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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| 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 |
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