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Watch_Dogs® 2
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
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
38 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Watch_Dogs 2 is one of those games that just grabs you straight away and doesn’t let go. The world feels alive and the story hits that cinematic moment. Every mission feels like you’re creating your own moment and the…”
“For me Watch_Dogs 2 is a weird one. Pretty much everything all across the board was improved. Hacking was so much more deep and fun, the game has a lot of new hack, cars, driving mechanics, world, and the incultion of…”
“One of my absolute favorites!!! I’ve 100% completed it three times on different platforms. The open-world setting is fantastic, the hacking mechanics are top-tier, and the story is genuinely engaging. [b] I highly…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Watch_Dogs 2 is one of those games that just grabs you straight away and doesn’t let go. The world feels alive and the story hits that cinematic moment. Every mission feels like you’re creating your own moment and the…”
“This is a VERY GOOD GAME, I put well over a hundred hours into it across platforms. It has a perfectly timeless story that will never become dated, know why? Because the memes were dated right out of the oven. Oh also…”
“One of my absolute favorites!!! I’ve 100% completed it three times on different platforms. The open-world setting is fantastic, the hacking mechanics are top-tier, and the story is genuinely engaging. [b] I highly…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“One of my absolute favorites!!! I’ve 100% completed it three times on different platforms. The open-world setting is fantastic, the hacking mechanics are top-tier, and the story is genuinely engaging. [b] I highly…”
“This game is still fun to play today Pros - Everything is tight and well developed. Driving feels good. Guns feel good. Hacking and world interactions feel good. - The world is actually VERY well designed. Lots of…”
“Cool Game,Cool Vibe,Great Open world .....................its Just Good ....So Good”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“One of my absolute favorites!!! I’ve 100% completed it three times on different platforms. The open-world setting is fantastic, the hacking mechanics are top-tier, and the story is genuinely engaging. [b] I highly…”
“One of my go-to comfort games. High replay-ability,”
“It all started when I discovered that both Watch Dogs games were on sale. Even though I never intended to play them, I bought them anyway. After playing through them, I realized it was the best idea I’ve had in a long…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“One of my absolute favorites!!! I’ve 100% completed it three times on different platforms. The open-world setting is fantastic, the hacking mechanics are top-tier, and the story is genuinely engaging. [b] I highly…”
“A great game overall. The story is easy to follow and very light hearted compared to WD1 but the graphics, gameplay and overall movement of character, cars, and comabt is drastically imporved. Wouldnt buy it on its own…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Released in 2016 and still bugy as hell, crashing at least five times per session... Almost every single pvp is against actual hackers (cheaters) with teleporting into walls, wall hacks and aim bots, invinible .. fun…”
“Flickering Bug!! Its unbearable, unless you fix it with a 3rd party app (which is still not a 100% fix), you'd be stuck with flickering screen!! Not all screen, just shadows and sky flickers.”
“jujur bagus tapi lebih suka ke tipe game yang bar bar , minus sering nge crash woiiiii”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“For me Watch_Dogs 2 is a weird one. Pretty much everything all across the board was improved. Hacking was so much more deep and fun, the game has a lot of new hack, cars, driving mechanics, world, and the incultion of…”
“This is a VERY GOOD GAME, I put well over a hundred hours into it across platforms. It has a perfectly timeless story that will never become dated, know why? Because the memes were dated right out of the oven. Oh also…”
“I played the first game. It was fire. I started playing this sequel. I gotta say, it's really good, the visuals and the gameplay. It's much more realistic than the first one but this game should have been dark like the…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“For me Watch_Dogs 2 is a weird one. Pretty much everything all across the board was improved. Hacking was so much more deep and fun, the game has a lot of new hack, cars, driving mechanics, world, and the incultion of…”
“jujur bagus tapi lebih suka ke tipe game yang bar bar , minus sering nge crash woiiiii”
“This is a reallty good game. Think of it like GTA with another theme (hacking) and a lot of online culture and phenomena references that caters to both the old school nerds and the newer dwellers of cyberspace. The…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Great story. Little buggy but nothing game breaking. Do not pay full price; get it on a sale”
“Honestly great game to 100% really fun great story gameplay and puzzles . But there are bugs like matchmaking can sometimes crash a computer (a known bug not with performance) and the game feels very short you should…”
“Buy this on discount, Great game and long story. for me its to "lively" WD1 is better for the atmosphere.”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Excellent game, play it if you can. Be aware, that it will not run properly on low-end devices.”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Good game to benchmark with, this laptop hates it though.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I thought this game was about watching dogs, nope, it's like GTA, but you can hack things.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I really enjoyed playing Watch Dogs 2 after reaching 100% completion, I can confidently say it was absolutely worth it. This is honestly one of the best Ubisoft games I genuinely had fun with. I’ve played it multiple times over the years. My first runs were on PS4, where I…”
— a player, Steam review · 72 hrs played“Completley broken for my pc because i have a 50 series card. all textures just constantly flicker making the game just unplayable.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:31 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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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Achievements Unlocked for Watch Dogs 2
Attention Dedsec, We are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Watch Dogs 2! As a heads up, achievements will be retroactively earned for the accomplishments already comple
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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 · Hacking · Illuminati · Multiplayer · Parkour · Action · Stealth · Third Person · Shooter · Crime · Singleplayer · Third-Person Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Japanese * , Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America… |
| Achievements | 55 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://watchdogs.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS Processor: Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz, AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz or better Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List* Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 27 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible using the latest drivers Additional Notes: Minimum specs above for 720p , 30+ FPS, Low graphic settings // Periphericals: Microsoft Xbox One Controller, DUALSHOCK® 4 Controller, Windows