8 Best Games Set In Africa

8 Best Games Set In Africa

While most video games are set in familiar locations, these games deviated from the norm by setting their location in Africa.

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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End: Both in-game and real-life legends claim that Nathan Drake founded the pirate republic of Libertalia in Madagascar.

Resident Evil 5: Chris and Sheva investigate the infamous Tricell Inc, which is causing a Plagas outbreak in the fictitious West African nation of Kijuju.

Far Cry 2: Far Cry 2 relocated the action from the first game's generic South Pacific setting to a generic East African setting.

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Overwatch: It had one of the world's largest robot factories, known as 'Omniums.' Numbani, a city where humans and robots coexisted, was also close to Nigeria.

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain: MGS5  returned to the Central African region by having Venom Snake trace Skull Face's operations to the Congo-Angola border.

Command & Conquer Series: The popular RTS game has visited every continent in some form or another, including Africa.

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Beautiful Desolation: Beautiful Desolation, a game set and made in South Africa. The game is a point-and-click adventure in isometric perspective.

Assassin’s Creed Origins: It's set in Egypt during Cleopatra's reign, with the country's dealings with Rome serving as a source of paranoia in the plot.