Lego City Undercover is an developed by for the . The game was released on 18 March 2013 in North America, in Europe and Australia on 28 March 2013, and in Japan on 25 July 2013. A prequel, was developed for the . Unlike previous developed by , which have been based on various licenses, the game is based on the brand and is the first Lego game to be published by . It was also the first Lego game to be first released on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch.
A remastered version of the game was released for , , , and on 4 April 2017.
Taking place in the vast , players control an undercover cop named Chase McCain. Chase goes on the hunt for criminals, with various moves at his disposal, such as swinging across poles and performing wall jumps. He can also gain disguises that give him additional abilities, such as a robber disguise that lets him break locks. Chase can also pilot vehicles, such as cars and helicopters, and use loose bricks to build various objects. Other characters can be playable once unlocked, but they'll still talk with Chase's voice (except in cut-scenes where Chase can still be seen). Custom characters are also playable. The can be used as a device including a communicator and as a scanner to locate criminals.
Lego City Undercover's gameplay borrows heavily from the . However the game is role-reversed with the player taking on the role of a police officer enforcing the law, rather than a criminal committing crime, although the player is required to commit criminal acts on some occasions in order to infiltrate criminal gangs
