Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Video-Games-with-Real‐Life-Locations

Some open world games depict places in real life. It's much more convenient than creating fictional settings because no one can call them “inaccurate”. Players love being able to move around in real-life settings.

Civilisations

Locations

Occupations

Here are games with Metacritic score no less than 70 or is above or equal to 4.0 on GOG if unavailable on Metacritic. A little fictional settings are allowed. If you are interested, you can pay a visit to these sites to find more information:

information	Fandom
map	Map Genie
speedrun	Speedrun.com
cheat	CheatCodes.com
system requirement	Can You RUN It
benchmark	PassMark
information	GameFAQs MobyGames PCGamingWiki
hidden content	The Cutting Room Floor
open-source version	Open Source Game Clones Open source games list

A tip for taking a break while playing: drink much water.

Main

time	game	location in game	time in game	genre
1999	Shenmue	Yokosuka	1986	role-playing
2000	Midnight Club: Street Racing	New York City, London	2000	racing
2001	Grand Theft Auto III	New York City	2001	role-playing
2001	Shenmue II	Hong Kong, Guilin	1987	role-playing
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Miami	1986	role-playing
2003	Midnight Club II	Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris	2003	racing
2003	True Crime: Streets of LA	Los Angeles	2003	role-playing
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas	1992	role-playing
2005	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	New York City	1998	role-playing
2005	Gun	American Old West	1880	role-playing
2005	Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction	Northern Korea	2007	role-playing
2005	Yakuza	Kabukichō	2005	role-playing
2006	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	Miami	1984	role-playing
2006	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix	San Diego, Atlanta, Detroit, Tokyo	2005	racing
2006	Scarface: The World is Yours	Miami	1984	role-playing
2006	Test Drive Unlimited	Hawaii	2006	racing
2006	Yakuza 2	Kabukichō, Dōtonbori, Shinjuku, Shinsekai	2006	role-playing
2007	Assassin's Creed	Masyaf, Jerusalem, Acre, Damascus	late 12th century	role-playing
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	New York City	2008	role-playing
2008	Midnight Club: Los Angeles	Los Angeles	2008	racing
2009	Assassin's Creed II	Florence, Venice, Tuscany, Monteriggioni, Forlì	late 15th century	role-playing
2009	Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned	New York City	2008	role-playing
2009	Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony	New York City	2008	role-playing
2009	Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars	New York City	2009	role-playing
2009	Yakuza 3	Kabukichō, Okinawa	2009	role-playing
2010	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Rome	early 16th century	role-playing
2010	Red Dead Redemption	American Old West	1911	role-playing
2010	Yakuza 4	Kabukichō	2010	role-playing
2011	Assassin's Creed Revelations	Masyaf, Constantinople, Cappadocia	early 16th century	role-playing
2011	L.A. Noire	Los Angeles	1947	role-playing
2012	Assassin's Creed III	Boston, New York City, American Old West	middle 18th century	role-playing
2012	Forza Horizon	Colorado	2012	racing
2012	Sleeping Dogs	Hong Kong	2012	role-playing
2012	Yakuza 5	Kabukichō, Dōtonbori, Nakasu, Susukino, Sakae	2012	role-playing
2013	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Havana, Kingston, Nassau	early 18th century	role-playing
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Los Angeles	2013	role-playing
2014	Forza Horizon 2	Southern France, Northern Italy	2014	racing
2014	Watch Dogs	Chicago	2014	role-playing
2015	Assassin's Creed Syndicate	London	late 19th century	role-playing
2015	Yakuza 0	Kabukichō, Dōtonbori	2015	role-playing
2016	Forza Horizon	Australia	2016	racing
2016	Yakuza 6	Kabukichō, Onomichi	2016	role-playing
2016	Watch Dogs 2	San Francisco	2016	role-playing
2017	Assassin's Creed Origins	Egypt	middle 1st century BC	role-playing
2018	Assassin's Creed Odyssey	Greece	late 5th century BC	role-playing
2018	Forza Horizon 4	Great Britain	2018	racing
2018	Red Dead Redemption	United States of America	1899	role-playing
2018	Judgement	Kabukichō	2018	role-playing
2018	Kingdom Come: Deliverance	Bohemia	1403	role-playing
2018	Marvel's Spider-Man	Manhattan	2018	role-playing
2019	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Isezakichō	2019	role-playing
2020	Assassin's Creed Valhalla	England, Norway, Vinland	late 8th century	role-playing
2020	Ghost of Tsushima	Tsushima	1274	role-playing
2020	Watch Dogs: Legon	London	2029 - 2030	role-playing
2020	Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Manhattan	2020	role-playing
2021	Forza Horizon 5	Mexico	2021	racing
2021	Lost Judgment	Kabukichō, Isezakichō	2021	role-playing
2023	Assassin's Creed Mirage	Baghdad	9th century	role-playing
2023	Marvel's Spider-Man 2	Manhattan	2023	role-playing
2024	Rise of the Rōnin	Edo	middle 19th century	role-playing

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