List of fictional settlements
This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements and villages that are integral to a work of fiction and substantively depicted therein. Fictional cities, towns and counties are arrows in the fiction writers' quivers – they lend an air of authenticity to the story, and since there are so many of them, readers find them to be a plausible addition that makes the story more realistic.[1]
Comics
Name | Debut | Creator(s) | Publisher | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Malgudi | Swami and Friends | R. K. Narayan | Malgudi is a fictional town located in South India in Ramanathapuram in the novels and short stories of R. K. Narayan. It forms the setting for most of Narayan's works. Starting with his first novel, Swami and Friends, all but one of his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take place here. Malgudi was a portmanteau of two Bangalore localities - Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi. | |
Gotham City | Batman #4 (Winter 1940) | Bob Kane, Bill Finger | DC Comics | A fictional American city that is the home of Batman, and the principal setting for all Batman comics, films, and other adaptations. Generally portrayed as a dark, crime-ridden locale, writer/artist Frank Miller has described Gotham City as New York City at night. It was originally strongly inspired by Trenton, Ontario's history, location, atmosphere, and various architectural styles, and has since incorporated elements from New York City, Detroit, Pittsburgh, London and Chicago. Anton Furst's designs of Gotham for Tim Burton's Batman (1989) have been influential on subsequent portrayals: he set out to "make Gotham City the ugliest and bleakest metropolis imaginable."[2] |
Metropolis | Action Comics #16 (Sept 1939) | DC Comics | A fictional American city that is the home of Superman, and along with Smallville, one of the principal settings for all Superman comics, films, and other adaptations. | |
Blüdhaven | Nightwing Vol 1 #1 | Chuck Dixon, Scott McDaniel | DC Comics | A fictional American city located in New Jersey. A former whaling town, which was officially incorporated as a "Commonwealth" in 1912. The town had a generally poor socio-economic populace, owing in part to failed efforts to transform itself into a manufacturing and shipping center. In modern times, it became more dangerous than Gotham, ruled by gangs and a corrupt police department. Nightwing is the most common heroic presence. |
Duckburg | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 (1944) | Carl Barks | Disney | Fictional city that appears in various Disney comic books and animated projects, located in the fictional state of Calisota. It is the home of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Daisy Duck, and most of their supporting cast. Various writers have given it a long and complex history; it was originally known as "Fort Drake Borough", a fort built in the 16th century by British explorer Sir Francis Drake. By the 19th century, the fort had been handed over by its departing British occupants to Cornelius Coot, who renamed the fort "Duckburg". |
District X | New X-Men #127 | Grant Morrison, John Paul Leon | Marvel Comics | A ghetto like neighbourhood of New York City, where most of the inhabitants are Mutants, with the rise of Manhattan's mutant population coupled with racism among normal humans, led to mutants forming their own community in a ghetto established in or around Alphabet City, Manhattan; Middle East Side, Mutant Town are its other names. A series of explosions incinerated much of the neighborhood, with Arcade's force fields preventing fire fighters from entering the area until the entire district had been utterly annihilated. Now District X has been destroyed completely. |
Basin City | Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (April 1991) | Frank Miller | Dark Horse Comics | A fictional town in the American west, almost universally called "Sin City". Founded as a mining town, the Roark family "imported" prostitutes to keep the miners happy, eventually making great profit both from the ore and "tourism". In the modern era, the town is governed by criminal organizations, most of them descendants of both the Roarks and the original prostitutes, Basin City becoming a dangerous red-light district. |
Rajnagar | Raj Comics | A fictional Indian town where some of India's iconic superheroes like Super Commando Dhruva, Chandika resides. | ||
Riverdale | Pep Comics #22 (Dec 1941) | Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, John L. Goldwater | Archie Comic Publications, Inc. | Riverdale is a fictional city that appears in the Archie Comics. Its exact location is unknown but it is presented to be a suburban town with parks, shopping malls, and restaurants. Publisher John L. Goldwater has said that the town is based on his own hometown of Hiawatha, Kansas, while Archie artist Bob Montana has said that it is based on his hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts. |
Smallville, Kansas | Superboy #2 (May 1949) | DC Comics | A fictional town in Kansas that is the hometown of Superman, where he landed on earth as an infant and was raised under an ordinary human identity in a small, idyllic farming community. Comics and adapted media that portray Superman's origin typically show his growing up in Smallville (such as Superman: The Movie (1978)), and the adult Superman also returns to visit. Smallville debuted in comics as the setting for Superboy (originally the identity of Superman as a youth, later made into a separate character) but was first mentioned in The Adventures of Superman radio show. The television series Smallville broadcast from 2001 to 2011. | |
Star City | Green Arrow | George Papp, Mort Weisinger | DC comics | Home of the fictional vigilantes Green Arrow, Black Canary, Spartan, and Overwatch. They fight crime in this city. |
Central City | Flash | Gardner Fox, Harry Lampert | DC comics | Home of the fictional crimefighter the Flash. |
Kamar-Taj | Strange Tales #110 (July 1963) | Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Marvel Comics | A village hidden high in the Himalayas, where Doctor Strange learns magic from the Ancient One. |
Film
City/Town | Film Name | Distributor(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Aldovia | A Christmas Prince | Netflix | |
Aquilea | Invasión | Hugo Santiago | Filmed in Buenos Aires. A group of men commanded by an older man attempts to stop an invasion to the fictional city of Aquilea. Written by Hugo Santiago, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. |
Bedford Falls | It's a Wonderful Life | Liberty Films | Bedford Falls is a fictitious town in upstate New York, named Pottersville in the timeline where George was never born. |
Chesterford, Massachusetts | 211 | Momentum Pictures | A fictional town in New England. Its zip code is 02452, placing it somewhere in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. |
Derry, Maine | It | Warner Bros. | Derry is a fictional town created by Stephen King to serve as a nexus of horror in books such as It, Insomnia, The Tommyknockers and 11/22/63. |
Hill Valley, California | Back to the Future | Universal | Hill Valley is a fictional town in California, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and 16 miles from Grass Valley. |
Emerald City | The Wizard of Oz | MGM | The Emerald City is the fictional capital city of the Land of Oz based on L. Frank Baum's series of Oz books. It was first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The city is sometimes called the City of Emeralds due to its extensively green architecture. |
Zion | The Matrix | Warner Brothers | Zion is a fictional city in The Matrix films. It is the last human city on the planet Earth after a cataclysmic nuclear war between humankind and sentient Machines, which resulted in artificial lifeforms dominating the world. |
Mos Eisley | Star Wars | 20th Century Fox | Mos Eisley is a setting in the fictional Star Wars universe. It is introduced as a spaceport[3] town on the planet Tatooine which Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness) describes as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." It is the home of the Mos Eisley cantina and Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes. |
Coruscant | Star Wars | 20th Century Fox | Coruscant is a fictional planet and city in the Star Wars universe. It has a population of about a trillion. |
Stepford | The Stepford Wives | Fadsin Cinema Associates (1975), Paramount Pictures (2004) | Stepford, Connecticut is the setting in the Stepford Wives films and novel The Stepford Wives. Although the focus is on the wives, the fictional location is also worthy of note. |
Questa Verde | Poltergeist | MGM Studios | Questa Verde, California is a setting in the 1982 Poltergeist film. The film centered around Carol Anne Freeling and her family who experience poltergeist activity in their house and their attempts at rescuing Carol Anne who was abducted and held captive in another dimension. |
Toontown | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures (1988) | Fictional town that borders Burbank, California, it is designed specifically to act as a home for Toons, and as a result, the laws of physics are subject to change within its borders, often making it hazardous for human visitors. Formerly owned by tycoon Marvin Acme, his death and apparent absence of a will triggers an ownership dispute that drives the main plot of the film. |
Haddonfield, Illinois | Halloween | Independent Horror Film | Haddonfield, Illinois is the setting of serial killer Michael Myers' childhood and mass murder spree of Halloween 1978. The town name was named after Haddonfield, New Jersey, the hometown of the film's co-writer and producer Debra Hill. The town appears in all of the films in the franchise, except for Halloween H20. |
Green Hills, Montana | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount Pictures Studios | Green Hills is a small town in Montana where Sonic ends up after escaping his home planet using a magic ring. |
Television
Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Angel Grove, California | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Fox Kids, ABC | Angel Grove, California is the fictional city where the original team of the Power Rangers was based. Presumably a fictionalized version of Los Angeles or San Francisco, the town was shown as being settled by the British, a historical impossibility. The population is 376,000 and the elevation is 241 ft. According to a computer trivia program it was established in 1775, another historical impossibility. Various episodes show every single sort of climate imaginable: mountains on one side, forest on another, desert on another, and an ocean shore on another.
