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This is alist 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]
| Name | Debut | Creator(s) | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 dangerousred-light district. |
| Blüdhaven | Nightwing Vol 1 #1 | Chuck Dixon,Scott McDaniel | DC Comics | A fictional American city located inNew 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. |
| Coast City | Showcase #22 (October 1959) | John Broome | ||
| District X | New X-Men #127 | Grant Morrison,John Paul Leon | Marvel Comics | A ghetto like neighbourhood ofNew York City, where most of the inhabitants aremutants. With the rise ofManhattan's mutant population coupled with racism among normal humans, mutants formed their own community in a ghetto established in or around Alphabet City, Manhattan. Middle East Side and Mutant Town are its other names. A series of explosions incinerated much of the neighborhood, withArcade's force fields preventing fire fighters from entering the area until the entire district had been utterly annihilated. NowDistrict X has been destroyed completely. |
| 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 ofDonald 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 SirFrancis Drake. By the 19th century, the fort had been handed over by its departing British occupants toCornelius Coot, who renamed the fort "Duckburg". |
| Gotham City | Batman #4 (Winter 1940) | Bob Kane,Bill Finger | DC Comics | A fictional American city that is the home ofBatman, and the principal setting for all Batman comics, films, and other adaptations. Generally portrayed as a dark, crime-ridden locale, writer/artistFrank Miller has described Gotham City as New York City at night. It was originally strongly inspired byTrenton, 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 forTim Burton'sBatman (1989) have been influential on subsequent portrayals: he set out to "make Gotham City the ugliest and bleakest metropolis imaginable."[2] |
| Keystone City | Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) | Gardner Fox,Harry Lampert | ||
| Metropolis | Action Comics #16 (Sept 1939) | A fictional American city that is the home ofSuperman, and along withSmallville, one of the principal settings for all Superman comics, films, and other adaptations. | ||
| 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. PublisherJohn L. Goldwater has said that the town is based on his own hometown of Hiawatha, Kansas, whileArchie 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 ofSuperman, 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 asSuperman: The Movie (1978)), and the adult Superman also returns to visit. Smallville debuted in comics as the setting forSuperboy (originally the identity of Superman as a youth, later made into a separate character) but was first mentioned inThe Adventures of Superman radio show. The television seriesSmallville broadcast from 2001 to 2011. | |
| Star City | Green Arrow | George Papp,Mort Weisinger | Home of the fictional vigilantesGreen Arrow,Black Canary, Spartan, and Overwatch. They fight crime in this city. | |
| Kamar-Taj | Strange Tales #110 (July 1963) | Stan Lee,Steve Ditko | Marvel Comics | A village hidden high in theHimalayas, whereDoctor Strange learns magic from theAncient One. |
| Fawcett City | Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940) | Fawcett Comics,DC Comics |
| Name | Film | Distributor(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterford, Massachusetts | 211 | Momentum Pictures | Chesterford is a fictional city located inMiddlesex County, Massachusetts, with its own police department. | |
| Derry, Maine | It | Warner Bros. Pictures | Derry is a fictional town created byStephen King to serve as a nexus of horror in books such asIt,Insomnia,The Tommyknockers and11/22/63. | |
| 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 | TheEmerald City is the fictional capital city of theLand of Oz based onL. Frank Baum's series ofOz books. It was first described inThe 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 fictionalcity inThe Matrix films. It is the lasthumancity on theplanetEarth 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 fictionalStar Warsuniverse. It is introduced as a spaceport[3] town on the planetTatooine whichObi-Wan Kenobi (played byAlec Guinness) describes as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." It is the home of theMos Eisley cantina andFigrin D'an and the Modal Nodes. | |
| Coruscant | Coruscant is a fictional planet and city in theStar 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 novelThe Stepford Wives. Although the focus is on the wives, the fictional location is also worthy of note. | |
| Toontown | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures (1988) | Fictional town that bordersBurbank, 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 producerDebra Hill. The town appears in all of the films in thefranchise, except forHalloween H20. |
| Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Cove | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | Cabot Cove,Maine, is the small, fictional fishing village in whichJessica Fletcher lives in the television seriesMurder, She Wrote. Many episodes ofMurder, 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. TheNew 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 fromNew York City. |
