Games with a great city setting - an IFDB Poll
by penguincascadia
RSS FeedI'm looking for games that attempt (with at least some success) to portray a large city setting that the player can explore and interact with to at least some depth. Games like Gotomomi, City of Secrets, and A Mind Forever Voyaging are some examples of what I'm looking for. Bonus for letting the player explore very large areas, changes over time, a transit system, detailed interactive NPCs, and a deep environment.
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| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short 10 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --penguincascadia... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --prevtenet... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --tekket... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Elizabeth DeCoste... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Pedestr!an... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --aluminumoxynitride... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone...  Vote for this game | |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry 6 votes "Had an "open world" feel the first time I played it" [+]"Had an "open world" feel the first time I played it: Even though the game does progress through a series of events over three days, and even though the backdrop is a backwater coastal town and probably not the kind of city you might have had in mind, it's fun to go back and see what changes over time." ( - Full review) --mjhayes... "A classic" [+]"A classic" --Simon Deimel... (No comment) [+](No comment) --penguincascadia... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --tekket... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --aluminumoxynitride... Vote for this game | |
| Dangerous Curves, by Irene Callaci 6 votes "Big city detective" [+]"Big city detective: There's a lot to do in the city." --Lance Cirone... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --penguincascadia... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DAB... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) --aluminumoxynitride... Vote for this game | |
| The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher 5 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Teaspoon... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --tekket... Vote for this game | |
| City of Secrets, by Emily Short 4 votes "Accidental Pivotal Character" [+]"Accidental Pivotal Character: The player character finds himself in this kind of situation in a map that expands just enough to feel like you're making progress, but not too much where you get completely overwhelmed." ( ) --penguincascadia... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --prevtenet... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Fallen London, by Failbetter Games 4 votes "Pretty much the whole game is playing out stories (of various lengths) in a city setting." [+]"Pretty much the whole game is playing out stories (of various lengths) in a city setting." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Teaspoon... Vote for this game | |
| Nightfall, by Eric Eve 2 votes "City setting..." [+]"City setting after an evacuation - large map, great plotting" ( ) --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Lost New York, by Neil deMause 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --penguincascadia... Vote for this game | |
| Book and Volume, by Nick Montfort 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --penguincascadia... Vote for this game | |
| They Perished, by Bret Sepulveda 2 votes "A surreal city setting with inventory management." [+]"A surreal city setting with inventory management." ( - Full review) --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) --penguincascadia... Vote for this game | |
| A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "The Original" [+]"The Original: One of the first IF games to feature a detailed cityscape. Exploration and seeing what happens over time to the city is the main point of the second and main part of this game." ( ) --penguincascadia... Vote for this game | |
| Mindfighter, by Anna Popkess and Fergus McNeill 1 vote "An apocalyptic..." [+]"An apocalyptic city setting" --Simon Deimel... Vote for this game | |
| Gotomomi, by Arno von Borries 1 vote "Exploration with a goal" [+]"Exploration with a goal: A detailed city setting where you can explore, but have a firm goal in mind to focus upon" ( ) --penguincascadia... Vote for this game | |
| Fish!, by John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles 1 vote "City with transit system" [+]"City with transit system" ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Sunset Over Savannah, by Ivan Cockrum 1 vote "Beach town vacation" [+]"Beach town vacation: The beach town has a charming, lazy, last days of summer feel, so much so that it becomes another character in the story." ( - Full review) --Hysteria... Vote for this game | |