In Video Games

Connected Sites: 128

WHS appearing within video games. This only includes examples of 'realistic' portrayals of WHS, in the sense that the locations are recognisable with some attempt at authentic portrayal.

Connected Sites

  • Old City of Acre
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    157
    6
    Assassin's Creed – Hospitaller Fortress
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    610
    19
    Assassin's Creed II – St Mark's Cathedral, St Mark's Square; Painkiller (2004); Moebius: Empire Rising; Civilization VI: Venetian Arsenal
  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    612
    9
    Assassin's Creed II – Sistine Chapel; Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • San Gimignano
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.73
    320
    10
    Assassin's Creed II
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    661
    13
    Assassin's Creed Brotherhood – Colosseum, Castel Santangelo; Age of Empire 1: An integer Colosseum for Romans, Carthaginians, Palmyrians, Macedonians; Age of Empires II: Huns: the arc of Constantine in Rome; Civilization VI: Colosseum; Civilization VII: Colosseum
  • Old Havana
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.82
    178
    6
    Assassin's Creed IV – Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta, Havana Cathedral
  • Rio de Janeiro
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.62
    194
    6
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Sugarloaf; Civilization VI: Christ the Redeemer statue
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.03
    214
    8
    Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom; Civilization VI: Terracotta Army; Civilization VII: Terracotta Army
  • Acropolis
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.27
    488
    14
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey; Age of Mythology: Greeks - Poseidon: an integer theater of Dyonisus
  • Olympia
    Olympia
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.60
    215
    9
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Temple of Zeus, Temple of Hera; Age of Mythology (Greeks - Zeus: his own statue in Olympia (no more existing))
  • Edinburgh
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.00
    471
    17
    Forza Horizon 4
  • Mycenae and Tiryns
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.53
    240
    10
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Delos
    Delos
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.44
    107
    4
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Uxmal
    Uxmal
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.94
    172
    7
    Forza Horizon 5
  • Temple of Heaven
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.76
    296
    12
    Age of Empire 1: Temple of Heaven for Yamato, Shang, Choson; Age of Empires II; Age of Mythology: Chinese: Shennong: the Temple of Heaven; Age of Empires 3
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    Age of Empires II: Goths: Mausoleum of Theoderic I; Civilization VII: Mausoleum of Theodoric
  • Machu Picchu
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.63
    261
    8
    Age of Empires II: Incas: Sun Temple of Macchu Picchu; Civilization VI; Civilizations VII
  • Lalibela
    Lalibela
    Ethiopia
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.14
    75
    6
    Age of Empires II: Ethiopians: Biete Amanuel rock-hewn church
  • Angkor
    Angkor
    Cambodia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.72
    361
    30
    Age of Empires II: Khmer: Angkor Wat; Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Angkor Wat, Civilization VII: Angkor Wat
  • Samarkand
    Samarkand
    Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.37
    166
    6
    Age of Empires II: Tatars: the Ulugh Beg observatory in Samarkand
  • Summer Palace
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.90
    294
    9
    Age of Mythology: Chinese: Nü Wa: the Summer Palace
  • Babylon
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.13
    29
    3
    Civilization VI: Etemenanki; Civilization VII: Hanging Gardens
  • Great Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.69
    43
    26
    Civilization VI
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    267
    9
    Civilization VI: Hermitage; Civilization VII: Hermitage
  • Gebel Barkal
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.13
    29
    4
    Civilization VI
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.91
    51
    7
    Civilization VI
  • Mont-Saint-Michel
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.16
    328
    17
    Civilization VI
  • Potala Palace
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.14
    78
    11
    Civilization VI
  • Sydney Opera House
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.49
    288
    8
    Civilization VI
  • Timbuktu
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.45
    27
    2
    Civilization VI
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    113
    9
    Civilization VI
  • Hierapolis-Pamukkale
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.95
    234
    7
    Civilization VI: Pamukkale
  • Ancient Kyoto
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.44
    350
    20
    To-ji Temple, Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Like a Dragon: Ishin!
    See www.scribblinggeek.com
  • Nalanda
    Nalanda
    India
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.84
    31
    3
    Civilization VII
  • Sanchi
    Sanchi
    India
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.53
    56
    5
    Civilization VII
  • Borobudur
    Borobudur
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.28
    202
    9
    Civilizations VII
  • El Escurial
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.35
    254
    13
    Civilizations VII
  • Tombs of Buganda Kings
    Inscribed: 2001
    1.94
    43
    6
    Civilization VII: Muzibu Azalea
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.15
    9
    2
    Civilization VII
  • Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.05
    143
    6
    Age of Empires II
  • Mtskheta
    Mtskheta
    Georgia
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.18
    174
    5
    Age of Empires II (in particular Sveticxoveli cathedral)
  • Aachen Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.74
    336
    18
    Age of Empires II: Britons: they had the Aachen cathedral for whatever reason before the definitive edition of the game came out (now it's Chichester's); Call of Duty: WWII (it is very realistically modeled)
  • Stonehenge and Avebury
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.74
    429
    18
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla; Civilization VI
  • Lake District
    Lake District
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.51
    221
    7
    Forza Horizon 4 - Ambleside, Derwent Water
  • Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.00
    258
    17
    Civilization VI
  • Westminster
    Westminster
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    631
    15
    Assassin's Creed Syndicate – Parliament, Westminster Abbey; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; Watch Dogs: Legion; Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Big Ben
  • Seville
    Seville
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.99
    419
    12
    Civilization VI: Casa de Contratacion: the actual Casa de Contratacion seems to be a more abstracted agency rather than an actual building, but it was initially housed in the Casa de Indias in Seville and that is what the in-game model depicts.