| Hawkins, Indiana | Stranger Things | Netflix | |
| Lenora Hills, California | Lenora Hills is a fictional town inCalifornia that appeared in the fourth season of the show, the town was where the Byers andEleven moved from Hawkins at the end of the third season. | ||
| Hazzard County, Georgia | The Dukes of Hazzard | CBS | Hazzard County is a fictional county in Georgia that was the setting for the 1980s television seriesThe Dukes of Hazzard and its 2005film of the same name. |
| Mayberry | Andy Griffith Show | Mayberry is a fictional community inNorth Carolina that was the setting for twoAmericantelevision sitcoms,The Andy Griffith Show andMayberry R.F.D. Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reuniontelevision movie titledReturn 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 dramaBuffy the Vampire Slayer. Series creatorJoss Whedon conceived the town as a representation of a genericCalifornia city, as well as a narrative parody of the 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. |
| Mystic Falls | The Vampire Diaries | CW | Hometown to the main characters of the series. Founded in 1860 by a few founding families, the small town with a long history of supernatural creatures such as Vampires, Werewolves and Witches. Many important historical occurrences have taken place in Mystic Falls. |
| Lanford, IL | Roseanne | ABC | Lanford is the town that the show takes place in. (based in Elgin, IL) |
| Town Name | Origin | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambridge | The Archers | BBC Radio 4 | Village in the fictional county ofBorsetshire, in the EnglishMidlands. Possibly based on the village ofCutnall Green.[6] Main setting ofThe 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 ofBorsetshire, in the EnglishMidlands. |
| Felpersham | The Archers | BBC Radio 4 | Town in the fictional county ofBorsetshire, in the EnglishMidlands. |
| 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 fishingvillage inWales. Possibly based on the seaside town ofNew Quay inCeredigion.[8] It is the setting ofUnder Milk Wood, a radio play commissioned by theBBC Third Programme from poet and playwrightDylan 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, fromNeil Gaiman'sNeverwhere, adapted from a TV drama by the author forBBC Radio 4.London Below is a parallel world in and beneath the sewers ofLondon 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 withAmbridge, the setting ofBBC Radio 4's soap operaThe 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. |
| 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 Nanefua Pizza 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 thefictionalprehistoric city, which is home to the characters of theanimatedtelevision 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 comedyFuturama, built above "'Old' New York." It is also the location of the headquarters of Planet Express. | |
| Quahog, Rhode Island | Family Guy | Quahog, Rhode Island is a city which is the setting for the U.S. animated television sitcomFamily 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 lifeSouth Park basin in theRocky Mountains of centralColorado.[14] The town is also home to an assortment of frequent characters such asstudents,families,elementary school staff, and othervarious residents, who tend to regard South Park as a bland and quiet place to live.[15] | |
| Springfield | The Simpsons | FOX | Springfield is thefictional town in which theAmericananimatedsitcomThe Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of theUnited 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 byJebediah Springfield. | |
| West City | Dragon Ball | Funimation | Fictional city featured in theDragon Ball franchise. It is 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 theNaruto media franchise. It is 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. | |
| Musutafu | My Hero Academia | Funimation | Fictional city in theMy Hero Academia franchise whereIzuku Midoriya and other characters live. It is located somewhere nearShizuoka Prefecture. | |
| Townsville | Powerpuff Girls | Cartoon Network | Although it shares the same name as the Australian city, it does not appear to have any other connection toTownsville, Queensland. | |
| New Helic City | Zoids: Chaotic Century | JNN | ||
| Paradigm City | The Big O | Wowow | ||
| Clamburg | Making Fiends (web series)Making Fiends (TV series) | Nickelodeon | Fictional coastal city in an unknown sea which is a dangerous city and the delicious side of Clamburg isClams. It is implied to be a fishing village that serves as a tourist destination. | |
| Iacon | Transformers (franchise) | Paramount+,Cartoon Network,The Hub/Discovery Family, andThe CW's Vortexx block | Fictional city on the planet Cybertron. It is an Autobot-controlled city state in the planet's northern hemisphere. |
| Town name | Author | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambergris | Jeff VanderMeer | City of Saints and Madmen | Ambergris is a fictional city featured inJeff VanderMeer's works, starting withCity of Saints and Madmen (2001) and continuing withShriek: An Afterword (2006) andFinch (2009). It is named for "the most secret and valued part of the whale" and populated by humans after its original inhabitants—a race ofmushroom-like humanoids known as "gray caps"—were violently driven underground. These creatures, though removed from the eccentricities of daily life in Ambergris, continue to cast a shadow over the city with their unexplained nocturnal activities. |
