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Games set in a urban environment

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

Grand Theft Auto
action-adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Road Rash
racingWindows XP/98/95
Crazy Taxi
racingWindows XP/98/95
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 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.
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2400 A.D.

DOS19884/5 Origin Systems
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A-Train

DOSMac19924.1/5 Artdink
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Alien Cabal

DOS1997freeware3.9/5 QASoft
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Alley Cat

DOS19844.3/5 Synapse Software
Alley Cat is an arcade platform game designed by Bill Williams, developed by Synapse and released for IBM in 1984. As a cat, your goal is to jump around the neighborhood, enter apartments - each being a mini-game - to find your lost loved one.
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

DOS19934/5 Manley Associates
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APB

DOS19894/5 Atari
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Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
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Bargon Attack

DOS19923.7/5 Coktel Vision
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Batman Returns

DOS19923.9/5 Spirit of discovery
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Batman: the Caped Crusader

DOS19884/5 Special FX
Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure video game released in the late 1980s. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and was available on various home computer systems of that era, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and, of course, DOS. The game was a graphic action-adventure that combine...
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Batman: the Movie

DOS19904.1/5 Ocean Software
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Beneath a Steel Sky

DOS1994freeware4/5 Revolution Software
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Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5 Time Warp Software
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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...
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Blue Force

DOS19934.2/5 Tsunami Media
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Borrowed Time

DOS19853.6/5 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...
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Bouncing Babies

DOS19843.5/5
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Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 Take-Two Interactive
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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.
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Caesar

DOS19923.9/5 Impressions Games
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Caesar 2

DOS19954.2/5 Impressions Games
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
Capitalism 2 is simulation game designed by Trevor Chan, developed by Ensemble Studios and released by UBI Soft in 2001 for Windows and Macintosh. Capitalism 2 is the quintessential capitalistic simulation and involves stock exchange, business management, marketing, etc.
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Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Enlight Software
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Carmageddon

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Stainless Games
Carmageddon was a controversial and violent vehicular combat / car racing game, where the player must compete against a number of computer controlled opponents. Running over pedestrians and damaging opponents cars grant time bonuses and credits to be spent for upgrades.
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Chaos Overlords

Windows XP/98/95Mac1996protected3/5 Stick Man Games
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Chicago 90

DOS19893.8/5 Microids
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Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
Circuit's Edge is a single-player science fiction blend of adventure game and RPG, developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1990. Circuit's Edge is based on George Alec Effinger's cyberpunk novel "When Gravity Fails".
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Cobra Mission

DOS1992NSFW4.1/5 MegaTech Software