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.

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Caesar

DOS19924/5 Impressions Games

Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19933.9/5 Stormfront Studios

BloodNet

DOS1993protected3.9/5 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...

The Third Courier

DOS19893.9/5 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.

Alien Cabal

DOS1997freeware3.9/5 QASoft

Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS19873.9/5 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.

Ranx: The Video Game

DOS19903.9/5 UBI Soft

Robocop 3

DOS19923.9/5 Digital Image Design

Tass Times in Tonetown

DOS19863.9/5 Interplay Productions

Hillsfar

DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive

The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure is a video game developed by Titus Interactive and released in 1993. It is a sequel to the original The Blues Brothers game, which was based on the popular 1980 film of the same name. The game was available on several platforms, including the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and PC. The gam...

The Simpsons

DOS19913.8/5 Konami

Batman Returns

DOS19923.8/5 Spirit of discovery

Manhunter: New York

DOS19883.8/5 Evryware

Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 Take-Two Interactive

Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 Enlight Software

The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 Divide by zero

Metropolis

DOS19873.8/5 Arcadia Systems

Sam and Max Hit the Road

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo3.8/5 LucasArts

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...

Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True

DOS19873.8/5 ICOM Simulations

Renegade

DOS19883.8/5 Technos Japan

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.

The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 Eldritch Games

The Scoop

DOS19893.8/5 Telarium

Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software

Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.7/5 Sierra On-Line

Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...