The most frequented location in the city on the series was the Youth Center. The city also has a shopping mall, several schools, and a public library. |
Cabot Cove | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | Cabot Cove, Maine, is the small, fictional fishing village in which Jessica Fletcher lives in the television series Murder, She Wrote. Many episodes of Murder, She Wrote used Cabot Cove as a location because the show's producers were contractually obliged to deliver five Cabot Cove episodes a year.[4] Despite the town's population of 3,560,[4] Cabot Cove became notable as a place where a large number of murders took place. The New York Times calculated that almost 2% of Cabot Cove's residents died during the show's run. More visitors to Cabot Cove died than residents.[4]
Cabot Cove is named after the town's founder, Winfred Cabot. Perhaps setting the stage for the town's reputation for murders, Cabot was killed in a murder-suicide situation with his wife Hepzibah. It has an architectural heritage of Victorian houses. Given the village's rich history, coastal location and close proximity to eastern U.S. cities, Cabot Cove was transformed from a small, sleepy fishing village to a tourist destination for the people coming from New York City. |
Fer-de-Lance, Louisiana | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | Syndication | Fer-de-Lance, Louisiana, is the town listed as the birthplace and hometown of Ettienne R. LaFitte, aka Gung-Ho on the television series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. While the exact location of the town is never given, some maps lead one to believe that it is located in north central Louisiana. However, LaFitte's stated French Cajun ancestry and descriptions of living in a swamp make southern Louisiana a more likely location for the town. |
Hazzard County, Georgia | The Dukes of Hazzard | CBS | Hazzard County is a fictional county in Georgia that was the setting for the 1980s television series The Dukes of Hazzard and its 2005 film of the same name. |
Mayberry | Andy Griffith Show | CBS | Mayberry is a fictional community in North Carolina that was the setting for two American television sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reunion television movie titled Return to Mayberry. It is said to be based on Andy Griffith's hometown, Mount Airy, North Carolina. |
Pawnee, Indiana | Parks and Recreation | NBC | Pawnee is a fictional town in the U.S. television show, Parks and Rec. It is said to be based on Muncie, Indiana. (Also fake town: Eagleton) It is also claimed that it is based on Evansville. It is claimed that Eagleton is based on Carmel. |
Sunnydale, California | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Sunnydale, California is the fictional setting for the U.S. television drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Series creator Joss Whedon conceived the town as a representation of a generic California city, as well as a narrative parody of the all-too-serene towns typical in traditional horror movies.
Sunnydale is located on a "Hellmouth"; a portal "between this reality and the next", and convergence point of mystical energies.[5] |
Sparta, Mississippi | In the Heat of the Night | CBS, NBC | Sparta is a fictional town in Mississippi. It was filmed in Hammond, Indiana and also Covington, Georgia. |
Lanford, IL | Roseanne | ABC | Lanford is the town that the show takes place in. (based in Elgin, IL) |
Wenville, TX | Gary & Mike | UPN | Wenville was the town that was used in the episode The Furry Duffel. Upon entry, below a sign featuring the town's name, with a guide sign saying “Please Drive Drunk Responsibly”. It holds a heavily socially conservative Christian community, archetypical of the Bible Belt (even having a restaurant named “Baptist Burger” for it) with qualities reminiscent of New Braunfels, Texas. |
Radio
Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ambridge | The Archers | BBC Radio 4 | Village in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in the English Midlands. Possibly based on the village of Cutnall Green.[6] Main setting of The Archers. Ambridge is twinned with the French settlement of Meyruelle, also fictional.[7] |
Borchester | The Archers | BBC Radio 4 | County town of the fictional county of Borsetshire, in the English Midlands. |
Felpersham | The Archers | BBC Radio 4 | Town in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in the English Midlands. |
Lake Wobegon | A Prairie Home Companion | Minnesota Public Radio | Lake Wobegon is the seat of Mist County, Minnesota, a tiny county near the geographic center of Minnesota that supposedly does not appear on maps because of the "incompetence of surveyors who mapped out the state in the 19th century". |
Llareggub | Under Milk Wood | BBC Third Programme | Llareggub is a fictional fishing village in Wales. Possibly based on the seaside town of New Quay in Ceredigion.[8] It's the setting of Under Milk Wood, a radio play commissioned by the BBC Third Programme from poet and playwright Dylan Thomas and first broadcast on 25 January 1954,[9] less than three months after the poet's death in New York.[10] |
London Below | Neverwhere | BBC Radio 4 | London Below is a fictional settlement, from Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, adapted from a TV drama by the author for BBC Radio 4. London Below is a parallel world in and beneath the sewers of London Above. Its inhabitants are the homeless, but also people from other times such as Roman legionaries and mediaeval monks, as well as fictional and fantastical characters.[11] |
Meyruelle | The Archers | BBC Radio 4 | Meyruelle is a fictional settlement in France, twinned with Ambridge, the setting of BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers.[7] |
Wistful Vista | Fibber McGee and Molly | NBC Red Network | Wistful Vista is a fictional community that is home to the McGees and their neighbors. |
Animated
Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Beach City | Steven Universe | Cartoon Network | Located in the fictional state of Delmarva, Beach City is the location of the headquarters of the Crystal Gems. Bill Dewey and Nanna Fua are both former mayors of the city. Notable locations include The Big Donut, Fish Stew Pizza, and Boardwalk Fries. |
Bedrock | The Flintstones | ABC | Bedrock is the fictional prehistoric city, which is home to the characters of the animated television series, The Flintstones (1960).[12] |
Gravity Falls, Oregon | Gravity Falls | Disney Channel | Gravity Falls, Oregon, is the fictional setting for the 2012 series, Gravity Falls. It is believed to be a strange town with many mysteries waiting to be uncovered. |
New New York City, New York | Futurama | Fox | New New York is the setting of the 1999 animated comedy Futurama. It is also the location of the headquarters of Planet Express. |
Quahog, Rhode Island | Family Guy | Fox | Quahog, Rhode Island is a city which is the setting for the U.S. animated television sitcom Family Guy. A popular bar in the city is The Drunken Clam.[13] |
South Park, Colorado | South Park | CMDY | A fictional small town of South Park, located within the real life South Park basin in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado.[14] The town is also home to an assortment of frequent characters such as students, families, elementary school staff, and other various residents, who tend to regard South Park as a bland and quiet place to live.[15] |