  • Persepolis
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.37
    102
    3
    Civilization VI: Apadana; Civilization VII: Gate of All Nations
  • Pantanal
    Pantanal
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.72
    41
    2
    Civilization VI
  • Kutna Hora
    Kutna Hora
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.35
    255
    14
    Kingdom Come: Deliverance II: "The game features a 15th century recreation of the city, with a focus on historical accuracy."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Imperial Palace
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.19
    333
    11
    China: The Forbidden City - The game is set in 1775 in the Forbidden City; Age of Mythology: Chinese - Fu Xi: Hall of Harmony in the Forbidden City; Civilization VI: Forbidden City; Civilizations VII: Forbidden City
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Iguazu National Park
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.36
    202
    9
    Civilization VII
  • Great Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.20
    182
    8
    Civilization VI; Civilization VII
  • Granada
    Granada
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.39
    419
    12
    Civilization VI: Alhambra
  • Ephesus
    Ephesus
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2015
    4.10
    267
    6
    Civilization VI: Temple of Artemis
  • Chola Temples
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.98
    54
    9
    Age of Empires II: Dravidians: Brihadisvara temple; Civilizations VII: Brihadisvara temple
  • Chichen-Itza
    Inscribed: 1988
    4.19
    271
    12
    Civilization VI
  • Cahokia Mounds
    Cahokia Mounds
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.63
    97
    9
    Civilization VII: Monks Mound
  • Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.61
    24
    6
    Age of Empires II: Bengalis: Somapura Mahavihara
  • Belem
    Belem
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.43
    445
    14
    Age of Empires II: Portuguese: tower of Belém; Civilization VI: Belem Tower
  • Aksum
    Aksum
    Ethiopia
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.22
    52
    6
    Civilization VII: Great Stele
  • Rabat
    Rabat
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    211
    7
    Age of Empires II: Berbers: Hassan tower in Rabat
  • Zollverein
    Zollverein
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.92
    207
    15
    Civilization VI
  • Yosemite National Park
    Yosemite National Park
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.28
    287
    12
    Civilization VI
  • Wulingyuan
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.03
    56
    5
    Civilization VII: Zhangjiajie
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.11
    552
    18
    Wheelman: Barcelona including the Sagrada Familia
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Versailles
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.98
    521
    12
    Assassin's Creed Unity, Versailles 1685
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Uluru
    Uluru
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.39
    139
    6
    Civilization VI; Civilization VII
  • Tower of London
    Tower of London
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.40
    639
    20
    Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Traitors Gate; Watch Dogs: Legion; Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin; Civilization VII: White Tower
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Tomb of Askia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.22
    6
    1
    Civilization VII
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    168
    6
    Age of Empires II: Mayans: Great Jaguar Temple in Tikal; Civilization VII: Mundo Perdido
  • Te Wahipounamu
    Te Wahipounamu
    New Zealand
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.18
    120
    11
    Civilization VI: Piopiotahi
  • Teotihuacan
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.29
    262
    8
    Forza Horizon 5; Civilization VII: Pyramid of the Sun
  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.03
    115
    16
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Taj Mahal
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.25
    248
    7
    Civilization VI; Civilization VII
  • Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.30
    514
    19
    Deus Ex; Marvel's Spider-Man; Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (Warlords of New York Expansion); Civilization VI; Civilization VII
  • Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.03
    263
    7
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - depicts the Battle of Hamburg
  • Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.02
    195
    9
    Civilizations VII: Weiyang Palace
  • Selimiye Mosque
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.47
    114
    4
    Age of Empires II: Turks (Ottomans): Selimiye Mosque in Edirne
  • Sagarmatha National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    49
    3
    Civilization VI: Mt. Everest
  • Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.26
    24
    5
    Civilization VI: Kilwa Kisiwani
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    301
    14
    Assassin's Creed Unity – Tour St Jacques (with historical church still attached)
  • Redwood
    Redwood
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.01
    187
    7
    Civilization VII
  • Red Fort
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.11
    227
    4
    Civilization VII
  • Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.34
    58
    4
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Heraion of Samos
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    314
    12
    Serious Sam 3 – Sphinx, Giza Pyramids; Assassin's Creed Origins – Sphinz, Giza, Bent Pyramid; Age of Empire I: Great Pyramid of Giza for Egyptians, Assirians, Sumerians; Age of Mythology: Egyptians - Ra: Great Pyramid of Giza and Isis: the Great Sphynx of Gizah; Civilizations VI; Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; Civilization VII: Giza
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    585
