List of works of fiction set in 2013

This is a list of works of fiction set largely or wholly in 2013.

Comic books

• X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).
• In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy averts that the bar code on the cover of comic books is "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."

Computer and video games

• Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999)
• Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2006)
• Bullet Witch (2006)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations (2007): The fourth case in the game, called Turnabout Beginnings, takes place on February 16, 2013.
• Manhunt 2 (2007): Present-day missions are possibly set in this year while flashbacks are set in 2007.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010): The events of 'Call of the Dead' occur in March 2013.
• Life is Strange (2015): The events of the game occur in October 2013.
• Metro 2033 (2010): A nuclear war occurs in 2013.
• Operation Flashpoint: Red River (2011)
• Resident Evil 6 (2012): The next virus outbreaks in China and America occur in June.
• Grand Theft Auto V (2013): The events of the game happen in the summer of 2013.
• The Last of Us (2013): Twenty years before the main storyline takes place, the fungus cordyceps makes a jump to humans and starts a zombie apocalypse.
• Watch Dogs (2014): The game takes place in October 2013.

Film

• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• The Postman (1997)
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)
• District 13: Ultimatum (2009)
• The Book of Eli (2010): A nuclear apocalypse takes place in 2013, while the rest of the film is set thirty years later.
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012): According to the Daily Bugle viral marketing Tumblr site for the film's sequel, the main events of the first film took place in July 2013.

Television

• The last few minutes of the Season 4 finale and Season 5 of Desperate Housewives is set in this year.
• BBC Drama Spooks: Code 9 is set in this year.
• The Simpsons episode "Future-Drama" is set in this year since it aired in 2005 as the Simpson siblings, Bart and Lisa, are shown where they will be eight years into the future.
• Smallville's season 9 finale, Salvation, depicted a vision of this year.
• House of Cards: The first episode of Season 1 shows Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) celebrating at a New Year's party at the White House. A banner reading "Happy New Year 2013" can be seen behind him.
• The final episodes of the anime Death Note take place during January.
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.
• Ben 10: Omniverse.
• Rocko's Modern Life: The episode "Future Schlock" takes place 17 years in the future since it aired in 1996. Filbert's children ask Filbert what a banana is.
• The Doctor Who episode "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"'s closing scene is set in this year since Amy explains that it has been two years since she last saw The Doctor. The "present day" setting of the second half of the seventh series is also set in this year.