| Castle Rock | Stephen King | various novels | Castle Rock, Maine is part ofStephen King's fictionalMaine topography and provides the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Built similarly to the fictional towns ofJerusalem's Lot (featured in the novel'Salem's Lot) andDerry (featured in the novelsIt,Insomnia, andDreamcatcher), Castle Rock is a typical smallNew England town with many dark secrets. |
| Cittàgazze | Philip Pullman | The Subtle Knife | Cittàgazze (sometimes abbreviated toCi'gazze), meaning "City of theMagpies" 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 byGabriel Chevallier, inspired byVaux-en-Beaujolais, acommune in theBeaujolais. The novel satirises the conflict between Catholics and republicans in theThird Republic.[18] The story concerns a dispute over the construction of avespasienne (public urinal) near the village church. The term Clochemerle has entered French as a term to describe "petty, parochial squabbling".[19] |
| 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 ofHogwarts 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. |
| Idaville | Donald J. Sobol | Encyclopedia Brown | Idaville is a fictional American town in this YA series. It is also the setting of the stories in other media. |
| Shangri-La | James Hilton | Lost Horizon | Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novelLost 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. |
| 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 forGarrison Keillor's segment "The News from Lake Wobegon" from the radio programA Prairie Home Companion as well Kellior's booksLake Wobegon Days (1985) andLeaving Home (1987). It is said to be located in the fictional Mist County inCentral Minnesota presumably nearSt. Cloud. The town is based on the small-town life of various Minnesota lake communities, most notably Keillor's hometown ofAnoka, 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 | Amber is the true world of which our world, and many (perhaps infinitely many) others, are shadows; and also the name of the citadel that is its capital. |
| 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 aDungeons & Dragons campaign setting. |
| Ankh-Morpork | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | Pratchett describesAnkh-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 inThe 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) |
| 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). |
| 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 George (one of the Famous Five characters, who was given the island by her parents). The island is frequented by the five adventurers. |
| Jonathanland | Mason Ewing | Various stories | Jonathanland is the fictional city created by Mason Ewing, where several storylines unfold, including those of Baby Madison, Eli Tilmann and the pin-up Shelly Gold. It is located in California, not far from Los Angeles. |
| 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. |
| Malgudi | R. K. Narayan | Swami and Friends | A town inRamanathapuram inSouth India in the novels and short stories ofR. K. Narayan. All but one of his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take place here. The name is a portmanteau of two Bangalore localities,Malleshwaram andBasavanagudi. |
| Underhill | Kim Stanley Robinson (original writer). | Red Mars | This is the original settlement on Mars. |
| Name | Debut | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | Final Fantasy IX | |
| Arcadia Bay, Oregon | Life Is Strange | Arcadia Bay is a small, fictional city at the coast ofOregon and the main setting of the videogamesLife Is Strange andLife Is Strange: Before the Storm. |
| Bayview | Need for Speed: Underground 2 | A fictional seaside city located on the west coast region of the United States. |
| Blackwater, West Elizabeth | Red Dead Redemption | Blackwater is a small port town based onBlackwater, Missouri, and is the setting of the Blackwater Massacre in Red Dead Redemption 2. It is featured inRed Dead Redemption,Red Dead Redemption 2, andRed Dead Online. |
| Bright Falls, Washington | Alan Wake | Bright Falls is a fictional mountain town located in theU.S. state ofWashington and is the setting ofAlan Wake. |
| Bullworth, New England | Bully | A small town located somewhere within the New England region of the United States. Also the namesake of the primary location of the game, Bullworth Academy. |
| Capital City, U.S. | State of Emergency | Setting forState of Emergency andState of Emergency 2. |
| Carcer City, U.S. | Manhunt | Setting forManhunt, Based on several Rust belt cities, primarily Cleveland and Detroit. |
| Catharsis, Arizona | Postal III | Catharsis is a desert town. |
| City 17 | Half-Life 2 | City 17 is the setting of the gamesHalf-Life 2: Episode One andHalf-Life 2: Episode Two. The city is located in Eastern Europe and is shown to be controlled by the interdimensional totalitarian regime known asThe Combine. |
