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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

  • pandora-directive-04
    Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4/5 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...

  • cobra-mission-1
    DOS1992NSFW4/5 MegaTech Software
  • joensfastlane-1
    DOS19914/5 Sierra On-Line

    Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...

  • home-alone-2-2
    DOS19924/5 Manley Associates
  • apb-5
    DOS19894/5 Atari
  • bass-1
    DOS1994freeware4/5 Revolution Software
  • hillstreetblues-2
    DOS19914/5 Krisalis

    Hill Street Blues is an old DOS "driving" game developed by Krisalis in 1991. The gameplay it's similar to a Grand Theft Auto clone (we're talking about GTA 1 or 2) in which you are the police and you have to apprehend criminals. Hill Street Blues is a rare example of game based on a TV series.

  • industry-giant-2-06
    Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 JoWooD Entertainment
  • sherlockvatican-1
    DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia
  • simcopter-08
    Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Maxis
  • bardstale1-3
    DOS19874/5 Interplay Productions

    The Bard's Tale 1 is the first chapter of a popular first person RPG series by Interplay. You control a group of six adventurers with the task of defeating the evil wizard Mangar the Dark. You will fight monters, explore the city of Skara Brae, solve riddles and guide your party into earning levels, gold and glory.

  • caesar1-4
    DOS19924/5 Impressions Games
  • bloodnet-4
    DOS1993protected4/5 MicroProse Software

    BloodNet is a blend of point & click adventure (it has puzzles and an adventure style dialogue system) and RPG (player statistics, combat, random encounters), set in a dark cyberpunk New York. BloodNet was developed and published by MicroProse software in 1993. You are Ransom Stark who's goal in the game is to defeat a vampire called Van Helsin...

  • bardstale2-3
    DOS19884/5 Interplay Productions
  • syndicatewars-5
    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.

  • softporn-4
    DOS1981freewareNSFW4/5 Sierra On-Line
  • yoot-tower-07
    Windows XP/98/9519994/5 OPeNBooK Co.
  • crime-city-05
    DOS19934/5
  • lesmanley1-1
    DOS1990protected4/5 Accolade
  • tekwar-09
    DOS19954/5 Capstone
  • robocop-3-07
    DOS19924/5 Digital Image Design
  • space-quest-6-05
    DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
  • meanstreets-1
    DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
  • murdersvenice-1
    DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
  • inspectorgadget-1
  • laurabow2-1
    DOSWindows 3.x1992protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
  • baker-street-2
    DOS19863.9/5 Datasoft

    221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.

  • doubledragon-1
    DOS19883.9/5 Technos Japan
  • sam-and-max-01
    DOSWindows XP/98/951993protected3.9/5 LucasArts
  • the-clue-01
    DOS1994freeware3.9/5 neo Software Produktions