Springfield | The Simpsons | FOX | Springfield is the fictional town in which the American animated sitcom The Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of the United States, Springfield acts as a complete universe in which characters can explore the issues faced by modern society.[16] The geography of the town and its surroundings are flexible, changing to address whatever an episode's plot calls for.[17] Springfield's location is impossible to determine; the show is deliberately evasive on the subject, providing contradictory clues and impossible information about an actual geographic location. The town was founded by Jebediah Springfield. |
Domino City | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Viz Media | Fictional city presumably located in Japan, home of the protagonist and supporting cast of the original manga and anime. Also the setting of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, called "Neo-Domino" due to a decades-long time skip, and appears in some episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. |
West City | Dragon Ball | Funimation | Fictional city featured in the Dragon Ball franchise. It's a large megalopolis on Earth. Out of the 43 regions that the Earth is divided into, it is included in region 28. |
Konohagakure | Naruto | Viz Media | Fictional village featured in the Naruto media franchise. It's a hidden village located in the Land of Fire. As the village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Konohagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Hokage, of which there have been seven in its history. |
Crystal Tokyo | Sailor Moon | Viz Media | Crystal Tokyo is a fictional city presumably located in Japan in Sailor Moon Crystal and replaces Azabu-Jūban in the future. |
Musutafu | My Hero Academia | Funimation | Fictional city in the My Hero Academia franchise where Izuku Midoriya and other characters takes place. It is located somewhere near Shizuoka Prefecture. |
Literature
Town name | Author | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Castle Rock | Stephen King | various novels | Castle Rock, Maine is part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography and provides the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Built similarly to the fictional towns of Jerusalem's Lot (featured in the novel 'Salem's Lot) and Derry (featured in the novels It, Insomnia, and Dreamcatcher), Castle Rock is a typical small New England town with many dark secrets. |
Cittàgazze | Philip Pullman | The Subtle Knife | Cittàgazze (sometimes abbreviated to Ci'gazze), meaning "City of the Magpies" in Italian, is a fictional city within an unknown world (and parallel universe). |
Clochemerle | Gabriel Chevallier | Clochemerle | Clochemerle is a fictional village in France, in a 1934 satirical novel of the same name by Gabriel Chevallier, inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais, a commune in the Beaujolais. The novel satirises the conflict between Catholics and republicans in the Third Republic.[18] The story concerns a dispute over the construction of a vespasienne (public urinal) near the village church. The term Clochemerle has entered French as a term to describe "petty, parochial squabbling".[19] |
Hampden, Vermont | Donna Tartt | The Secret History | Four students at Hampden College, including the first-person protagonist, decide to murder a classmate. |
Hogsmeade | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter series | Hogsmeade Village is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by magical beings, and is located to the northwest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was founded by medieval wizard Hengist of Woodcroft.[20] Much of Hogsmeade's architecture reflects its medieval origin; the village is known for its leaning medieval houses. Hogsmeade primarily consists of a single thoroughfare, called High Street, on which most shops and other magical venues reside. |
Shangri-La | James Hilton | Lost Horizon | Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, and particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia. |
Stockpool | István Örkény | My good fellow | Stockpool is a fictional town in Pennsylvania and the main location of István Örkény's one minute story: My good fellow. Most of its population consists of Hungarians. |
Brigadoon | Alan Jay Lerner | Brigadoon | Brigadoon is a fictional Scottish town and is the main subject of the Broadway musical of the same name. The town only appears in our world for one day every 100 years. |
Lake Wobegon | Garrison Keillor | A Prairie Home Companion | Lake Wobegon is a fictional lake and town in Minnesota. It is the setting for Garrison Keillor's segment "The News from Lake Wobegon" from the radio program A Prairie Home Companion as well Kellior's books Lake Wobegon Days (1985) and Leaving Home (1987). It is said to be located in the fictional Mist County in Central Minnesota presumably near St. Cloud. The town is based on the small-town life of various Minnesota lake communities, most notably Kellior's hometown of Anoka, Minnesota. |
Middlemarch | George Eliot | Middlemarch | Middlemarch is a fictional town in 19th century England circa 1832. It is the setting for George Eliot's 1872 novel. A small town in New Zealand bears the same name, possibly because the wife of a 19th-century surveyor was reading the novel at the time settlements were being catalogued. |
Amber | Roger Zelazny | The Chronicles of Amber | The Castle, City and State of Amber is a fictional place created by Roger Zelazny in a series of fantasy novels. |
Lankhmar | Fritz Leiber | Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser | Lankhmar is a populous, labyrinthine city rife with corruption. It serves as the home of Leiber's two anti-heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It also forms a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. |
Ankh-Morpork | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | Pratchett describes Ankh-Morpork as on the far side of corrupt and polluted, and as subject to outbreaks of comedic violence and brouhaha on a fairly regular basis. Ankh-Morpork is also the mercantile capital of the Discworld. As the series proceeds, Ankh-Morpork is more and more portrayed as multi-cultural (which in this case means multi-species, with increasingly prominent populations of creatures such as dwarves, trolls, vampires, gnomes, bogeymen, zombies and werewolves) and struggling with modern real-world challenges. Even when it is under attack from a dragon, the vegetable carts still have to come in. In The Art of Discworld, Pratchett explains that the city is similar to Tallinn and central Prague, but adds that it has elements of 18th-century London, 19th-century Seattle and modern New York City. |
Alicante | Cassandra Clare | The Mortal Instruments | This city is the home to all shadow hunters in The Mortal Instrument series. However, not all shadow hunters live in Alicante. They have to live across the world to protect humanity from demons, but Alicante is always in their hearts. (Not the city in Spain) |
Starvation Lake | Bryan Gruley | Starvation Lake | Starvation Lake is a small town in the fake Pine County, Michigan. The town is based on real-life Bellaire, Michigan.[21] The lake the book is named after is in nearby Kalkaska County, and mentions its location in Northern Michigan. |
Tolwer City | Jenő Rejtő | Egy bolond száz bajt csinál | Towler City is a city in England. |
Ulthar | H. P. Lovecraft | Various short stories | Ulthar is both a fictional town and a fictional deity. The town of Ulthar is part of H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, appearing in such stories as "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (1926), "The Cats of Ulthar" (1920) and "The Other Gods" (1933). |
