mike Bruski 84%
- Home Sweet Home Complete Chapter 2 82%
- He Who Pays The Barber Improve the dockworkers' haircuts 77%
- Collector's Item Find at least one collectible in the game 73%
- The Price of Oil Complete Chapter 3 70%
- Tuned Ride Upgrade one of your cars one level 70%
- The Enforcer Kill 50 enemies 68%
- Night Shift Complete Chapter 4 66%
- Good Spirits Complete Chapter 5 63%
- Get Rich or Die Flyin' Get all wheels of your car in the air for atleast 20 meters and then touch the ground again 63%
- A Lesson In Manners Show that you know how to treat a lady 63%
- Mail Man Sell all the gas stamps before the time runs out 62%
- Time Well Spent Complete Chapter 6 62%
- Last Respects Complete Chapter 7 60%
- The Wild Ones Complete Chapter 8 58%
- Man of Honor Complete Chapter 9 55%
- Hey Joe Clean up after Joe 53%
- Checking Out Complete Chapter 10 53%
- Our Good Friend Complete Chapter 11 51%
- Chasing the Dragon Complete Chapter 12 50%
- Chop Chop! Complete Chapter 13 49%
- The Mafia Never Forgets Pay a visit to an old friend 49%
- Out for Justice Learn what it means to be a Scaletta 48%
- Men at Work Complete Chapter 14 46%
- End of the Rainbow Settle the score with the Irish once and for all 46%
- Finish Him Finish what you started 45%
- Made Man Finish the story on Medium difficulty level or higher 38%
- Sharp Suiter Buy your first luxury suit 36%
- Hairdresser Kill 5 enemies in rapid succession with a headshot 34%
- Proper Scrapper Sell 5 vehicles to Mike Bruski at the scrapyard 32%
- Dream Handling Upgrade one your cars to the maximum level 30%
- Pedal to the Metal Travel at 125mph 26%
- The Professional Obtain the ration stamps without raising the alarm 20%
- A Real Gentleman Help the woman fix her car in Home Sweet Home 14%
- What Witness? Finish the Witness level in "Joe's Adventures." 14%
- Tough Nut Finish the story on Hard difficulty level 13%
- Wake Up Call Help Leo out of a tricky situation without getting caught 13%
- First Step Complete your first mission in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 9.5%
- Stuck Up Rob 5 stores in under 5 minutes 9.4%
- Petrol Head Drive at least 30 different vehicles 7.7%
- Dockyard Discord Finish the Connection level in "Joe's Adventures." 6.5%
- Knucklehead Kill a total of 30 enemies using melee attacks 5.6%
- Ladies' Man Find all of the Playboy magazines 5.5%
- Five Finger Discount Finish the Supermarket level in "Joe's Adventures." 5.3%
- Mind the Goods Finish the Cathouse level in "Joe's Adventures." 4.9%
- Same Shirt Different Day Finish Joe's Adventures on any difficulty. 4.9%
- Exporter Sell 5 vehicles to Derek at the dock 4.8%
- Hard to Kill The police want you dead. Survive for 10 minutes. 4.7%
- Arctic Grave Push the chief witness into the ice lake in "Joe's Adventures." 4.6%
- Faster than Light Achieve a 10x point multiplier in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 4.6%
- Carnapper Finish all Car Dealer missions in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 4.1%
- Sharpshooter Kill 100 enemies by headshots in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 4.1%
- Revenged Finish "Jimmy's Vendetta" on any difficulty level. 4.0%
- Cruise Control Keep any vehicle at 30mpg or over for 5 or more minutes 3.7%
- One Careful Owner Travel a total of 50 miles in one vehicle 3.4%
- Jacked Jumper Reach 200 points for one Jump in "Joe's Adventures." 3.1%
- Card Sharp Find all of the wanted posters 3.0%
- Driftin' Daddy-O Reach 200 points for one Drift in "Joe's Adventures." 3.0%
- Hypersonic Reach 2000 points for one velocity run in "Joe's Adventures." 2.9%
- Armament King Kill your enemies in "Jimmy's Vendetta" with every weapon available in the game. 2.9%
- Fireworker Destroy 100 vehicles in "Jimmy’s Vendetta." 2.9%
- Millionaire Earn 1,000,000 points in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 2.9%
- Jack of all Trades Reach 10 different score actions in one mission in "Joe's Adventures." 2.8%
- Massacre Kill 1,000 enemies in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 2.8%
- Explorer Drive a total of 1,000 miles in vehicles in "Jimmy's Vendetta." 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.