Overview
Developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K, Mafia: The Old Country is a video game released on August 7, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC. The genres associated with this entry are action, adventure, historical and FPS, in an exclusively single-player experience.
The story takes place in early 1900s Sicily and follows Enzo Favara, a young man whose childhood was marked by poverty and forced labor. His involvement with the Torrisi crime family opens a path into the hidden world of the Cosa Nostra and toward the life he is trying to build.
The Sicilian setting directly distinguishes this installment from the previous Mafia games set in American cities. The environments include urban streets and country roads as well as vineyards, ruins, crypts and more monumental buildings, giving the journey several different faces of early 20th-century Sicily.
The gameplay is presented as a third-person action-adventure centered on Enzo’s journey. Progression combines travel, stealth and combat within a campaign closely tied to his story and gradual integration into the Torrisi family.
Stealth is one of the available approaches. Enzo can surprise his opponents and perform stealth takedowns when a direct confrontation is unnecessary, allowing certain situations to be approached more discreetly.
Close-range combat gives particular importance to bladed weapons. The stiletto is one of the characteristic elements of the period represented and can be used in melee confrontations, particularly in duels where the distance between opponents becomes central.
Firearms complement these possibilities. Pistols, rifles and other period-appropriate weapons allow enemies to be engaged from a distance, including the lupara, a sawed-off shotgun associated with Sicilian criminal imagery.
Travel also reflects the historical setting. Enzo can move through the different environments on horseback, both through streets and rural areas, giving this form of transport a role directly integrated into exploration.
The first automobiles of the 20th century are also used for travel and in certain situations requiring Enzo to reach a location quickly or escape an area. They coexist with horses rather than serving as the sole means of transportation.
This combination allows the game to represent a transitional period in transportation. Dirt roads, cobbled streets and open spaces can therefore be crossed using means of transport directly corresponding to the beginning of the century.
The historical environment is not limited to the scenery. Weapons, vehicles, clothing and other material elements also seek to place Enzo’s criminal activities within early 1900s Sicily, as rival families compete for influence and territory.
The game also retains the series’ emphasis on narrative presentation. Enzo’s journey is presented as a crime drama in which his entry into the Torrisi family forms the center of the story, while the combat and traversal systems accompany this progression.
Mafia: The Old Country uses Unreal Engine 5. This technological change supports the representation of the Sicilian environments, characters and various action sequences of this new period in the series.
The game therefore returns to the historical origins of the organized crime represented throughout Mafia. Rather than directly continuing the chronological evolution of the American cities featured in previous installments, it places its story in Sicily around Enzo Favara and his gradual entry into the Torrisi family.
Key takeaways
- Enzo Favara seeks to escape a life marked by poverty and forced labor by gradually joining the Torrisi crime family.
- The story takes place in early 1900s Sicily, before the American periods represented in the previous installments.
- Gameplay combines third-person action, stealth, firearms and close-range knife combat.
- Travel can take place on horseback or behind the wheel of early 20th-century automobiles.
- The environments notably include countryside, vineyards, ruins, crypts, streets and urban buildings.
- Mafia: The Old Country uses Unreal Engine 5 and remains entirely designed as a single-player experience.
Conclusion
Mafia: The Old Country takes the series back to early 20th-century Sicily and builds its story around Enzo Favara, whose entry into the Torrisi family represents a chance to escape the poverty and forced labor that marked his youth.
This change of period directly influences the gameplay. Horses, early automobiles, period firearms and knife combat accompany an environment where the methods and means of organized crime differ from those represented in later installments.
The Sicilian environments also give the game a distinct identity by alternating between rural areas, streets, vineyards, ruins and buildings connected to the different stages of Enzo’s journey.
Mafia: The Old Country therefore combines its story about the origins of organized crime with an action and stealth experience centered on Enzo Favara’s rise within the Torrisi family.
Good to know
- Mafia: The Old Country was released on August 7, 2025.
- The game was developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K.
- It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC.
- The genres listed in this entry are action, adventure, historical and FPS.
- It features a Single player mode only.
- The game uses Unreal Engine 5.
- The adventure takes place in early 1900s Sicily, with travel possible on horseback and in period automobiles.
