List of video games set in London
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This is a list of video games set in London or fictional cities that closely resemble it.
| Title | Year | Platform(s) | Genre(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero Fighters 3 | 1995 | Arcade/Neo Geo CD | Shoot 'em up | Level 4 is set in London.[1][2] |
| Alice: Madness Returns | 2011 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Horror | |
| Asphalt 7: Heat | 2012 | Android/iOS | Racing | |
| Asphalt 8: Airborne | 2013 | Android/iOS/Windows 8 | Racing | |
| Assassin's Creed Syndicate | 2015 | PC/PS4/Xbox One | Action-adventure | |
| Battlefield 1 | 2016 | PC/PS4/Xbox One | FPS | The final mission during the Friends In High Places story takes place above London, with the River Thames and Westminster being located below the player. |
| Beyond Hanwell[3] | TBA | PC | FPS | Mainly based in the City of Westminster, London. |
| Broken Sword 2 | 1997 | PlayStation/iOS/Android | Point-and-click adventure | A character explores a museum, gets on a Tube train at an abandoned Tube station and takes a trip down the River Thames. |
| Blur | 2010 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | Racing | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2019 | PC/PS4/Xbox One | FPS | Two missions are set in London. The first is the mission Piccadilly, the second being Clean House. |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 2011 | PC/PS3/Xbox 360 | FPS | The player is sent to Canary Wharf to secure cargo stolen by terrorists, the player then chases a Tube train before it derails. |
| City Run London: Winter 1545 | 2016 | iOS/Android | Adventure | City Run London is a rescue adventure through the eight gate-towers along London Wall. With a bittersweet cast of characters and smoky soundscape bridging then and now, this game offers a time travel immersion inside a comic book aesthetic. |
| Civilization series | 1991–present | Strategy | London appears as part of the English civilisation in all of the games. | |
| Clock Tower 3 | 2003 | PS2 | Horror | |
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | 2007 | Mac OS X[citation needed]/Mobile[citation needed]/Windows/Xbox 360 | Strategy | |
| Crisis Zone | 1999 | Arcade/PlayStation 2 | Light gun shooter | |
| Cruis'n World | 1996 | Arcade/N64 | Racing | |
| Dead Heat | 2010 | Arcade | Racing | Arcade game set in multiple places, including London.[4] |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | 2016 | PS4 | Action-adventure | |
| Europe Racer | 2002 | PC/PS1 | Racing | |
| Excitebike: World Rally | 2010 | Wii (WiiWare) | Racing | Features tracks set in London. |
| Gangs of London | 2006 | PSP | Action-adventure | |
| The Getaway | 2002 | PS2 | Action-adventure | |
| The Getaway: Black Monday | 2004 | PS2 | Action-adventure | |
| Gran Turismo 5 Prologue | 2006 | PS3 | Racing | Has a London track, with certain landmarks. |
| Gran Turismo 5 | 2010 | PS3 | Racing | Has a London track, with certain landmarks. |
| Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 | 1999 | DOS, Windows, PlayStation | Action-adventure | Mission pack for the game Grand Theft Auto. |
| Hampstead | 1984 | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, iOS | Adventure | Game set in London suburb Hampstead. Initially released for Commodore 64 then ported to iOS in 2014. |
| Hellgate: London | 2007 | Windows | RPG | This is a post-apocalyptic version of London. |
| The Italian Job | 2001 | PS1/PC | Racing | |
| Killing Floor | 2009 | PC | FPS | |
| Legendary | 2008 | Xbox 360/PS3/PC | FPS | |
| London Racer | 2000 | PS1/PC | Racing | |
| London Racer II | 2002 | PS2 | Racing | |
| London Racer: Destruction Madness | 2002 | PS1/PC | Racing | |
| London Racer: Police Madness | 2002 | PS1/PC | Racing | |
| Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | 2011 | Wii/3DS | Sports | |
| Mario Kart Tour | 2019 | iOS/Android | Racing | Three race courses set in London, titled London Loop 1–3, appear in the game. |
| Mass Effect 3 | 2012 | PC/Xbox 360/PS3/Wii U | RPG | |
| Medievil 2 | 2000 | PlayStation | Action-adventure | |
| Metropolis Street Racer | 2000 | Dreamcast | Racing | |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator (all versions) | 1982- | PC | Simulation | |
| Midnight Club: Street Racing | 2000 | PS2 | Racing | |
| Midtown Madness 2 | 2000 | PC | Racing | |