| Columbia | BioShock Infinite | Columbia is a floating city which was the part of the United States, and introduced to the world during theWorld's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Following an "international incident" where the city bombardedPeking during theBoxer Rebellion in response to American hostages being taken by the Boxers, the city seceded from the United States and became a theocratic/white nationalist dictatorship. |
| Cottonmouth, U.S. | Manhunt 2 | Setting forManhunt 2. Presumably located in the Gulf Coast, the city's design is mostly influenced by New Orleans and Atlanta. |
| Court of Fontaine | Genshin Impact | Capital city of the fictional nation of Fontaine. |
| Diamond City, Boston | Fallout 4 | A post-apocalyptic settlement based in the ruins ofFenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Dowon | InZOI | Fictional South Korean city based on Seoul. |
| Dunwall | Dishonored | Dunwall, the capital of Gristol and the Empire of the Isles, is an industrial whaling city situated on the Wrenhaven River. In the game it is shown to be ravaged by plague and controlled by an oppressive and technologically advanced government. |
| Edensin, Arizona | Postal 4: No Regerts | Edensin is a desert town, located near to the Mexican border. |
| Empire Bay, U.S. | Mafia II | Empire Bay is a city on the East Coast of the United States that serves as the setting forMafia II. The city is based on New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Detroit. |
| Empire City | Infamous | A fictional city presumably located in the Northeastern United States, heavily inspired by New York. During the events of Infamous it was ravaged by an event known as "the blast" and isolated from the continental United States. |
| Fairhaven | Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012) | A fictional city located in the Northeastern United States, primarily based onBoston andPittsburgh. |
| 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 inDead Rising 2. |
| Foundation, West Virginia | Fallout 76 | A fictional post-apocalyptic settlement located onSpruce Mountain. It is home to the Settlers, one of the two predominant factions in the game. |
| Freedom Town, USA | Fortnite Creative | Created to promote theKamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.[21] |
| Greenvale, Washington | Deadly Premonition | Greenvale is a town in Washington 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-warBerlin, which was divided by theBerlin Wall until 1990. |
| Harran | Dying Light | A small Middle Eastern city-state implied to be located somewhere within the Levant or Mesopotamia, the two major district within the game, the slums and the old town were the major setting for the game. |
| Hinamizawa, Japan | Higurashi When They Cry | A rural village in Japan based on the village ofShirakawa, Gifu, aWorld 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. |
| 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. |
| Imperial City | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Capital of the Empire of Tamriel, the largest city inTamriel and primary city withinOblivion. |
| Inazuma City | Genshin Impact | Capital city of the fictional nation of Inazuma. |
| Kakariko Village | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Kakariko Village (カカリコ村,Kakariko-mura) is a fictional village ofThe Legend of Zelda series that appears inA Link to the Past,Ocarina of Time,Four Swords Adventures,Twilight Princess,A Link Between Worlds, andBreath of the Wild. Kakariko is often portrayed as a prosperous small town. |
| 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, and is heavily inspired by the architecture and culture of Mediterranean Europe. |
| Lakeshore, Illinois | Need for Speed: Unbound | A fictional major city based on Chicago and its surrounding areas. |
| Las Venturas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | One of the three accessible cities in the game, based on Las Vegas. |
| Lavender Town | Pokémon Red andBlue | Lavender Town (シオンタウン,Shion Taun; Shion Town) is a fictional village in the Kanto region of thePokémon series. Stylized as ahaunted location, Lavender Town is home to a large, indoorJapanese-style graveyard in a building called the Pokémon Tower. The town appears inPokémon Red andBlue,Yellow,Gold andSilver,Crystal,FireRed andLeafGreen,HeartGold andSoulSilver, andLet's Go, Pikachu! andLet's Go, Eevee!. |
| Leyndell | Elden Ring | The capital of The Lands Between, which has fallen to ruins by the events ofElden Ring. |
| Liberty City, U.S. | Grand Theft Auto | Liberty City is a copy ofNew York City. It is shown inGTA I,GTA III,Liberty City Stories,Advance,Chinatown Wars andGTA IV. In all games, it is shown in the 1990s and 2000s. It is located in the Liberty state, and it is implied to be in proximity with Carcer City (appears inManhunt and in some dialogues in another games ofGrand Theft Auto). In GTA III and Liberty City Stories, the city is shown to only be loosely based on New York, while in GTA IV, the references to New York City are more explicit, featuring parodies of Times Square, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty. |
| Little Hope, Massachusetts | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | Little Hope is a town in Massachusetts and the main setting ofThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope. |
