Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (80%); after 35h it's 1 in 4 (26%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Before They Bury You” (Decided Lincoln's fate): only 30% of starters get there.
- Only 69% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 65,040 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 28.2h for positive, 11.3h 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 (68.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Before They Bury You Decided Lincoln's fate Most players quit here 30% −70
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (85)
story milestone ending side
- Somethin' I've Gotta Do You collected your things from Sammy's 100%
- For Old Time's Sake Cassandra agreed to help you kill Marcano 98%
- Standard Communication Grid Wiretapped the Delray Hollow Smack Racket 91%
- Softened 'Em Up Completely weakened a Racket by killing all of its Enforcers 88%
- Pray on the Way Up You hung Ritchie Doucet from a Ferris wheel 84%
- We Partners Now Vito agreed to help you kill Marcano 78%
- Cut & Run Burke agreed to help you kill Marcano 74%
- One Good Turn Made a 180 degree turn at high speed without hitting anything 71%
- Fish Gotta Eat You helped Vito capture Michael Grecco 70%
- Code 112 Stole a Police car 65%
- Insurance Risk Escaped a Police Zone after being chased for 2 minutes 65%
- It's a Brave New World You turned the Butcher over to Burke 65%
- Bon Appétit! Fed a body to an alligator 60%
- Racketeer Got the maximum earn from one of your Rackets 54%
- Sure Thing, Boss Unlocked all Associates 50%
- Little Late for That You helped Enzo escape 46%
- Everyone Will Notice You tossed Derazio out his penthouse window 46%
- The Connection to Cuba You chased down and killed Frank Pagani 46%
- Never Saw it Coming Killed an enemy within 2 seconds of kicking open a door 43%
- Wrecker Executed 10 Vehicle Takedowns 42%
- The Poor Sumb**** You killed Judge Holden 41%
- Real Nice Time You gutted Lou Marcano like a catfish 41%
- Jesuit in New Mexico You helped Alvarez escape 40%
- There's a War Goin' On You burned Remy Duvall on a cross 40%
- Certainly Was Exciting You left Olivia Marcano to her fate 40%
- Burn Like Napalm Tommy Marcano was burned beyond recognition 39%
- My Name is Lincoln Clay You jammed a knife through Santangelo's head 39%
- Testing the Shocks While driving, performed a 50-meter jump and landed on your wheels 36%
- Yet Here We Are You have avenged Sammy and Ellis 36%
- Custom 358 Drove at 120 mph or faster for 20 seconds 34%
- A Little Closure You investigated the cult's activities at Sammy's 33%
- Creature of Habit You investigated the scene 32%
- We're in This Together Kept all Underbosses alive until "Yet Here We Are" 31%
- Cash in Hand Saved $150,000 between your wallet and the bank 31%
- Trust Reached the Loyal state with one Underboss 31%
- Covered in Blood You met Bonnie Harless 31%
- Another Brother Falls You survived the drive into Sinclair Parish 30%
- Before They Bury You Decided Lincoln's fate 30%
- New Bordeaux Drifter While driving, drifted for at least 5 seconds 30%
- Devotchka You survived the trip to Boicherot's 29%
- Kickin' Up Dust You helped MJ and Roxy get the Witnesses free 29%
- Ain't Nowhere Safer You captured Slim Beaumont 29%
- Big Money You got a hot tip on a loose nuke 29%
- Aid and Comfort You helped Donovan end Connor Aldridge 28%
- There Are No Dominos You secured the nuke 28%
- Did I Forget Something? Placed an unconscious person in the trunk of a car 28%
- Live Another Day Recruited 15 Racket Informants 27%
- Haunted Places Investigated the 3 "Places of Darkness" 27%
- …Worse Than Dying You killed Bonnie Harless 25%
- Shh, shh Performed 100 Stealth Takedowns on enemies 25%
- Next Time Swim Faster Got eaten by an alligator 24%
- Barkeep Began Sammy's Renovation 23%
- Skip Trace Completed all Bounty Hunting assignments 22%
- I Need a Favor Completed all of Vito's side-missions 22%
- Concerned Citizens You helped Irma, Jeremiah, and Christian 22%
- Amateur Bouncer Protected Sammy's from the Dixie Mafia 22%
- I'm Goin' In! Attacked a Racket without killing any Enforcers 20%
- Recruited to 5th SFG Performed 5 headshots in 5 seconds 18%
- Pour Sammy! Fully renovated Sammy's 16%
- .45 in My Hand Completed all of Cassandra's side-missions 15%
- Combat Specialist Killed 300 enemies using Takedowns 15%
- Baby, You're a Rich Man Earned $500,000 14%
- IRA Don't Ask Completed all of Burke's side-missions 13%
- Hole in Your Pocket Spent at least $500,000 11%
- That Good Connect Sold a single batch of weed for $10,000 or more 8.6%
- Herbalist Reached the Max Herbalism level 8.3%
- Sending A Message Chained together 3 or more Brutal Takedowns 8.2%
- Blade of Death Killed 20 enemies using Throwing Knives 8.2%
- Mr. Green Thumb Fully upgraded the Grow House 7.7%
- Family Reached the Loyal state with all three Underbosses 6.0%
- Big Earner Received $10,000 in earn from one Underboss 5.8%
- Closed Casket Performed 50 Brutal Takedowns 5.8%
- Flambé Made 10 enemies kill themselves with their own Molotovs 4.9%
- Trap Game Strong Successfully triggered 10 Vehicle Traps 4.7%
- The New Boss Flipped 16 Racket Bosses 3.9%
- Can't Trust a Rat Killed 15 Racket Informants 3.9%
- Operation: Deep Sleep Knocked out 30 people with the Dart Gun 3.6%
- Street Rocket Drove a distance of 50 km in the Samson Harrier 3.6%
- Pop, Pop Killed 4 enemies using Slow-Mo Shooting 10 Times 3.5%
- Just You and Me Kept only one Underboss alive until "Yet Here We Are" 3.1%
- No Loose Ends Killed all of the Racket Bosses 3.1%
- Campaign Strategy Destroyed 10 of Slim's re-election billboards 2.9%
- Big Fat Party Animal Killed 50 enemies using the Hartmann 7.62mm and wearing the Party Animal outfit 2.9%
- Danger Close Killed 30 enemies using Proximity Mines 2.8%
- Spotter Killed 30 Enemies Using Sniper Support 2.6%