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The best urban setting games

There are a lot of games that take place in urban environments. Cities from any epoch (both ancient and modern) were often used as the setting, or even for the purpose, for any kind of game: simulation, strategy, action, etc. Think about a medieval town, an ancient city, a modern metropolis, a futuristic megalopolis; you can bet that someone used one of these as the setting of a successful game.

Most popular urban setting games

Crazy Taxi
racingWindows XP/98/95
Road Rash
racingWindows XP/98/95
Grand Theft Auto
action-adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95

Urban setting games

  • simcity-6
    DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/951989protected4.1/5 Maxis

    SimCity (or SimCity Classic) is a popular city building simulation in which you, the mayor of a city, have to build a metropolis from the ground up. You can build police and fire departments, assign industrial, residential or commercial areas, manage power distribution, build ports and airports. Grow your city from village to metropolis and try to ...

  • sim-tower-5
    Windows 3.x19944.1/5 OPeNBooK Co.

    SimTower is an old Windows 3.x (1994) building and business simulation game where the player is tasked with the management of a skyscraper nonetheless. Raise floors, build apartments, shops, offices and try to avoid bankruptcy if you can. SimTower spawned some similar games for mobile devices, most notably the wonderful Tiny Tower, It's surprisingl...

  • lesmanley2-1
    DOS1991protected4.1/5 Accolade
  • gta1-6
    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.

  • syndicate-5
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 Bullfrog
  • zakmckracken-1
    DOS1988protected4.1/5 LucasArts
  • omikron-00
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Quantic Dream
  • sherlock-holmes-consulting-detective-07
    Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 ICOM Simulations
  • noctropolis-05
    DOS1994protected4.1/5 Flashpoint Productions
  • policequest2-2
    DOS1988protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
  • risedragon-1
    DOS19904.1/5 Dynamix
  • deja-vu-2-2
    DOS19904.1/5 ICOM Simulations
  • murder-club-01
    DOSWindows XP/98/9519914.1/5 Riverhill Soft
  • paperboy-4
    DOS19884.1/5 Atari

    Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...

  • bad-dudes-02
    DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
  • atrain-1
    DOSMac19924.1/5 Artdink
  • vette-5
    DOS19894.1/5 Sphere
  • the-third-courier-5
    DOS19894.1/5 Manley Associates

    The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.

  • an-american-tail-west-02
    DOS19934.1/5 Manley Associates
  • martianmemo-2
    DOS1991protected4/5 Access Software
  • paperboy2-05
    DOS19914/5 Tengen

    Paperboy 2 is the sequel to the much acclaimed coin-op arcade hit Paperboy in which you have to deliver newspapers to subscribers while avoiding every kind of obstacle. Paperboy 2 is an isometric action game developed by Tengen and was released by Mindscape in 1991 for a number of platform. The DOS version of the game is abandoned.

  • eagleeyemystlondon-4
    DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
  • dreamweb-hotel1
    DOS1994freeware4/5 Creative reality

    Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the peculiarities of this game. Dreamweb was developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive for DOS in 1...

  • corruption-0002
    DOS19884/5 Magnetic Scrolls
  • circuitsedge-2
    DOS19904/5 Westwood Studios

    Circuit's Edge is a single-player science fiction blend of adventure game and RPG, developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1990. Circuit's Edge is based on George Alec Effinger's cyberpunk novel "When Gravity Fails".

  • deja-vu-1-4
    DOS19874/5 ICOM Simulations
  • simcity3000-03
    Windows XP/98/951999protected4/5 Maxis
  • quarantine-4
    DOS19944/5 Imagexcel

    Quarantine is a futuristic racing/driving game released by GameTek in 1994 for DOS. Quarantine is set in a dark dystopian futuristic city where the player drives around in a taxi cab, picking up passengers and killing everyone else. If you loved Carmageddon, you will also like Quarantine. Stay away if you don't like gratuitous violence, gore and bl...

  • sherlock-rose-tattoo-04
  • 2400ad-4
    DOS19884/5 Origin Systems