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 applications

Grand Theft Auto

action-adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95

Road Rash

racingWindows XP/98/95

Crazy Taxi

racingWindows XP/98/95

Urban setting applications

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Murders in Venice

DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
SimCopter

Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Maxis
BloodNet

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...
Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Clue!

DOS1994freeware3.9/5 neo Software Produktions
William Shatner's TekWar

DOS19953.9/5 Capstone
Shinobi

DOS19893.9/5 Sega
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19933.9/5 Stormfront Studios
Robocop 3

DOS19923.9/5 Digital Image Design
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protected3.9/5 Sierra On-Line
Batman Returns

DOS19923.9/5 Spirit of discovery
Alien Cabal

DOS1997freeware3.9/5 QASoft
Bureaucracy

DOSMac19873.9/5 Infocom

Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.
Tass Times in Tonetown

DOS19863.9/5 Interplay Productions
The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive
Hillsfar

DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
Chicago 90

DOS19893.8/5 Microids
Ghostbusters 2

DOS19893.8/5 Dynamix

Ghostbusters 2 is an abandoned action game based on the movie of the same name, set in New York. Ghostbusters 2 was developed by Dynamix and released by Activision in 1989. It's part of a series of games based on the popular Ghostbuster franchise, being the olny one developed for DOS.
Metropolis

DOS19873.8/5 Arcadia Systems
Manhunter: New York

DOS19883.8/5 Evryware
Renegade

DOS19883.8/5 Technos Japan
Ranx: The Video Game

DOS19903.8/5 UBI Soft
Crime Wave

DOS19903.8/5 Access Software
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.
The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 Eldritch Games
Bureau 13

DOS19953.7/5 Take-Two Interactive
The Gene Machine

DOS19963.7/5 Divide by zero
Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software
Bargon Attack

DOS19923.7/5 Coktel Vision
Predator 2

DOS19913.7/5 Arc Developments