List of video games set in New York City
This article lists computer and video games in which a major part of the action takes place in New York City or a fictional city closely based on it.
List of games which feature New York City
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker | 1999 | Arcade/Dreamcast/GameCube/PS2 | |
| 18 Wheels of Steel series | PC | ||
| 25 To Life | 2006 | PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| 50 Cent: Bulletproof | 2008 | PS2/Xbox | |
| Alone in the Dark | 2008 | PC/PS2/PS3/Wii/Xbox 360 | |
| Assassin's Creed III | 2012 | PC/PS3/Wii U/Xbox 360 | During the 18th century, Desmond Miles' ancestor, the Mohawk Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, visited the city. |
| Assassin's Creed Rogue | 2014 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | During the Seven Years' War, Assassin-turned-Templar Shay Cormac visited the city. |
| BioShock Infinite | 2013 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Game's protagionist Booker DeWitt lives in his office on Bowery Street, which appears several times; Manhattan scenery is shown two times. |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 2011 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Set in the near future, with at least two levels involving open warfare in the city, specifically Lower Manhattan. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | 2000 | PC | Featured in the first Allied campaign and the third Soviet campaign missions, as well as a multiplayer/skirmish map. |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | 2008 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Featured in the final Soviet mission. |
| Cruis'n World | 1996 | Arcade/N64 | |
| Crysis 2 | 2011 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Future post-apocalyptic version of New York. |
| Crysis 3 | 2013 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Future post-apocalyptic version of New York. |
| CSI: NY | 2008 | PC | |
| The Darkness | 2007 | PS3/Xbox 360 | |
| The Darkness II | 2012 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | |
| Deep Down | 2015 | PS4 | Set in New York in 2094. |
| Def Jam Vendetta | 2003 | PS2/GameCube | |
| Def Jam: Fight for NY | 2004 | GameCube/PS2/Xbox | |
| Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover | 2006 | PSP | |
| Deus Ex | 2000 | Mac/PC/PS2 | A futuristic New York set in the 2050s which features Battery Park, Hell's Kitchen, and Liberty Island. |
| Die Hard Trilogy | 1996 | PC/PS/Saturn | The third part Die Hard: With a Vengeance, like the film of the same name, was set in New York. |
| Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes | 2014 | Android/iOS/PC/PS3/PS4/PS Vita/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One | |
| Driver aka. Driver: You Are the Wheelman | 1999 | GBC/Mac/PC/PS | Features New York as the final stage alongside Miami, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. |
| Driver: Parallel Lines | 2006 | PC/PS2/Wii/Xbox | Takes place in 1978 and present day 2006 New York City, including all the boroughs except Staten Island and parts of the New Jersey shore. |
| Driver 76 | 2007 | PSP | Handheld version of Driver: Parallel Lines |
| Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project | 2002 | PC | |
| Duke Nukem: Zero Hour | 1999 | N64 | |
| Enslaved: Odyssey to the West | 2010 | PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 | Future post-apocalyptic version of New York. |
| Fahrenheit aka. Indigo Prophecy | 2005 | PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| Fantastic Four | 2005 | GBA/GameCube/PS2/Windows/Xbox | |
| Fighting Force | 1997 | N64/PC/PlayStation | Famous New York City Landmarks such as the World Trade Center can be seen in The Background. Areas such as The Bronx and Central Park are also in Playable levels. |
| Final Fight | 1989 | ||
| Forza Motorsport 2 | 2007 | Xbox 360 | |
| Forza Motorsport 3 | 2009 | Xbox 360 | |
| Freedom Fighters | 2003 | GameCube/PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| Front Mission Evolved | 2010 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | |
| Gargoyles | 1995 | Sega Genesis | |
| Ghostbusters video games | |||
| The Godfather: The Game | 2007 | PC/PS2/PS3/PSP/Wii/Xbox/Xbox 360 | Taking place in New York from 1945–1955. |
| The Godfather II | 2009 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Takes place in the late 1950s and early 1960s in New York City, Miami, and Havana, Cuba. |
