Games set in a urban environment sorted by release date

Urban setting games

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  Chaos Overlords

  Windows XP/98/95Mac1996protected3/5 Stick Man Games
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  Free Enterprise

  Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media

  Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.

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  Road Rash

  Windows XP/98/9519964.3/5 Papyrus Design Group

  Road Rash is an abandoned motorcycle racing game developed by Papyrus Design Group and released by Electronic Arts in 1996. Road Rash runs on Windows XP/98/95 but was also published for Amiga, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, 3DO, Game Gear, PlayStation, Saturn, Game Boy. In Road Rash you're a motorcycle racer that needs to win against other racer...

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  SimCopter

  Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Maxis
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  Syndicate Wars

  DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1996protected4/5 Bullfrog

  Syndicate Wars is the sequel to the much acclaimed Syndicate developed by Bullfrog in its golden years. Like its predecessor, Syndicate Wars is a real-time tactics strategy game set in a cyberpunk dystopian world involving excessive violence, mega-corporations, bleak urban environment. Syndicate Wars also supports a multi-player co-op mode via LAN.

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  Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

  Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4.1/5 Access Software

  Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...

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  The Dame Was Loaded

  DOS1996protected4.2/5 Beam Software
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  The Gene Machine

  DOS19963.7/5 Divide by zero
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  The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo

  DOS19964/5 Mythos Software
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  Alien Cabal

  DOS1997freeware3.9/5 QASoft
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  Capitalism Plus

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Enlight Software
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  Carmageddon

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Stainless Games

  Carmageddon was a controversial and violent vehicular combat / car racing game, where the player must compete against a number of computer controlled opponents. Running over pedestrians and damaging opponents cars grant time bonuses and credits to be spent for upgrades.

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  Constructor

  DOS1997protected4.1/5 System 3
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  Grand Theft Auto

  DOSWindows XP/98/9519974.1/5 DMA Design

  In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.

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  Dope Wars

  Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
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  Grand Theft Auto 2

  Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 DMA Design

  Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for Windows. In GTA 2 you are a wannabe criminal roaming the streets of a fictional city, stealing and driving vehicles while escapin...

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  Midtown Madness

  Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 Angel Studios

  Midtown Madness is an abandoned car racing game developed by Angel Studios and released by Microsoft in 1999 for Windows XP/98/95. Midtown Madness gameplay is unique: the setting is the whole (simulated) city of Chicago and the races take place in an open world environment.

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  Omikron: The Nomad Soul

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Quantic Dream
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  SimCity 3000

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Maxis
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  Yoot Tower

  Windows XP/98/9519994/5 OPeNBooK Co.
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  Capitalism 2

  Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios

  Capitalism 2 is simulation game designed by Trevor Chan, developed by Ensemble Studios and released by UBI Soft in 2001 for Windows and Macintosh. Capitalism 2 is the quintessential capitalistic simulation and involves stock exchange, business management, marketing, etc.

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  Crazy Taxi

  Windows XP/98/9520024.2/5 Sega

  Crazy Taxi is an abandoned driving / racing game developed by Sega and released by Activision in 2002 for Windows and other platforms (it's an arcade conversion). Crazy Taxi is set in a city full of potential passengers: get them on your taxi and drive them to various destinations in time.

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  Hooligans: Storm Over Europe

  Windows XP/98/9520024.2/5 DarXabre
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  Industry Giant 2

  Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 JoWooD Entertainment
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  Ghostbusters

  DOS2006remake3.8/5

  Ghostbusters is a abandoned action game based on the 80s hit movie Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters was released in 2006 as a remake of the game of the same name developed by Activision in 1984 for a number of platforms including C64, Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum.