Where is Grand Theft Auto IV set?
2008 open world action-adventure video game
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) — 1 real place Wikidata records as its setting in 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 Grand Theft Auto game series
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Where it is set
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🎭 Fictional places
Liberty City
🇺🇸 United States
fictional city in Rockstar Games' video games series Grand Theft Auto (HD)
“Set in the fictional Liberty City, based on New York City, the single-player story follows Eastern European war veteran Niko Bellic and his attempts to escape his past while under pressure from high-profile criminals.” Wikipedia
Drawn from these real places
Nothing was filmed at these and the story does not happen in them. They are the real places this game’s setting was modelled on, named in its Japanese Wikipedia article. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, so it is listed apart from everything above and never counted as a filming location.
Places whose own article says it is set there
3 places whose own Wikipedia article names this game, where Wikidata records nothing and this game’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Astoria United States
“The video game Grand Theft Auto IV—which takes place in a mock New York City named Liberty City—has a neighborhood named Steinway in the borough of Dukes, the counterpart of Queens in the game.” Wikipedia
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Trump Tower United States
“A fictionalized version of it, called the Cleethorpes Tower, is depicted in the 2008 sequel Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.” Wikipedia
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Forest Hills United States
“The 2008 Rockstar Games open-world action-adventure/crime game Grand Theft Auto IV, which is set in a parody of New York City called Liberty City, features a parody of Forest Hills called Meadow Hills, located in the borough of Dukes, the GTA equivalent of Queens.” Wikipedia
Set in the same places
- Grand Theft Auto III 2001
- Grand Theft Auto Advance 2004
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 2009
- Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony 2009
- Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned 2009
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City 2009
More set in United States
- Grand Theft Auto V 2013
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002
- Grand Theft Auto III 2001
- Portal 2007
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2012
Every filming location in United States →
Frequently asked questions
How many places is Grand Theft Auto IV set in?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, across United States.
Which other productions are set in the same places?
Grand Theft Auto III (2001), Grand Theft Auto Advance (2004), Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009), Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009) and 2 more, each listed on this page.
Was Grand Theft Auto IV 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.