Mafia: Definitive Edition is an Adventure, Simulation, Open-World, and Single-player video game developed by 2K Games. Throughout the game, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Tommy Angelo, who is a taxi driver in the city of Lost Heaven. The player can explore the city in an open world mode, which features side missions and secrets to discover.

While inspecting the world, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective. The player can cover the large on foot or used vehicles. The game offers a Free Ride mode that allows the player to explore the city at his choice without any mission or certain objectives. Unlike the original game, the game has taxi missions and racing modes with huge rewards.

The player can interact with NPCs that offer side-quests to the player, and he has to complete them at any cost. Dive into the adventure, explore the world, complete missions, use vehicles, and interact with NPCs. The core features of the game are Exploration, Side-Quests, Many Vehicles, and Third-person.