Earthport | Robert Heinlein | Starman Jones | Earthport is a major city in a desert, possibly in New Mexico or in Mexico, where starships dock when they are on Earth. There, Maximilian Jones learns that he has not been bequeathed a membership in the Astrogators Guild, and a cynical older man convinces him that the injustices he has suffered justify him in falsifying a record as a crewman aboard a ship in order to get another such position. |
Peterswood | Enid Blyton | Five Find-Outers | Peterswood is a city that appears in the story "Five find outers" as the main setting in the fifteen mystery stories. |
Kirrin Island | Enid Blyton | The Famous Five (novel series) | Kirrin Island is an island belonging to the Geogre family (one of the famous five characters). The island is frequented by the five adventurers. |
Rocky Beach | Robert Arthur Jr. (original writer). | Three Investigators | Rocky Beach is where the three investigators live. |
TKKG City | Rolf Kalmuczak behind a pseudonym "Stefan wolf" | TKKG | TKKG city is a metropolitan city. The city where TKKG lives. the setting for most of the stories. |
Video games
Name | Debut | Notes |
---|---|---|
Aldea Malvada, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Aldea Malvada is a small, isolated burned ghost town at the northeastern edge of Tierra Robada, San Andreas. |
Al Mazrah | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022 video game) Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 |
Al Mazrah is a fictional city located in an unknown country. It is the main setting of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. |
Altissia | Final Fantasy XV | The capital City of the Imperial Protectorate Accordo, Home of Leviathan. |
Angel Pine, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Angel Pine is a small rural town located in Whetstone, San Andreas and based on Lone Pine, California. |
Anjo Village, Yamashiro Province, Japan | Samurai Shodown II | Located in Yamashiro Province, Japan, this city/village is the hometown of Genjuro Kibagami, a recurring character in the Samurai Shodown series |
Annesburg, New Hannover | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Annesburg is a mining town in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online in Roanoke Ridge in The State of New Hanover. |
Anvil, Cyrodiil, Tamriel | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Anvil is a large port city located on the Gold Coast of Cyrodiil. |
Anywhere City | Grand Theft Auto 2 | Anywhere City, is fictional city in Grand Theft Auto 2 was futuristic city an based 80's anime Akira (1988 film) and 1982 film Blade Runner (film). |
Arcadia Bay, Oregon | Life Is Strange | Arcadia Bay is a small, fictional city at the coast of Oregon and the main setting of the videogames Life Is Strange and Life Is Strange: Before the Storm. |
Armadillo, New Austin | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Armadillo is a settlement in Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Red Dead Online in the Cholla Springs region of the State of New Austin. |
Ashfield, Massachusetts | Silent Hill 4: The Room | Ashfield is a medium-sized busy city half a day's drive from Silent Hill that appears in Silent Hill 4: The Room. |
Bayside, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Bayside is a town located in the very northwestern corner of Tierra Robada, San Andreas. |
Bethelwood, Maine | Gylt | Bethelwood is a mining town in Maine and the setting of the game Gylt. |
Blackwater, West Elizabeth | Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online | Blackwater is a fictional town based on Blackwater, MO, it is the largest settlement that lays on the shore of the fictional Flat Iron Lake it is also the state capital of the fictional state of West Elizabeth in the Red Dead universe. |
Bleakmoor, Massachusetts | Lust from Beyond | Bleakmoor is a town in Massachusetts and the main setting of the game Lust from Beyond |
Blueberry, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Blueberry is a small town located in the northwestern portion of Red County, San Andreas and based on Modesto, California. |
Brahms, Maine | Silent Hill | Brahms is a small town neighboring Silent Hill, Maine, though it still falls under the Toluca County. |
Bright Falls, Washington | Alan Wake | Bright Falls is a fictional mountain town located in the US state of Washington and is the setting of Alan Wake. |
Brocklyn, Liberty | Grand Theft Auto | Brocklyn is a fictional borough city and located fictional Liberty City and fictional state of Liberty and based on Brooklyn. |
Bullworth, New England | Bully and GTA IV | The main setting of Bully, Bullworth also appears in Grand Theft Auto IV and has an estimated population of 128,000. |
Carcer City, USA | Manhunt | Setting for the Manhunt video game series. |
Capital Knot City, USA | Death Stranding | The capital city of the United Cities of America, located in the Eastern Region. It houses the government of the largely fractured country. |
Catharsis, Arizona | Postal 3 | Catharsis, Arizona is the main setting of Postal 3 and the twin city of Paradise. |
Central Knot City, USA | Death Stranding | A large city in the United Cities of America, located in the Eastern Region. It was destroyed by a voidout. |
Chumash, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto V | Chumash is a coastal town in the fictional state of San Andreas. |
City 17 | Half-Life 2 | City 17 is the setting of the games Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The city is located in Eastern Europe. |
Citate di Ravello, Medici | Just Cause 3 | Citate di Ravello is a fictional city in the fictional country of Medici, a country in the Mediterranean Sea. It is named after the game's antagonist. |
Colter, Ambarino | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Colter is an abandoned settlement in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online, in the Grizzlies West region of The State of Ambarino. |
Columbia | BioShock Infinite | Columbia is a futuristic, floating city which was the part of the United States, but later the city later the city left the country. |
Cullington, Löckelle | Teardown | A small town in the Löckelle Municipality. |
D'ni, New Mexico | Myst | D'ni is a fictional underground city, located in a big cavern system under the US state of New Mexico. |
Dillimore, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Dillimore is a relatively small town located in Red County, just a short distance from northern Los Santos, San Andreas. Dillimore is exactly the central point between all three major city airports in the State. Dillimore is based on Palmdale, California and has a population of 2,265 inhabitants. |
Dulvey, Louisiana | Resident Evil 7 | Dulvey is a parish located in Louisiana in south United States. |
Dunwall | Dishonored | Dunwall, the capital of Gristol and the Empire of the Isles, is an industrial whaling city situated on the Wrenhaven River. |
Eaglewood, New Guernsey | Grand Theft Auto | Eaglewood is district city located in fictional state of New Guernsey and based on Englewood, New Jersey |
Edensin, Arizona | Postal 4 | Edensin, Arizona is the setting for POSTAL 4: No Regerts. Edensin is a small town stationed somewhere along the Mexican border. |
El Quebrados, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | El Quebrados (Misspelled Spanish for 'The Broken') is a small town located at the northeast end of Tierra Robada, San Andreas, near the Verdant Meadows airstrip. It is situated immediately northwest of Aldea Malvada. It sits on the northern road connecting Tierra Robada to neighboring Bone County to the east, and is the last stop before continuing across Sherman Reservoir. Though the town looks depressive, some facilities are still present, including the El Quebrados Medical Center and El Quebrados Police Station.
