The most popular 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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Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Quantic Dream
Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protected4/5 Access Software
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market

DOS19843.3/5
Borrowed Time

DOS19853.7/5 Interplay Productions

Borrowed Time is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. It was released in 1985 for various platforms, including the Apple Macintosh, Apple II, DOS, and Atari ST. The game is notable for its early use of digitized photos and a noir-style detective narrative.The game's story is set in the 1930s and foll...
The Blues Brothers 2: Jukebox Adventure

DOS19933.8/5 Titus Interactive
Vette!

DOS19894/5 Sphere
The Gene Machine

DOS19963.7/5 Divide by zero
Hillsfar

DOS1989protected3.8/5 Westwood Studios
William Shatner's TekWar

DOS19953.9/5 Capstone
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.
Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Bargon Attack

DOS19923.7/5 Coktel Vision
Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac19894/5 Evryware
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.
Chaos Overlords

Windows XP/98/95Mac1996protected3/5 Stick Man Games
The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 Eldritch Games
The Clue!

DOS1994freeware3.9/5 neo Software Produktions
Ranx: The Video Game

DOS19903.8/5 UBI Soft
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Missions

DOS19914/5 Distinctive Software
Frogger Jr.

DOS19843.6/5
Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
Chicago 90

DOS19893.8/5 Microids
Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue

DOS19923.5/5 Alternative Software
Bouncing Babies

DOS19843.4/5
The Simpsons

DOS19914/5 Konami
Free D.C.!

DOS19913.6/5 Cineplay Interactive
Awesome Earl in SkateRock

DOS19882.5/5
Hill Street Blues

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.
The Godfather

DOS19913.5/5 Creative Materials
Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected4/5 Accolade