Mafia: The Old Country — okay, so what’s the deal? It’s live on PC and consoles now, and yeah, it’s kinda doing its thing but not exactly blowing up, you know? It’s early days and all, but it feels like it’s lagging a bit behind the previous Mafia games. Kind of like how my dog runs after a car but never quite catches it.
So, this game popped up in August 2024—which, in human years, feels like forever ago—and landed on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and all that jazz right on August 8, 2025. Hangar 13 was at the wheel this time. Got a “Strong” rating over on OpenCritic. Meaning? It’s sitting cool at 77, with folks recommending it 72% of the time. There’s talk they nailed the production quality—just like grandma’s apple pie—but some say it’s playing things a bit too safe. Like, no one’s jumping off cliffs here, you know?
Now, according to some nerdy stats I saw somewhere (sorry, memory’s a bit hazy), on its premiere weekend, it hit about 35,247 folks all going at it together on Steam. That’s fewer people than I saw at the last crazy concert I went to. Oh, good old Mafia 3 was peaking around 48,000 players, back in the day. So, we’re kind of looking at a race where The Old Country’s not leading. Weirdly enough, it was still managing to hang around on Steam’s Top Sellers, right behind those big shot games like Counter-Strike 2 and Battlefield 6. Maybe it’s just timing? Or… I dunno, luck?
Oh, get this, Mafia: The Old Country was supposed to sell like hotcakes—around 186,000 copies zooming out the door, they reckon, in the first 36 hours. And if you squint and tilt your head, you might believe that in the first week it could’ve hit 700,000. Feeling optimistic? I mean, sure, if only a fraction of that happened at the start. Games are a bit like fireworks—you’ve got the big bang at the start and then… well, you’re just left in the dark.
Fast-forward to sales predictions: The PC crowd takes a chunk of the pie usually. Maybe one-third? That’s where The Old Country fits. Steam’s got all the eggs for the PC side. PlayStation’s also chiming in with 4,000 user reviews—nothing compared to Mafia 3’s mountain of feedback. Doing some math (don’t worry, my head hurts too), if these numbers are anything to go by, the PlayStation sales touch around 400,000. Xbox is playing shy with less than 300 reviews.
End game? It’s looking like The Old Country’s shy of the million-sales mark, which is a tiny drop for a series tallying over 35 million in total. Need to break even? Aim for 1.76 million sales to rake in $60 million. Itches a bit, right? Especially when you don’t have the full lowdown on the game’s expenses, like how much they paid the pizza delivery guy.
All signs point to a slow start for Mafia: The Old Country. But, hey, it’s early days, and who knows? Maybe there’s more action waiting around the corner. Just like that one level you can’t quite beat till 2 a.m. And then… boom, you’re through it.