El Quebrados is based on Bridgeport, California. |
Empire Bay, USA | Mafia II | Empire Bay is a city on the East Coast of the United States that serves as the setting for Mafia II. The city is based on New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Detroit. |
Esaka | The King of Fighters | Esaka is a fictional location in SNK's The King of Fighters series of video games. It's a city located in the Japan and is home of Kyo Kusanagi and the Japan Team alongside Benimaru Nikaido and Goro Daimon. The city hosted The King of Fighters Tournaments. There's a NEO-GEO Land and SNK Headquarters in the city. |
Esperanza, Yara | Far Cry 6 | Esperanza is the capital of the fictional country of Yara, a country in the Caribbean. Esperanza is inspired by Havana in Cuba. |
Fall's End, Montana | Far Cry 5 | Fall's End is a small town in Hope County, Montana. |
Fort Carson, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Fort Carson is the largest town in Bone County, San Andreas, that appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The town is based on Carson City. |
Fortune City, Nevada | Dead Rising 2 | Fortune City, Nevada is a Las Vegas-themed adult amusement and entertainment resort, complete with casinos and hotels, which serves as the main setting in Dead Rising 2. |
Fortune Hills, USA | The Sting! | City, the setting place of the game. |
Frustrum, Löckelle | Teardown | A small town in the Löckelle Municipality, which hosts the Grand Hotel. |
Imperial City of Gralea | Final Fantasy XV | The capital city of the Imperium Niflheim. Location of the Zegnautus Keep, the Palace of Niflheim. |
Grapeseed, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto V | Grapeseed is a small rural town located in Blaine County, San Andreas. |
Greenvale, Washington | Deadly Premonition | Greenvale is a town in Whasington which is based on Twin Peaks. |
Grestin | Papers, Please | Grestin is a city that was divided into two after a 6-year war between fictional countries of Kolechia and Arstotzka. In 1982, a border checkpoint opened in the center of the city, and it is the only pass to Arstotzka. It resembles post-war Berlin, which was divided by the Berlin Wall until 1990. |
Guernsey City, New Guernsey | Grand Theft Auto | Guernsey City, is fictional district city in Grand Theft Auto was located fictional state of New Guernsey based on real life city Jersey City, New Jersey. |
Fort Law, New Guernsey | Grand Theft Auto | Fort Law, is fictional district city located in fictional state of New Guernsey and based on Fort Lee, New Jersey. |
Hackenslash, New Guernsey | Grand Theft Auto | Hackenslash, is fictional district city located in fictional state of New Guernsey and based on Hackensack, New Jersey. |
Harmony, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto V | Harmony is a small town located in Blaine County, San Andreas. |
Harran, Turkey | Dying LightDying Light: The Following | Harran is a fictional city located in Turkey. It is the main setting for Dying Light and Dying Light: The Following. |
Hinamizawa, Japan | Higurashi When They Cry | A rural village in Japan based on the village of Shirakawa, Gifu, a World Heritage Site;[22][23] it has a population of approximately 2,000. Hinamizawa appears to be a normal, peaceful, rural village; however, the tranquility abruptly ends after the annual Watanagashi Festival, a celebration to commemorate and give thanks to the local god, Oyashiro. Every year for the past four years, one person has been murdered, and another has gone missing on the evening of the Watanagashi Festival. The video game series and its related anime and manga present various scenarios from crazed locals to actual supernatural occurrences. |
Hinowa-guni, Japan | Samurai Shodown V | Located somewhere in Japan, this city/region is governed by Gaoh, the daimyo of Hinowa and the final boss of Samurai Shodown V. |
Hope, South Dakota | Hitman: Absolution | Hope is a small town located in the fictional Hope County somewhere in South Dakota, USA and is a featured location in the game Hitman: Absolution. |
Hyrule Castle Town | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Castle Town is the city in front of Hyrule Castle in various games. There are many side-quests and mini-games offered that give you rewards like rupees (currency) and pieces of heart, the treasure required to extend your health bar. |
The Imperial City, Cyrodiil | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | The Imperial City is located on Cyrodiil's central island in Lake Rumare. It is the seat of the entire Reman Empire, as well as the capital of Cyrodiil. |
City of Insomnia, Cavaugh | Final Fantasy XV | The capital city of the Kingdom of Lucis, located in the province of Cavaugh, is the biggest City in Final Fantasy XV. |
Jōkamachi, Musashi Province, Japan | Samurai Shodown series | Located in Musashi Province, Japan, this city is the hometown of Haohmaru, the main protagonist of Samurai Shodown series |
Kakariko Village | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Kakariko Village (カカリコ村, Kakariko-mura) is a fictional village of The Legend of Zelda series that appears in A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Four Swords Adventures, Twilight Princess, A Link Between Worlds, and Breath of the Wild. Kakariko is often portrayed as a prosperous small town. |
Kamui Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan | Samurai Shodown series | Located in Hokkaido, Japan, this village is the birthplace of Nakoruru, a young Ainu girl and one of the most popular characters of Samurai Shodown series. |
Karnaca | Dishonored 2 | Karnaca, also known as "The Jewel of the South at the Edge of the World", is the capital city of Serkonos, located in the eastern portion of the nation and at the southernmost tip of the Empire. It serves as the main setting of Dishonored 2. |
Kosei Seizan, China | Power Instinct Matrimelee | Located somewhere in China, this city is the birthplace of Chinnen, a Chinese monk notorious for being a corrupt, violent and obscene man. |
Krat | Lies of P | The city of Krat, known as the "City of the future" is a victorian city that was overrun by puppets. |
La Puerta, Mexico | Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel | Located somewhere in Mexico, La Puerta is a city that serves as headquarters for the La Guadaña Cartel, the most dangerous drug cartel in Mexico and the main antagonists of Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. |
Lake Knot City | Death Stranding | A city on the shores of a crater lake in the Central Region of the United Cities of America. Its head of distribution is William Lake. |
Las Barrancas, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Las Barrancas is a small town located in southeastern Tierra Robada, San Andreas, that appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. |
Las Brujas, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Las Brujas (Spanish for The Witches) is a small ghost town nestled between the Sherman Dam, Arco del Oeste and El Castillo del Diablo in Bone County, San Andreas. Other prominent nearby locations include Area 69, Regular Tom and Verdant Meadows. The name Las Brujas translates directly from Spanish as The Witches or The Sorceresses. The town may be based on the ghost town of Bodie in California. |
Las Venturas, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Counterpart of Las Vegas. Las Venturas has an estimated population of 297,000. |
Las Payasadas, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Las Payasadas is a town located in northern Bone County, San Andreas, a few miles away from Las Venturas and based Kingman, Arizona. |
Lavender Town | Pokémon Red and Blue | Lavender Town (シオンタウン, Shion Taun, Shion Town) is a fictional village in the Kanto region of the Pokémon series. Stylized as a haunted location, Lavender Town is home to a large, indoor Japanese-style graveyard in a building called the Pokémon Tower. The town appears in Pokémon Red and Blue, Yellow, Gold and Silver, Crystal, FireRed and LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver, and Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. |
Lestallum, Cleigne | Final Fantasy XV | Lestallum, located in the province of Cleigne, is the second largest city of the Kingdom of Lucis. |
Liberty City, USA | Grand Theft Auto | Liberty City is a copy of New York City. It is shown in GTA I, GTA III, Liberty City Stories, Advance, Chinatown Wars and GTA IV. In all games it is shown in the 1990s and 2000s. It is located in the Liberty state, and it borders with Carcer City (appears in Manhunt and in some dialogues in another games of Grand Theft Auto). Liberty City has an estimated population of 8,000,000 |
