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Sleeping Dogs
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“Sleeping Dogs is a one of those games that everyone talks about, but not a lot of people actually play. It's a fun game with a decent story, so if you have even an ounce of interest in it I would check it out.”
“Tremendous game. A masterpiece from 2010's. Shame some new AAA can't beat this game.”
“Great sequel to the True Crime series and still holds up but can´t achieve these last 3 awards due to community disconnections and its bothering me”
20 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“I played this game 13 years after its original release. Taking that into account the game is pretty good. Story is what really stands out. The gameplay is pretty generic for today's standards, but for 2012 i am sure…”
“Sleeping Dogs is a one of those games that everyone talks about, but not a lot of people actually play. It's a fun game with a decent story, so if you have even an ounce of interest in it I would check it out.”
13 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“This is the better PC version despite not having all the DLCs. The Definitive Edition is essentially the PS4/Xbox One version brought over to PC. It uses lower-res textures, adds blur and fog, and tones down things like…”
“Lower Budget GTA clone with a fairly good story and more of a focus on melee. Sort of a Yakuza beat em up with parkour running in China, lots of fun use of slowmo. They made a great choice by focusing on the setting and…”
5 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“I actually enjoyed the combat and the setting of Hong Kong more than some of the GTA games. The hand-to-hand fighting is brutal and much better than the standard cover-shooter mechanics. It’s a great undercover cop…”
3 of the 70 reviews raise this.
“This is the better PC version despite not having all the DLCs. The Definitive Edition is essentially the PS4/Xbox One version brought over to PC. It uses lower-res textures, adds blur and fog, and tones down things like…”
“very good performance on low power acer laptop”
6 of the 70 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“A solid True Crime inspired Hong Kong Action Adventure. Even though this game is old it still holds up. Replaying it after several years I'm enjoying it as much if not more than the first time. Mechanically speaking…”
“Its fun and immersive the car physics can be weird though”
“I actually enjoyed the combat and the setting of Hong Kong more than some of the GTA games. The hand-to-hand fighting is brutal and much better than the standard cover-shooter mechanics. It’s a great undercover cop…”
4 of the 70 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Very entertaining. Reminds me of watching Sha Po Lang (S.P.L. or Kill Zone) with Donnie Yen. Full of surprises. A few of the typical glitches of every 3D game.”
“Lower Budget GTA clone with a fairly good story and more of a focus on melee. Sort of a Yakuza beat em up with parkour running in China, lots of fun use of slowmo. They made a great choice by focusing on the setting and…”
“Decided to give this another go after a decade, doesn't work, cant even get to the loading screen, tried all the fixes on the forums. Absolutely nothing, the games good from what I remember but It would be good to…”
Counted across 70 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Don't let the hours fool you. I played the whole game on my PS4 a few years back. I was a massive fan of the True Crime series before Square Enix picked up the rights and changed it to the game we know and love today. The games story was solid overall. I mainly enjoyed the hand…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“The game that deserved a sequel the most, but never got one.”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“I ain´t gonna sugarcoat it... open worlds games from the early 2010s era have not aged quite good in my opinion. Sadly I feel the same about the open world of Sleeping Dogs. Even after saying this, It is so sad that this franchise never got the chance to flourish. It was never…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:51 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Open World · Action · Martial Arts · Third Person · Crime · Adventure · Fighting · Singleplayer · Sandbox · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Driving (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 59 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://sleepingdogs.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 2GB Hard Disk Space: 15GB Video Card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher DirectX®: 10 Sound: DirectX compatible sound card