    16
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; Age of Empires II: Bohemians: Powder tower; Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption
  • Petra
    Petra
    Jordan
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.61
    288
    21
    Civilization VI; Civilization VII
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
    Assassin's Creed Unity – Notre Dame Cathedral; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Eiffel Tower; Civilization VI: Eiffel Tower; Civilization VII: Notre Dame & Eiffel Tower
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    274
    12
    Assassin's Creed – Dome of the Rock, Al Aqsa Mosque, Church of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Nubian Monuments
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.21
    204
    12
    Serious Sam 3 – Abu Simbel, Philae; Age of Mythology: Set: Hathor's temple at Abu Simbel
  • Mountain Resort, Chengde
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.54
    62
    4
    Civilization VII
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    274
    8
    Civilization VI: Huey Teocalli; Civilization VII: Palacio de Bellas Artes
  • Kremlin and Red Square
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.02
    252
    8
    Civilization VI: St Basil's Cathedral
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    437
    19
    Age of Empires II: Poles: Wawel cathedral
  • Kizhi Pogost
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.58
    43
    5
    Age of Empires II: Slavs: Church on Kiži Island
  • Kilimanjaro National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.91
    85
    7
    Civilization VI; Civilization VII
  • Itsukushima Shrine
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.56
    209
    11
    Nioh
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    484
    12
    Assassin's Creed Revelations – Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace; Painkiller (2004) - Hagia Sophia; Age of Empires II: Byzantines: Hagia Sophia; Civilization VI: Hagia Sophia
  • Humayun's Tomb
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.35
    205
    8
    Age of Empires II: Hindustanis: Humayun's tomb
  • Historic Cairo
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.66
    298
    11
    Serious Sam 3 – Mosque of Ibn Tulun
  • Guanajuato
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.87
    115
    10
    Forza Horizon 5
  • Gros Morne National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.91
    65
    10
    Gros Morne appears as a playable area in the 2014 videogame Assassin's Creed Rogue. (wiki)
  • Grand Place, Brussels
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.49
    555
    20
    Age of Empires II: Burgundians: Brussels town hall
  • Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.40
    380
    21
    Civilization VII
  • Gobustan Rock Art
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.71
    109
    7
    Civilization VI (as a Natural Wonder)
  • Giant's Causeway
    Giant's Causeway
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.64
    247
    12
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla; Civilization VI
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire
    Germany, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.81
    346
    20
    Hadrian's Wall in Assassin's Creed Valhalla
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.28
    305
    13
    Marvel's Spider-Man - Guggenheim Museum
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    587
    15
    Assassin's Creed II – Duomo, Ponte Vecchio
  • Everglades
    Everglades
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.68
    259
    15
    Grand Theft Auto VI
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    76
    5
    Assassin's Creed - Ummayad Mosque
  • Bagan
    Bagan
    Myanmar
    Inscribed: 2019
    4.44
    128
    6
    Age of Empires II: Shwezigon pagoda
  • Arles
    Arles
    France
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.43
    286
    8
    A Plague Tale: Requiem features Arles Amphitheatre circa 1349.
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.94
    276
    12
    Assassin's Creed Odyssey; Civilization VI; Civilization VII: Oracle
  • Arab-Norman Palermo
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.73
    229
    8
    Age of Empires II: Sicilians: Monreale cathedral
  • Andrefana Dry Forests
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.84
    29
    4
    Civilization VI
  • Ancient Thebes
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.38
    256
    11
    Serious Sam HD – Temple of Hatshepsut; Assassin's Creed Origins (The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC) - Temple of Hatshepsut, Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Temple of Luxor
  • Ancient Nara
    Inscribed: 1998
    4.00
    290
    14
    Age of Empires II: Japanese: Tōdai-ji
  • Western Ghats
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.03
    60
    5
    Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
  • Uvs Nuur Basin
    Uvs Nuur Basin
    Mongolia, Russia
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.69
    8
    0
    Civilization VI: Ubsunur Hollow
  • Iguacu
    Iguacu
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.27
    201
    10
    Civilization VII
  • Djenné
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.66
    33
    2
    Age of Empires II: Malians: Great mosque of Djenné
  • Sukhothai
    Sukhothai
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.66
    153
    9
    Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Moenjodaro
    Moenjodaro
    Pakistan
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.51
    26
    3
    Civilization VI: Great Bath
  • Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.98
    23
    4
    Age of Empire 1: A ziggurat of Ur for Babylonians, Persians and Hittites
  • Samarra
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.02
    27
    5
    Age of Empires II: Saracens: Great Mosque of Samarra
  • Bamiyan Valley
    Bamiyan Valley
    Afghanistan
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.85
    13
    2
    Call of Duty: Black Ops II