Limbo City | DmC: Devil May Cry | Limbo City is a big city on Earth. |
Little Hope, Massachusetts | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | Little Hope is a town in Massachusetts and the main setting of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope. |
Lost Heaven, USA | Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | Lost Heaven is a city located in the Midwestern region of the United States with 1,200,000 inhabitants. It is a bustling metropolis with many features expected in a large city such as public transport, busy streets, skyscrapers, hotels and a busy shipping port. The city is based on Chicago. |
Los Perdidos, California | Dead Rising 3 | Los Perdidos, California is the main setting of Dead Rising 3. |
Los Santos, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online | Like its counterpart of Los Angeles, California, Los Santos comprises several diverse areas. The urban area of Los Santos holds a population comparable to Los Angeles. Los Santos features several interpretations of many of Los Angeles' districts, landmarks, and neighborhoods, including Compton (Ganton), Willowbrook (Willowfield), Watts (Jefferson), Inglewood (Idlewood), East Los Angeles (East Los Santos), MacArthur Park (Glen Park), Downtown Los Angeles (Downtown Los Santos), Beverly Hills (Rodeo), Mulholland Drive (Mulholland), Santa Monica (Santa Maria Beach), Venice Beach (Verona Beach), Hollywood (Vinewood) and its Hollywood Sign (Vinewood Sign). Los Santos is also part of the setting for Grand Theft Auto V. The new rendition of the city is now much more detailed, larger, and looks more alive than ever before. The city can be divided into four big sections: North, East, West and South Los Santos, in which beneath the sections, the streets are divided into districts. There are two incorporated cities in Los Santos: Davis, Del Perro. Los Santos has an estimated population of 4,000,000 and is the largest city in the State of San Andreas. |
Ludendorff, North Yankton | Grand Theft Auto V | The main setting in the Grand Theft Auto V's prologue. Located in the Midwestern State of North Yankton (North Dakota). The population of the town is 918. |
Lumiose City | Pokémon X and Y | Lumiose City is a fictional city located in the Kalos region from Pokémon X and Y. The city is based after Paris, the city is home of the Gym Leader Clemont and his sister Bonnie. |
Meridian | Horizon Zero Dawn | The fictional city of Meridian, also known as "The City of the Sun", is the capital of the Carja. It is located on a mesa near where Eagle Canyon, Utah is located today. It is one of the three major cities found in Horizon Zero Dawn. At the time of Horizon Zero Dawn, it is home to the current Sun-King, Avad. |
Middle Knot City, USA | Death Stranding | A city in the Central Region of the United Cities of America that was destroyed by a terrorist attack. |
Mizzurna Falls, Colorado | Mizzurna Falls | |
Mondstadt City, Mondstadt | Genshin Impact | Located in Mondstadt, one of the seven nations in Teyvat. The Anemo city worships the Anemo Archon, Barbados. Inspired mainly by German culture and architecture. |
Montgomery, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Montgomery is a rural town of Red County, San Andreas. |
Mortton, Louisiana | BloodRayne | Mortton is a small swamp town in Louisiana, USA. |
Motor City, USA | Motor City Online | Located in the Midwest of the USA, it is a city based in Detroit, Michigan and like Detroit, it is a city that manufactures automobiles. |
Mountain Knot City, USA | Death Stranding | A city in the mountains of the Central Region of the United Cities of America. Its head of distribution is Aaron Hill, and its overseer is Lockne. |
New Bordeaux, Louisiana | Mafia III | New Bordeaux is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States that serves as the setting for Mafia III. The city is based on New Orleans. |
New Donk City, Metro Kingdom | Super Mario Odyssey | Counterpart of New York City, this is the largest city in Metro Kingdom and is run by Pauline, current mayor of New Donk City and former love interest of Mario. |
New Guernsey | Grand Theft Auto | New Guernsey, is fictional district city in fictional state of New Guernsey and based on New Jersey. |
Night City, USA | Cyberpunk franchise | Known as a state city, Night City usually receives foreigners from several countries (in particular, Japanese from Tokyo and Osaka who live in the Japanese district of Night City, Japantown). In 2045, Night City's population was 5,000,000. In 2077, the city's population increased to 6,964,425 inhabitants. |
Nights Springs, Arizona | Alan Wake's American Nightmare | Night Springs is a fictional town in the Alan Wake universe. It first appears in Alan Wake's American Nightmare as the main setting. |
Northtown, Northwest Washington | Dead or Alive 7 | Northtown is a fictional, mysterious, sleepy, small town in the fictional county of Rose County in the fictional state of Northwest Washington, United States. It is the city first appeared in the first official novel Dead or Alive: Northtown - Chapter 1: The Town That Always Sleeps in which the novel series takes place. |
Nueva Voz, Solis | Just Cause 4 | Nueva Voz is the capital of the fictional country of Solis a country off the coast of South America. |
Oakmont, Massachusetts | The Sinking City | Oakmont is an isolated, H. P. Lovecraft inspirated city. |
Pale City | Little Nightmares II | The Pale City is a dismal, gloomy coastal city consisting of countless looming buildings that bend and sag down like dying plants. |
Paleto Bay, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto V | Paleto Bay is a small town located in Blaine County, San Andreas. |
Pallet Town | Pokémon Red and Blue | Pallet Town (マサラタウン, Masara Town) is a fictional town located in western region of Kanto in the Pokémon universe. It based on Machida, Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri's hometown although its map location correlates better with some place in Shizuoka Prefecture. The town only has two entrances, north via Route 1 to Viridian City and Route 21 south accessible through water only. |
Palm City | Need for Speed Heat | Palm City is a fictional city in the United States of America, It is inspired by Miami. |
Palomino Creek, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Palomino Creek is a small rural town appearing in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It is located in the northeastern part of Red County, San Andreas. It is home to the Palomino Creek Bank (which has experienced numerous robberies), a safehouse that can be purchased for $35,000, and Hanky Panky Point, a popular destination for amorous teenage couples and voyeuristic onlookers.
The town is named after the creek that flows past it. Palomino Creek's location halfway between Los Santos and Las Venturas makes it a frequent stop for motorists travelling to either city. The fact that it is served by several major roads have no doubt led to its growth and success. It is based on Bakersfield, California. |
Paradise, Arizona | Postal | Paradise is a small town located somewhere in Arizona, U.S. and is the main setting for Postal, Postal 2, and its expansions. The population of the town is 4,312. |
Pepsi City | Pepsiman | A fictional city, presumably located in the United States, where violent riots erupted after its citizens were deprived of their favourite Pepsi beverage due to an unforeseen production problem.[24] |
Pleasantview, USA | The Sims 2 | Pleasantview is one of the three pre-made neighborhoods shipped with The Sims 2. |
Port Knot City | Death Stranding | A city on the shores of a crater lake in the Eastern Region of the United Cities of America. Its head of distribution is Viktor Frank. |
Possum Springs | Night in the Woods | A fictional dying coal-mining town in the Rust Belt region of the United States. The town used to have an underground rail system, but it is defunct and flooded in the game. The locals celebrate Halloween with their own festival, the Harfest. Its mines were a site of a massacre, a mining accident and hosted a cult centered around the entity known as the Black Goat. |
Presidia, Cascadia | Project Wingman | Presidia is the capital city of Cascadia, and is the largest city in the Northwestern Hemisphere, it's also another one Cascadias founding cities. It is located on the 'Island' and near the Pacific Ocean.