| Little Lamplight | Fallout 3 | A fictional post-apocalyptic settlement based in a network of caves in the Washington DC metropolitan area. The settlement is run entirely by children who exile their own once they hit puberty. In-game entries reveal the town was formed by schoolchildren on a field trip in 2077 when nuclear war occurred. |
| Liyue Harbor | Genshin Impact | Capital city of the fictional nation of Liyue, and largest port on the continent of Teyvat. It is primarily based off of Chinese architecture. |
| Lost Heaven | Mafia (video game) | A fictional city located in the Midwestern United States in the 1930s. The city is heavily based on Chicago during the Prohibition Era. |
| Los Santos, San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,Grand Theft Auto V andGrand Theft Auto Online | Like its counterpart ofLos Angeles,California,USA, 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, includingCompton (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),Venice Beach (Verona Beach),Hollywood (Vinewood) and itsHollywood Sign (Vinewood Sign). Los Santos is also part of the setting forGrand 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. |
| Los Perdidos, California | Dead Rising 3 | A fictional major city located inSouthern California. Described as a leading national center of business, culture, and the center of the entertainment industry. The city is primarily based and is a counterpart of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area in the Dead Rising universe. |
| Ludendorff, North Yankton | Grand Theft Auto V | A fictional town located in the fictional Midwestern state of North Yankton, based on North Dakota. The town's name, which is named after the German military leader Erich Ludendorff, alludes toBismarck, the state capital of North Dakota, named after the German military leader and statesman Otto Von Bismarck. |
| Markarth | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Capital of The Reach, one of the nine holds of Skyrim. |
| Midgar | Final Fantasy VII | A fictional arcology controlled by the Shinra Corporation. It is shown to be divided between an artificial "upper layer" (an elevated platform covering the city) and an impoverished "lower layer". |
| Mondstadt | Genshin Impact | Capital of eponymous nation of Mondstadt. It is loosely based off of central European architecture. |
| Nasha Town | Genshin Impact | Capital city of the autonamous region of Nod-Krai, which is part of the nation of Snezhnaya. |
| New Alexandria | Halo: Reach | |
| 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 as it existed in 1968. |
| New Donk City, Metro Kingdom | Super Mario Odyssey | Counterpart ofNew York City, this is the largest city inMetro Kingdom and is run byPauline, current mayor of New Donk City and former love interest ofMario. |
| New Marais | Infamous 2 | New Marais is a city presumably located in the Southern United States, based heavily off of post-Katrina New Orleans. It is shown to be partly controlled by a paramilitary group known only as "The Militia" and by a South African private security company called Vermaak 88. |
| New Mombasa | Halo 2,Halo 3: ODST | |
| New Reno | Fallout 2 | A fictional settlement based in the post-apocalyptic ruins ofReno, Nevada. |
| New Vegas | Fallout: New Vegas | A fictional settlement based in the post-apocalyptic ruins ofLas Vegas. The city is shown to be controlled partly by the reclusive businessman Mr. House, as well as by various gangs and outside factions such as the New California Republic and Caesar's Legion. |
| Night City | Cyberpunk 2077 | A fictional city-state bordering a partitioned California that was founded in 1992, amidst widespread civil and social unrest that nearly brought the United States to the brink of total collapse. By 2077 it is shown to be run almost entirely by corporations, and suffers from high rates of crime and environmental degradation. |
| Olympic City | Need for Speed: Underground | A fictional city primarily based on Seattle. |
| Pacific City | Crackdown | |
| Pallet Town | Pokémon Red andBlue | Pallet Town (マサラタウン,Masara Town) is a fictional town located in western region of Kanto in thePokémon universe. It based onMachida, Tokyo,Satoshi Tajiri's hometown although its map location correlates better with some place inShizuoka Prefecture. The town only has two entrances, north via Route 1 toViridian City and Route 21 south accessible through water only. |
| Palm City, Florida | Need for Speed: Heat | A fictional city located in Florida, primarily based onMiami and its surrounding area. |
| Palmont City | Need For Speed: Carbon | A fictional city influenced by several major cities in the United States, particularly Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and San Francisco. |
| Paradise City | Burnout Paradise | A fictional city located somewhere within the eastern coast of the United States. Paradise City is divided into 5 districts, which make up two general areas of the landscape, the urban area and the rural area. |
| Paradise, Arizona | Postal 2 | Paradise is a desert town inPostal 2. The population of the town is 4312. |
| Pelican Town | Stardew Valley | A small farming town in the region of Stardew Valley, and the primary setting of the game. |