| Godzilla: Save the Earth | 2004 | PS2/Xbox | |
| Godzilla: Unleashed | 2007 | PS2/Wii | |
| Gran Turismo 4 | 2004 | PS2 | Features New York as a race track. |
| Gunblade NY Sega Arcade | |||
| Lost in New York | 1992 | Game Boy/Sega Genesis/MS-DOS/NES/SNES | |
| The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | DS/PC/PS2/PS3/Wii/Xbox 360 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | 1992 | MS-DOS, Wii | |
| Left Behind: Eternal Forces | 2006 | PC | Set in an unspecified "near-future" time after the biblical Rapture. |
| Left Behind: Tribulation Forces | 2008 | PC | |
| Left Behind 3: Rise of the Antichrist | |||
| Legendary | 2008 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | |
| Lego Marvel's Avengers | 2016 | 3DS/PC/PS3/PS4/PSVita/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One | |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes | 2013 | DS/3DS/PC/PS3/PS4/PSVita/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One | |
| Mafia 2 | 2010 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Set in the similar fictional city of "Empire Bay". |
| Manhattan Chase | 2005 | PC | |
| Manhunter: New York | 1988 | PC | |
| Max Payne | 2001 | GBA/Mac/PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | 2003 | PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | 2001 | PC/PS2/Xbox | Most of the game is set on the Hudson River; the final fight is set atop Federal Hall. |
| Midnight Club: Street Racing | 2000 | GBA/PS2 | |
| Mike Tyson's Punch-Out | 1987 | NES | Where Little Mac trains betweens fights |
| Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 | 1995 | Arcade/Game Boy/Game Gear/Genesis/Mega Drive/PC/PS1/Saturn/SNES | |
| Mortal Kombat | 2011 | PS3/PSVita/Windows/Xbox 360 | |
| Mystery P.I.: The New York Fortune | PC | ||
| NBA Street Vol. 2 | 2003 | GameCube/PS2/Xbox | |
| N.Y.C. The Big Apple aka. New York City | 1984 | Atari 400/800/XL/C64 | by Russ Segal, Synapse Software, 1984. |
| New York Nights: Success in the City | 2005 | iPhone/iPod touch | Social simulation game developed by Gameloft |
| Outlaw Golf 2 | 2004 | PS2/Xbox | Features a fictitious golf course in Central Park. |
| Parasite Eve | 1998 | PS | Including an extensive secret level set in a heavily-infested Chrysler Building. |
| Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie | 2005 | GBA/GameCube/NDS/PS2/PSP/Windows/Xbox/Xbox 360 | |
| Pilotwings | 1991 | SNES | |
| Project Gotham Racing | 2001 | Xbox | Features many cities with New York as one of them. |
| Project Gotham Racing 3 | 2005 | Xbox 360 | |
| Prototype | 2009 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | The events take place on Manhattan Island. |
| Prototype 2 | 2012 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Fourteen months having passed, the city is now known as New York Zero. The city is split up into three zones. |
| Resistance 3 | 2011 | PS3 | |
| S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team | 1991 | NES | |
| Second Sight | 2004/2005 | GameCube/PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| Shiei no Sona-Nyl: What a Beautiful Memories | 2010 | PC/PSP | The game is set in an alternate-universe version of Manhattan in 1907 which has been deserted and quarantined after an unexplained disaster called the “great disappearance” 5 years prior to the game's events. |
| Sin and Punishment | 2000 | N64/Wii (Virtual Console) | Aichi then places Airan in a dream like state where she imagines she is on a subway in Long Island New York, ten years in the future. |
| Sin & Punishment: Star Successor | 2010 | Wii | Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Earth is He was present when Saki attacked New York City. |
| Smashing Drive | 2000 | Arcade/GameCube/Xbox/GBA | |
| Soldier of Fortune | 2000 | Dreamcast/PS2/Windows | |
| Spawn: Armageddon | 2003 | GameCube/PS2/Xbox | |
| Spider-Man video games | Various Years | Atari 2600/Amstrad CPC, Apple II/C-64/C-16/Atari 8-bit/ZX Spectrum/PC/MS-DOS/Amiga/Atari ST/Genesis/Mega-CD/GB/NES/Sega Master System/Game Gear/Arcade/SNES/32X/PS/N64/GBC/WIN/DreamCast/PS2/GameCube/Xbox/GBA/N-Gage/Mac OS X/NDS/PSP/Wii/Xbox 360/iOS/Android OS/Wii U/PS Vita/N3DS/PS4/Xbox One/Windows Phone 8/Blackberry 10 | |
| Street Fighter III: Third Strike | 1999 | Arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox | |
| Streets of Rage | 1991 | Game Gear/Genesis/Mega Drive/Master System | |
| Syphon Filter | 1999 | PS | |