The assault on Presidia was the final mission for Cascadian forces to reclaim the capital from the Federation, shortly before the complete capture a ceasefire was declared on both forces, ending the war. It was broken moments after when Crimson 1 arrived and launched Cordium missiles at the city, the same ones that were used on Prospero. The 'Presidian disaster' was caused by this, and the entire city was devastated, most of the damage being in the downtown area. Despite the city being severely damaged, it was successfully recaptured by Cascadian forces. Albeit of there being almost no city left. |
Prospero, Cascadia | Project Wingman | Prospero was another founding city of Cascadia, it is located on the 'Island' and near the Scarred Sea. Also known as the 'Prospero Hub'. It was powered by an inactive volcano which gave the city a large amount of energy. Prospero was the centre of trade in the Western Hemisphere, it had the largest airship port in Cascadia and was a Hub for all the economic traffic coming in and out of the country.
Prospero was destroyed when the Federation launched Cordium missiles at the city, reactivating the volcano and igniting the Cordium underground, causing the Ring Of Fire to go active which started the 'Cascadian Calamity Event'. The city was completely abandoned and declared a 'No Man's Land'. It wasn't until 2 months later the Cascadian forces came back to the city to use it as a base for their final assault. |
Punchbowl, Pennsylvania | Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse | A futuristic city. |
Raccoon City | Resident Evil 2 | Raccoon City is a town located in Arklay County in an unnamed state in Midwest United States. Originally the location of the headquarters and research facilities of the corrupt Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, it is the setting of many games in the Resident Evil franchise. |
Rapture | BioShock (series) | Rapture is a city in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Greenland and Iceland. |
Raven Brooks, Missouri | Hello Neighbor | Raven Brooks is a small American town in which the Hello Neighbor Franchise takes place. |
Ravenholm | Half-Life 2 | Ravenholm is a town in Eastern Europe in the game Half-Life 2. |
Redfall, Massachusetts | Redfall | |
Rhodes, Lemoyne | Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online | Rhodes, based on Dahlonega, GA is a town in the Scarlett Meadows region of the fictional state of Lemoyne in the Red Dead universe. The town was founded in the early 19th century by Brigadier General Sherman M. Rhodes, until 1899 the town was under the heavy influence of both the Braithwaite and Gray families until 1899. During 1899 an infamous gang of outlaws became responsible for the destruction of the Braithwaite family, the Gray family managed to survive but they were severely weakened and by 1907 their remaining influence over Rhodes had disappeared. |
Rockay City, USA | Crime Boss: Rockay City | Rockay City itself is set in a Florida reminiscent of Miami Vice. |
Rockwell, USA | Destroy All Humans! | Rockwell is the second area in Destroy All Humans!. It is a small, rural mid-western town. |
Saffron City | Pokémon Red and Blue | Saffron City is a fictional city located in the Kanto region in the Pokémon universe. Modeled after a Japanese city of Tokyo, the city is home of the Gym Leader Sabrina. |
Saint Denis, Lemoyne | Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online | Saint Denis, based on New Orleans is a port city located in the Bayou Nwa region of the fictional state of Lemoyne, Saint Denis is also the state capital of the mentioned state in the Red Dead universe. The state of Lemoyne itself is based on Louisiana. |
Sandy Shores, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto V | Sandy Shores is a small desert town located on the northern edge of the Grand Senora Desert in Blaine County, San Andreas. The population of the town is 3,010. |
Santa Modesta, California | Destroy All Humans! | Santa Modesta was the third area in Destroy All Humans!. It is based off the real-life town of Santa Monica, California. |
Santo Ileso, USA | Saints Row | Santo Ileso is a fictional city and the setting of Saints Row reboot. The city is based on Las Vegas. |
San Fierro, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Counterpart of San Francisco. It is the second largest city in the State of San Andreas (behind Los Santos only) |
San Joshua Del Mosquiera, Mexico | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas | This small Mexican city, located on the US-Mexico border, functions as the headquarters of a terrorist cell led by Irena Morales, one of the main villains of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas |
Sapienza | Hitman | An Italian town of which many of the scenarios for the 2016 video game are situated. |
Schlechberg | Grand Theft Auto | Schlechberg is fictional district city located in fictional state of New Guernsey and based on Guttenberg, New Jersey. |
Seaside Town | Kingdom of Loathing | Seaside Town is the capital of the eponymous Kingdom of Loathing. |
Shepherd's Glen, Maine | Silent Hill: Homecoming | Shepherd's Glen is a cursed town first featured in, and the main setting of, Silent Hill: Homecoming. Built along the shores of Toluca Lake within Toluca County, it is neighbored by the sleepy burg of Silent Hill, Maine. |
Silent Hill. Maine | Silent Hill | Silent Hill is a fictional resort town in Maine, United States. It is the eponymous setting of all games in the Silent Hill franchise. |
Silver Rock City | Need for Speed Payback | Silver Rock City is a fictional city in the United States of America. It is heavily inspired by the city of Las Vegas. |
Sinclair Parish, Louisiana | Mafia III: Faster, Baby! | Sinclair Parish is a town that serves as the setting for the Mafia III DLC Faster, Baby!, it's in the neigbhour of New Bordeaux. |
Skingrad, Cyrodiil | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Skingrad is a large city located in Cyrodiil's West Weald. It is the home of two famous wineries, Surilie Brothers and Tamika's West Weald. |
Soctovia City, North America | Project Wingman | Soctovia City was a city located somewhere in North America. Near it was the Izumi Geological monitoring station, where it sent out multiple alerts across the Western Hemisphere on the tremors coming from Prospero. It had to assume something was happening in Prospero, since it had lost contact with the cities' monitoring station. It had then confirmed that the Ring Of Fire had gone active within Cascadia. |
Solstitium, Cascadia | Project Wingman | A one of three founding cities of Cascadia, it is located on the 'Island; part of the country, and is near the Scarred Sea. Solstitium was destroyed when a Cordium shipment in the city was mishandled and ignited the Cordium underneath the city in the year AC 392. The event caused thousands of deaths and many more civilians who lived there displaced. It became the first artificial exclusion zone in the AC era. It is now known as Cascadia's 'Lost City'. |
South Knot City | Death Stranding | A desert city in the Central Region of the United Cities of America. It was partially destroyed by a terrorist attack. Its overseer is Owen Southwick; Mama, a researcher for Bridges, used to live there. |
South Town | Fatal Fury | South Town is a fictional location in SNK's Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters series of video games. It's a coastal city located in the United States and is home of Terry Bogard and the nemesis Geese Howard. The city hosted The King of Fighters Tournaments before the NESTS saga blow up. |
Starlight Shores | The Sims 3: Showtime | Starlight Shores is described as The Sims version of Los Angeles, California including the fact that the city was founded by monks (Los Angeles was founded by the Franciscan order in 1771). |
Starngetown, USA | The Sims 2 | Strangetown is one of the pre-made neighborhoods in The Sims 2. |
Steelport, USA | Saints Row: The Third | Steelport is the main setting of Saints Row: The Third, and Saints Row IV as Virtual Steelport. |
Stilwater, Michigan | Saints Row | Stilwater is a city located in Stilwater County, Michigan, the main setting of Saints Row, Saints Row 2, Saints Row Undercover, and Saints Row: Total Control. The city is modeled after Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Baltimore. |
Sunset Valley, USA | The Sims 3 | |
Temple Gate, Arizona | Outlast 2 | Temple Gate is a remote settlement in the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona, and the primary setting of Outlast 2. |
Tilted Towers | Fortnite: Battle Royale | Tilted Towers used to be the largest city in the game, until it was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in May 2019. Was replaced by a neo-futuristic city named Neo Tilted in Season 9, which in turn was replaced by the Old West-esque Tilted Town, and then by Gotham City in September. Was revealed on January 18, 2022 when it was revealed after the snow and ice melted away, but will be rebuilt to a restaurant-themed location after the battle between the Seven and the IO. |
Tudor, Alderney | Grand Theft Auto IV | Tudor is a township in the State of Alderney. It is located within southern Alderney, bordered by Hardtack Avenue in the north (Acter), Latchkey Ave in the east (Port Tudor), and Plumbbob Avenue in the south (Acter Industrial Park). The residential half of Tudor in the west denotes Liberty City's most westerly point.