| Need for Speed: Shift | 2009 | Win/PS3/Xbox360 | Racing | |
| Nightmare Creatures | 1998 | PS1/N64 | Horror | |
| Ninja Gaiden 3 | 2012 | PS3/360 | Action-adventure | |
| Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge | 2012 | Wii U | Action-adventure | |
| Nioh | 2017 | PS4 | Action-adventure | The beginning of the game is set in Tower of London. The majority of the game is set in Japan. |
| The Order: 1886 | 2015 | PS4 | Action-adventure | Set in Victorian London in an alternate timeline. |
| Project Gotham Racing | 2001 | Xbox | Racing | |
| Project Gotham Racing 3 | 2005 | Xbox 360 | Racing | |
| Project Gotham Racing 4 | 2007 | Xbox 360 | Racing | |
| Project Gotham Racing Mobile | 2007 | Mobile | Racing | |
| Resistance: Fall of Man | 2007 | PS3 | FPS | Some levels are set in an alternate-history London. |
| Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments | 2014 | PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC | Adventure | Part of the Sherlock Holmes series of video games, all based in London. |
| Shift 2: Unleashed | 2011 | Win/PS3/Xbox360 | Racing | |
| Shikkoku no Sharnoth: What a Beautiful Tomorrow | 2008 | Visual novel | Set in an alternate-universe version of early 20th century London and features some historical figures as major characters. | |
| Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette | 2000 | Arcade, PlayStation 2 | Shooter | |
| Sim City 3000 | 1999 | PC | Simulator | Includes both the complete city and the terrain set. |
| Sim City 4 | 2003 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Mac OS X | Simulator | Includes a terrain set for the London area, but the city itself is only partly created.[5] |
| Streets of London | 1983 | Commodore 64 | Text-adventure | |
| The Chaos Engine | 1993 | Amiga, Atari ST, PC, CD32, Mega Drive, SNES, Mac | Run and gun | Set in Victorian London in an alternate timeline. |
| Thrasher: Skate and Destroy | 1999 | PlayStation | Sports | Includes a level based on South Bank in London. |
| Tomb Raider 3 | 1998 | PC, PlayStation | Action-adventure | Lara Croft visits four London areas in the game, including St Paul's Cathedral, Aldwych station, the Natural History Museum and the City of London itself. |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002 | Xbox, PlayStation, PS2, GameCube, Windows, Mac OS X | Sports | London is a playable level which it is based on the area of Trafalgar Square. The PlayStation version also features a level called "London Sewers". |
| Top Gear: Dare Devil | 2000 | PS1/PC[6] | Racing | |
| Uncharted 3 | 2011 | PS3 | Action-adventure | The earlier levels of the game are set in a London public house, several backstreets, an abandoned warehouse area which overlooks St Paul's Cathedral and The Gherkin, the London Underground, and several fictional underground tube stations, as well as a fictional series of tunnels under the city itself that house the secret library of T. E. Lawrence. |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption | 2000 | PC | Action RPG | Parts of the story are set in different cities, including London. |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2020 | PC/PS4/Xbox One | Action-adventure | Open world action game set in a fictionalized near future depiction of London. |
| Werewolves of London | 1989 | ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 | Action-adventure | Mastertronic-published game where players assume the role of a werewolf who must kill all the members of the family who have cursed him. Locations include Hyde Park and the London Underground.[7] |
| Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 | Action-adventure | Features Nazi alternate history version of London in some levels. | |
| ZombiU | 2012 | Wii U | Horror | Post-zombie apocalypse survival horror set in London. |
| Vampyr | 2018 | Pc, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Action RPG | Play as a vampire in Victorian London. |
| The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures | 2015 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS | Visual Novel | A lawyer who pursuing the truth about London's crime events and even bigger dark secret of London. |
| The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve | 2017 | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS | Visual Novel | The sequel of The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. |