| Possum Springs | Night in the Woods | A fictional dying coal-mining town in theRust 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 celebrateHalloween 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. |
| 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 theResident Evil franchise. |
| Rapture | BioShock (series) | Rapture is a city in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Greenland and Iceland. It is anArt Deco underwater city based onObjectivism founded by the wealthy entrepreneur Andrew Ryan in the late 1940s to escape the perceived constraints of the post-WW2 world. It eventually collapses due to civil unrest and mass genetic splicing in 1959. |
| 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 gameHalf-Life 2. |
| Rhodes, Lemoyne | Red Dead Redemption 2 andRed Dead Online | Rhodes, based on Dahlonega, GA is a town in the Scarlett Meadows region of the fictional state of Lemoyne in theRed 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. |
| Riften | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Capital of The Rift, one of the nine holds of Skyrim. |
| Rivet City | Fallout 3 | A post-apocalyptic settlement based on a former aircraft carrier docked on the irradiated Potomac River. |
| Rockay City, U.S. | Crime Boss: Rockay City | Rockay City itself is set in a Florida reminiscent ofMiami Vice. |
| Rockwell, U.S. | Destroy All Humans! | Rockwell is the second area inDestroy All Humans!. It is a small, rural mid-western town. |
| Rockport | Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005) | A fictional city presumably located in the pacific Northwest, primarily based on Seattle, Portland and Pittsburgh. |
| San Fiero | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | One of the three accessible cities in the game, based on San Francisco. |
| Saint Denis, Lemoyne | Red Dead Redemption 2 andRed Dead Online | Saint Denis, based onNew 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 theRed Dead universe. The state of Lemoyne itself is based onLouisiana. |
| Santa Destroy, California | No More Heroes (video game) | The fictional city and home of protagonist Travis Touchdown. The town was inspired by seedy small towns in the United States. |
| Santo Ileso, U.S. | Saints Row | Santo Ileso is a fictional city and the setting ofSaints Row reboot. The city is based on Las Vegas and Phoenix. |
| San Joshua Del Mosquiera, Mexico | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas | This small Mexican city, located on theUS-Mexico border, functions as the headquarters of a terrorist cell led by Irena Morales, one of the main villains ofTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. |
| Sapienza | Hitman | An Italian town of which many of the scenarios for the 2016 video game are situated. |
| Seaside Town | Kingdom of Loathing | Seaside Town is the capital of the eponymous Kingdom of Loathing. |
| Shady Sands | Fallout | The fictional capital of the New California Republic, a post-nuclear war successor state that claims to adhere to the democratic values of the old-world United States. |
| 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 theSilent 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 ofLas Vegas. |
| Solitude | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Capital of Haafingar Hold, one of the nine holds of Skyrim. Solitude serves as the capital of the Imperials, one of the two major factions in the game. |
| South Town | Fatal Fury | South Town is a fictional location inSNK'sFatal Fury,Art of Fighting andThe King of Fighters series of video games. It is a coastal city located in the United States and is home ofTerry Bogard and the nemesisGeese Howard. The city hostedThe King of Fighters Tournaments before the NESTS saga blow up. |
| Stadium of the Sacred Flame | Genshin Impact | Capital city of the fictional nation of Natlan. |
| Starlight Shores | The Sims 3: Showtime | Starlight Shores is described asThe Sims version ofLos Angeles, California including the fact that the city was founded by monks (Los Angeles was founded by the Franciscan order in 1771). |
| Starr Park | Brawl Stars | A fictional abandoned amusement park that serves as the home of all of the playable characters. |
| Steelport, U.S. | Saints Row: The Third | Steelport is the main setting ofSaints Row: The Third, andSaints Row IV asVirtual Steelport. It is heavily based on various Northeastern Rust Belt cities in the US. |
| Stilwater, Michigan | Saints Row | Stilwater is a city located in Stilwater County, Michigan, the main setting ofSaints Row,Saints Row 2,Saints Row Undercover, andSaints Row: Total Control. The city is modeled after Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Baltimore. |
| Sumeru City | Genshin Impact | Capital city of the fictional nation of Sumeru. |
| Sunset City, U.S. | Sunset Overdrive | A dystopian, giant futuristic metropolis, located somewhere in the United States. An outbreak caused by the release of a contaminated drink known as the OverCharge Delirium XT, turned most of the city's population into grotesquely mutated humans simply known as OverCharge Drinkers, setting the story of the game. |
| 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. |