Tudor is meant to represent Elizabeth, New Jersey. |
Ventura Bay, California | Need for Speed (2015) | Located in Southern California, it is inspired by the most populous city in California, Los Angeles and is where all the racing in the game takes place. |
Verdansk, Kastovia | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019 video game)Call of Duty: Warzone | Verdansk was a city in the fictional country of Kastovia, a Eastern European country that was invaded by Al Qatala, the in game terrorist group. It is the main setting for Call of Duty: Warzone. In April 2021, Activision destroyed the city in a special event called "The destruction of Verdansk", which commemorated the end of the Modern Warfare Seasons. The city was reborn in the style of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War for the Cold War seasons of Warzone. The city was finally removed from public play when Call of Duty: Vanguard released. Caldera replaced Verdansk. |
Veronaville, USA | The sims 2 | Veronaville is a lush, rural small town with a river separating two distinct halves of the town. The town is based on Verona. |
Vice City, USA | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, | Vice City, as depicted in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, is set in 1986. A reference to 1980s Miami, Vice City is specifically indicated to be located within the state of Florida, while Vice City was suggested to exist alongside Miami in Grand Theft Auto III. Vice City was also featured in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Vice City has an estimated population of 1,800,000 |
Village of the Doomed | American McGee's Alice | |
Villedor | Dying Light 2 | Villedor is a city in an unknown European country, it is the setting for Dying Light 2. |
Waddle Dee Town | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | Waddle Dee Town is a small settlement destroyed by the Beast Pack at the start of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It is slowly rebuilt by the Waddle Dees saved during the game, unlocking new buildings with different uses. |
Wataribashi, Hizen Province, Japan | Samurai Shodown series | Located in Hizen Province, Japan, this city is the hometown of Kazuki Kazama, a reoccurring character in Samurai Shodown series and one of the co-protagonists of Samurai Shodown IV |
Willamette, Colorado | Dead Rising Dead Rising 4 | Willamette, Colorado is the main setting of Dead Rising and Dead Rising 4, with the mall as its more specific location during the events of the first game. |
Whittleton Creek, Vermont | Hitman 2 | Whittleton Creek is a fictional suburb in the United States of America, located in the state of Vermont. It is the home of several white collar professionals, such as University staff and government employees. |
Yaughton, England | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Yaughton is a village in Shropshire. |
Mythology
Other
Town Name | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|
Azure City | The Order of the Stick | Fictional capital of a country of the same name, the setting for a large portion of the Webcomic The Order of the Stick. |
Cliffport | The Order of the Stick | |
Moperville | El Goonish Shive | Moperville is the setting for the main version of the El Goonish Shive comic. |
Nightvale | Welcome to Nightvale | |
Waterdeep | Dungeons & Dragons | fictional city-state that forms part of a popular Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game campaign setting called the Forgotten Realms.[25] It is a port city that is located along the western coast of the Faerûn sub-continent. Known as the City of Splendors, Waterdeep is one of the largest and busiest cities—and one of the most important political powers—on the continent. The population is primarily human, although other races dwell therein. |
Sigil | Planescape | Fictional city located inside a ring hovering above the Spire, and the most popular locale in the setting. Nicknamed the City of Door and the Cage, it contains portals to potentially every plane, dimension, and world in the Multiverse, and is inhabited by every race of Primes and Planars imaginable. Ruled by the enigmatic Lady of Pain. |
Ypsilon | Pikkó herceg és Jutka Perzsi | Fictional city, the capital of Gömböc Kán. |
References
- This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
- Wolf, Mark J.P. (March 14, 2014). Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781136220807.
Fictional counties, cities, and towns, however, are easier to accept, because there are so many real ones, that quite likely no audience member will know them all (though the invention may seem contrived if one happens to live right there...
- Anton Furst, Derek Meddings, Visualizing Gotham: The Production Design of Batman, 2005, Warner Home Video.
- StarWars.com Databank: Mos Eisley
- Barron, James, 1996-04-14, Whodunit? That Under-40 Crowd, New York Times.
- Welcome to the Hellmouth (1.01) introduces the Hellmouth, which is referred to numerous times throughout the series. The entrance to the Hellmouth is seen under the school in The Zeppo, Doomed, Conversations with Dead People, and throughout the second half of season seven.
- Wynne-Jones, Jonathan; Howie, Michael (17 April 2011). "Have they found the real Ambridge?". www.telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Newspapers. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- "Lynda Snell - from village outsider to Ambridge treasure". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- Cleverdon, D. (1969) The Growth of Milk Wood, p4 Dent.
- "Under Milk Wood, BBC Third Programme". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 January 1954. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "The death of Dylan Thomas". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "Back to the Real London or Mapping the City of the Past in Gaiman's Neverwhere, Fafnir - Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, pages 20–30". journal.finfar.org. The Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- Blake, Heidi (30 September 2010). "The Flintstones' 50th anniversary: 15 things you don't know". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- "Top 10 Anime City [Best List]". Blog.honeyfeed.fm. 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- Griffiths, Eric (June 21, 2007). "Young offenders". New Statesman. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- Heffernan, Virginia (April 28, 2004). "Critic's Notebook; What? Morals in 'South Park'?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- Turner, p. 55
- Turner, p. 30
- Passmore, Kevin (1997). From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French Province, 1928-1939. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-521-89426-3.
- Mould, Michael (2011). The Routledge Dictionary of cultural references in modern French. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-415-59792-0.
- "HPL: Wizards, Witches and Beings: H". Retrieved 27 July 2008.
- Giest, Mary Ellen (October 24, 2011). "Bryan Gruley's Northern Michigan: {...} Gruley sets his dark novels in a fictional Northern Michigan town called Starvation Lake". Traverse City, Michigan: MyNorth Media (mynorth.com). Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- "Hinamizawa is based on Shirakawa, Gifu" (in Japanese). 07th Expansion. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
- "More references to Shirakawa, Gifu" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
- Matulef, Jeffrey (12 July 2016). "Watch highlights from Summer Games Done Quick". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.