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.

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List of games which feature New York City

Title Year Platform(s) Notes
18 Wheels of Steel series PC
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker Arcade/Dreamcast/Gamecube/PS2
25 To Life PC/PS2/Xbox
50 Cent: Bulletproof PS2/Xbox
Alone in the Dark 2008 PC/PS2/PS3/Xbox360/Wii
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 Featured in the first Allied mission and the third Soviet mission, as well as a multiplayer/skirmish map
Cruis'n World 1996 Arcade/N64
Crysis 2 2011 PC/PS3/Xbox360
NY PC/Mac
The Darkness PS3/Xbox360
Def Jam Vendetta PS2/GameCube
Def Jam: Fight for NY PS2/Xbox/GameCube
Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover PSP
Deus Ex PC/Mac/PS2 A futuristic New York set in the 2050s which features Battery Park, Hell's Kitchen, and Liberty Island.
Die Hard Trilogy PC/PS/Saturn The third part Die Hard: With a Vengeance, like the film of the same name, was set in New York.
Driver
aka. Driver: You Are the Wheelman
PC/PS/Mac/GBC Features New York as the final stage alongside Miami, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Driver: Parallel Lines PC/PS2/Xbox/Wii 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 PSP Handheld version of Driver: Parallel Lines
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project 2002 PC
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64
Fahrenheit
aka. Indigo Prophecy
2005 PC/PS2/Xbox
Fantastic Four 2005
Fighting Force 1997 Playstation/Nintendo 64 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
Freedom Fighters 2003 PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube
Forza Motorsport 2 Xbox360
Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox360
Gargoyles Sega Genesis
Ghostbusters video games
Gunblade NY Sega Arcade
The Godfather: The Game 2007 PC/PS2/PSP/PS3/Xbox/Xbox360/Wii Taking place in New York from 1945–1955
The Godfather II 2009 PC/PS3/Xbox360 Takes place in the late 1950s and early 1960s in New York City, Miami, and Havana, Cuba
Gran Turismo 4 PS2 Features New York as a race track
Lost in New York Super NES, NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis MS-DOS, Wii
Left Behind: Eternal Forces Set in an unspecified "near-future" time after the biblical Rapture
Left Behind: Tribulation Forces
Left Behind 3: Rise of the Antichrist
Legendary 2008 PC/PS3/Xbox360
Mafia 2 2010 PC
Manhattan Chase PC
Manhunter: New York PC
Max Payne 2001 PC/Mac/PS2/Xbox/GBA/
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 PS2/GBA
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out NES Where Little Mac trains betweens fights
Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1995 Arcade/PC/Mega Drive/Genesis/Saturn/SNES/Game Boy/Game Gear/PS1
Mortal Kombat 2011
Mystery P.I.: The New York Fortune PC
N.Y.C. The Big Apple
aka. New York City
Atari 8-bit home computers/Commodore 64 by Russ Segal, Synapse Software, 1984.
Outlaw Golf 2 PS2/Xbox Features a fictitious golf course in Central Park
Parasite Eve 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
Pilotwings SNES
Project Gotham Racing Xbox Features many cities with New York as one of them.
Project Gotham Racing 3 Xbox360
Prototype 2009 PC/PS3/Xbox360
Resistance 3 2011 PS3
S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team NES
Second Sight PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube
Soldier of Fortune 2000
Smashing Drive 2000 Arcade/GameCub/Xbox/GBA
Spider-Man video games
Spawn: Armageddon 2003 PS2/Xbox/GameCube
Streets of Rage SEGA Mega Drive
Street Fighter III: Third Strike 1999 Arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox
Syphon Filter 1999 PS
Syphon Filter 2 2000 PS
Tekken 2 1997 PS The character, Paul Phoenix, had a stage which was set in New York
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 2005 PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube/Xbox360/DS/PS3/Wii
Top Spin PC/PS2/Xbox Includes a tennis tournament in New York
True Crime: New York City 2005 PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube 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/Xbox360
Tycoon City: New York PC A city-building game where players are tasked with developing Manhattan.
US Racer PC
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.
The Warriors 2005 PS2/PSP/Xbox
Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption PC
XIII PC/PS2/Xbox/GameCube/Mac
Yo! Noid NES

List of games which feature a fictional city closely based on New York City

See also

Other city video game lists