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.

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Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac OS1989 Evryware

Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected 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 spe...

Noctropolis

DOS1994protected Flashpoint Productions

Crime Wave

DOS1990 Access Software

Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Windows XP/98/951999protected Quantic Dream

Ghostbusters

DOS2006remake

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 C...

221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft

You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...

Chicago 90

DOS1989 Microids

Hillsfar

DOS1989protected Westwood Studios

Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

DOS1988protected Sierra On-Line

Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former ...

Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market

DOS1984

The Gene Machine

DOS1996 Divide by zero

Metropolis

DOS1987 Arcadia Systems

Bargon Attack

DOS1992 Coktel Vision

Imagine stepping into a sci-fi fever dream written during a caffeine crash, and you’ll get Bargon Attack (1992). This French point-and-click adventure is stylish, surreal, and frequently confusing—but in a charming &ld...

The Third Courier

DOS1989 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 198...

Paperboy 2

DOS1991 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 an...

William Shatner's TekWar

DOS1995 Capstone Software

Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protecteddemo Sierra On-Line

Beats of Rage

DOS2003freeware

Beats of Rage is what happens when fans of Streets of Rage decide to stop waiting for Sega and just build their own game—with a side of King of Fighters for flavor. This DOS beat 'em up is so full of punches, kicks, and pixe...

Free D.C.!

DOS1991 Cineplay Interactive

Frogger Jr.

DOS1984

Syndicate

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protecteddemo Bullfrog

Syndicate is a cyberpunk-themed tactical action game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. The game is set in a dystopian future where corporations, called syndicates, have replaced government...

Hoverforce

DOS1990 Astral Software

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected ICOM Simulations

Sam and Max Hit the Road

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo 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 ti...