| Teufort, New Mexico | Team Fortress 2 | Teufort is located in the Badlands, a fictional geographic region in New Mexico, and the primary setting of Team Fortress 2. |
| Tristram | Diablo | De facto capital of the Kingdom of Khanduras, and a major reoccuring location throughout theDiablo series. |
| Vault City | Fallout 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 aneo-futuristic city named Neo Tilted in Season 9, which in turn was replaced by theOld West-esque Tilted Town, and then byGotham 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. |
| Vekta City | Killzone | |
| Valentine, New Hanover | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Valentine is a hard-working livestock town located in the Heartlands of fictional U.S. State New Hanover in the gameRed Dead Redemption 2. |
| Ventura Bay, California | Need for Speed (2015) | Located inSouthern California, it is inspired by the most populous city inCalifornia,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, an Eastern European country that was invaded by Al Qatala, the in game terrorist group. It is the main setting forCall 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 ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War for the Cold War seasons of Warzone. The city was finally removed from public play whenCall of Duty: Vanguard released. Caldera replaced Verdansk. |
| Vice City, Florida | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, | Vice City, as depicted inGrand Theft Auto: Vice City, is set in 1986. A reference to 1980sMiami, Vice City is specifically indicated to be located within the State of Florida, while Vice City was suggested to exist alongside Miami inGrand Theft Auto III. Vice City was also featured in the gameGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and will be featured in the gameGrand Theft Auto VI. Unlike in previous installments, Vice City inGTA VI is set in the fictional, Floridaian-inspired state of Leonida, and will be set in the present day, and is implied to replace both the actual city of Miami and the actual State of Florida in the game's universe. Leonida itself borders the fictional State of Gloriana, inspired by the State of Georgia. |
| Villedor | Dying Light 2 | Villedor is a city in an unknown European country, it is the setting forDying Light 2. |
| Vivec City | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Largest city in Vvardenfell, and one of the principle cities of the province of Morrowind. The city is destroyed by the events ofThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. |
| Wellington Wells | We Happy Few | |
| Willamette, Colorado | Dead RisingDead Rising 4 | Willamette, Colorado is the main setting ofDead Rising andDead Rising 4, with the mall as its more specific location during the events of the first game. |
| Whiterun | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Capital of Whiterun Hold, one of the nine holds of Skyrim. |
| 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, government employees, and a former KGB spy. |
| Windhelm | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Capital of Eastmarch Hold, one of the nine holds of Skyrim. Windhelm serves as the capital of the Stormcloaks, one of the two major factions in the game. It is the oldest human settlement in Tamriel. |
| Wyndham, Cumberland | Atomfall | Fictional village inCumberland near theWindscale Piles. |
| Yaughton, England | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Yaughton is a village inShropshire. |
| Yharnam | Bloodborne |
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| Azure City | The Order of the Stick | Fictional capital of a country of the same name, the setting for a large portion of the WebcomicThe Order of the Stick. |
| Brigadoon | Brigadoon | Brigadoon is a village in theScottish Highlands, the setting of the musical of the same name. |
| Chako Paul City[24] | Chinese press agencies | A fictional town located in northern Sweden. |
| Cliffport | The Order of the Stick | |
| Klugheim | Phantasialand | Fictional medieval town surrounded bybasalt mountains that serves as a thematic area of the German theme park Phantasialand. |
| Nightvale | Welcome to Nightvale | |
| Sigil | Planescape | Fictional city located inside a ring hovering above the Spire, and the most popular locale in the setting. Nicknamed theCity of Doors andThe 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. |
| Silver City | Phantasialand | FictionalAmerican frontier town that served as a thematic area of the German theme park Phantasialand from 1974 to 2014 at the location of the modern-day thematic area Klugheim. It offered a saloon with shows and a dark ride, as well as shops and refreshments. |
| Waterdeep | Dungeons & Dragons | Fictionalcity-state that forms part of a popularDungeons & Dragonsfantasyrole-playing gamecampaign setting called theForgotten Realms.[25] It is a port city that is located along the western coast of theFaerûn sub-continent. Known as theCity 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. |
| Ypsilon | Pikkó herceg és Jutka Perzsi | A city, the capital of the fictional country of Gömböc in the first Hungarian opera. |
This article incorporatestext available under theCC BY-SA 3.0 license.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...)
