Where is Watch Dogs set?
2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft
Watch Dogs (2014) — 1 real place Wikidata records as its setting in the United States. 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 Watch Dogs game series
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Where it is set
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chicago
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America
“The game is set in a fictionalized version of Chicago ("Windy City"), an open world environment which permits free-roaming.” Wikipedia
Filmed in the same places
- The Dark Knight 2008
- Batman Begins 2005
- Goodfellas 1990
- Spider-Man 2 2004
- Man of Steel 2013
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992
- The Batman 2022
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011
- North by Northwest 1959
- Diamonds Are Forever 1971
- Ocean's Eleven 2001
- Lincoln 2012
Set in the same places
- Hitman: Absolution 2012
- Midtown Madness 1999
- Burnout 3: Takedown 2004
- I Am Alive 2012
- Perfect Dark 2000
- Lethal Enforcers 1992
- Déjà Vu 1985
- Gangsters: Organized Crime 1998
Frequently asked questions
How many places is Watch Dogs set in?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, across the United States.
Which other productions are set in the same places?
Hitman: Absolution (2012), Midtown Madness (1999), Burnout 3: Takedown (2004), I Am Alive (2012) and 4 more, each listed on this page.
Was Watch Dogs 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.