Where is SimCity set?
1989 video game
SimCity — 7 real places Wikidata records as its setting in the United States, Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany. Where the game takes place, not where it was made: a game is filmed nowhere, so this is the only kind of location it has.
Part of the SimCity game series
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Where it is set
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Francisco
🇺🇸 United States
consolidated city and county in California, United States
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Tokyo
🇯🇵 Japan
capital and largest city of Japan
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Detroit
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Wayne County, and largest city in State of Michigan, United States
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Rio de Janeiro
🇧🇷 Brazil
city of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
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Boston
🇺🇸 United States
capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and seat of Suffolk County
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bern
🇨🇭 Switzerland
city in Switzerland, capital of the canton of Bern and de facto capital of Switzerland
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Hamburg
🇩🇪 Germany
city and state in the North of Germany
Also per Wikipedia — “Video games set in the Las Vegas Valley” category
Wikipedia’s “Video games set in the Las Vegas Valley” category lists 1 more place. A category is an editor’s judgement rather than a sourced statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Set in the same places
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Frequently asked questions
How many places is SimCity set in?
7 places recorded on Wikidata, and 1 place from a Wikipedia setting category, labelled per Wikipedia, across 5 countries.
In which countries is SimCity set?
the United States, Japan, Brazil, Switzerland and Germany.
Which other productions are set in the same places?
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Watch Dogs 2, Crazy Taxi, Driver: San Francisco and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Was SimCity filmed anywhere?
No. A game is filmed nowhere, so the places on this page are where its story is set, from Wikidata's narrative location and from Wikipedia's setting categories.
Where does this information come from?
Narrative location statements on Wikidata, and the setting categories Wikipedia editors file the work under, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is guessed from the plot.