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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 007 Racing | 2000 | PS | Several missions take place in the city. |
| 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 | 2005 | 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. |
| Battlefield 3 | 2011 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | |
| BioShock Infinite | 2013 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Game's protagionist Booker DeWitt lives in his office on the Bowery, 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. The game even predicted the September 11 attacks by removing the twin towers from the background (due to data issues), claiming they were destroyed by terrorists. |
| 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 2.0 | 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 | |
| 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 to 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 | |||
| Home Alone 2: 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 | |
| Later Alligator | 2019 | PC/Nintendo Switch | Set in the parodical "Alligator New York City" |
| 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 | Includes the fictional Stark/Avengers Tower. |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes | 2013 | DS/3DS/PC/PS3/PS4/PSVita/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One | Includes landmarks such as Grand Central Station, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty and Central Park, and the fictional Baxter Building, Daily Bugle, Oscorp, The Raft and Stark Tower, Times Square. |
| Manhattan Chase | 2005 | PC | |
| Manhunter: New York | 1988 | PC | |
| Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite | 2017 | PC/PS4/Xbox One | In the game's story, New York City is merged with Metro City from Final Fight to become "New Metro City". |
| Mario Bros. | 1983 | Arcade | Takes place in the sewers of New York City. |
| Mario Kart Tour | 2019 | Android/iOS | There are 4 race tracks set in New York City, under the title "New York Minute" 1 through 4. |
| 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 National Memorial. |
| Mickey's Speedway USA | 2000 | N64 | Features New York City as a race track. |
| 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[ citation needed ] | 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 | 1990 | SNES | The "Little States" level features small-scale versions of multiple American cities and landmarks, including New York City. |
| 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 | |
| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi | 1990 | Genesis | Part of the Shinobi series. Set in a dystopian New York where evil ninjas overrun the city. |
| 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.[ citation needed ] |
| Sin and Punishment | 2000 | N64/Wii (Virtual Console) | Achi 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.[ citation needed ] |
| Sin & Punishment: Star Successor | 2010 | Wii | A flashback shows that the game's main protagonist, Isa Jo, was present when his father Saki attacked New York City.[ citation needed ] |
| Smashing Drive | 2000 | Arcade/GameCube/Xbox/GBA | |
| Soldier of Fortune | 2000 | Dreamcast/PS2/Windows | |
| Spawn: Armageddon | 2003 | GameCube/PS2/Xbox | [ citation needed ] |
| 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/PS5/Xbox One/Windows Phone 8/Blackberry 10 | |
| Street Fighter III: Third Strike | 1999 | Arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox | Multiple stages in the game are set in New York City, most prominently those of Alex, a New York native. |
| Syphon Filter | 1999 | PS | [ citation needed ] |
| 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 as a playground for online multiplayer matches. It features many New York landmarks. |
| 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 Eastern US Coast (set 1940-1953) |
| Twisted Metal 2 | 1996 | PlayStation | Features a stage taking place on the rooftops of skyscrapers in NYC, some of which can be entered. |
| 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 | [ citation needed ] | |
| Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption | 2000 | PC | |
| The Warriors | 2005 | PS2/PSP/Xbox | Set in Coney Island and Tremont. |
| 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. |
| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017-2018 | Nintendo Switch/PC/PS4/Xbox One | |
| 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 |
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