| Syphon Filter 2 | 2000 | PS | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games | |||
| Tekken 2 | 1997 | PS | The character, Paul Phoenix, had a stage which was set in New York. |
| Tom Clancy's The Division | 2016 | PC/PS4/Xbox One | Mid-crisis version of New York. |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | 2005 | GameCube/PC/PS2/PS3/Wii/Xbox/Xbox 360 | |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | 1999 | Dreamcast/Nintendo 64/PlayStation | A level is set in a Mall in New York. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | 2000 | Dreamcast/iOS/Mac/Nintendo 64/PC/PlayStation/Xbox | |
| Tony Hawk's Underground | 2003 | GameCube/PC/PS2/Xbox | Manhattan is a playable level in the game. |
| Top Spin | 2003 | PC/PS2/Xbox | Includes a tennis tournament in New York. |
| True Crime: New York City | 2005 | GameCube/PC/PS2/Xbox | Noteworthy for featuring a street-accurate recreation of Manhattan with many landmarks as well as the ability to use the New York City Subway and taxis to get around the island. Bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge are present but are blocked off. |
| Turning Point: Fall of Liberty | 2008 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Starts in the city when the Nazis attack the US (set 1940-50) |
| Tycoon City: New York | 2006 | PC | A city-building game where players are tasked with developing Manhattan. |
| Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | 2011 | PS3/PSVita/Xbox 360 | Some stages are set near famous NYC landmarks such as The Statue of Liberty and Manhattan Island. |
| US Racer | PC | ||
| Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption | 2000 | PC | |
| The Warriors | 2005 | PS2/PSP/Xbox | |
| The Wolf Among Us | 2014 | Android/iOS/Mac/PC/PS3/PS4/PS Vita/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One | Set in the fictional borough, Fabletown. |
| World in Conflict | 2007 | PC | A RTS where USSR begins an invasion on US soil starting by attacking New York and taking the Liberty statue. |
| World of Subways Vol. 1 | 2008 | PC | A subway driver Simulator which takes place in the underground of New York City and New Jersey. |
| XIII | 2003 | GameCube/Mac/PC/PS2/Xbox | |
| Yo! Noid | 1990 | NES |
List of games which feature a fictional city closely based on New York City
- Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is set in Gracemeria, based on New York City.
- Crazy Taxi 2, two cities, "Around Apple" and "Small Apple", both somewhat based on New York City
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, includes "Small Apple" from Crazy Taxi 2
- EarthBound, has a city called Fourside, which is also referred as the Big Banana, a parody of the New York's nickname the big apple.
- Final Fight is set in a fictional city called Metro City, which feature areas based on New York City.
- Futurama, in "New New York"
- All set in Liberty City, a New York City look-alike
- Grand Theft Auto (PC, PS, GBC)
- Grand Theft Auto III (PC, PS2, Xbox)
- Grand Theft Auto Advance (GBA)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox), featured one mission in Liberty City
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PlayStation 2, PSP)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- GTA IV: The Lost and Damned (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
- GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Nintendo DS, PSP)
- inFamous is set in Empire City, based on New York City.
- Kingpin: Life of Crime, set in Radio City, a city that resembles New York City in the art-deco era
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox), set in Lost Heaven, a representation of New York City and Chicago in the 1930s
- Mafia II (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), set in Empire Bay, a representation of New York City in the late 1940s
- Mother 3, New Pork City is an obvious parody of the city, for example, it parodies the Empire State Building with the Empire PorkY Building.
- Pokémon Black and White are set in the Unova region, modeled after New York City.
- Sonic series, has a lot of New York parodies.
- Streets of Rage is set in an unnamed city based on New York City; many prominent New York City landmarks, such as the World Trade Center are visible throughout the game and on the European Mega Drive cover of Streets of Rage 3
See also
Other city video game lists
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