Sleeping Dogs

Buy94%

Very Positive · 17k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth playing.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

United Front Games · Open World

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
Not sold
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
59
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio1 of 7
Subtitles0 of 7

Should I buy Sleeping Dogs?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 136 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 121 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 17k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
136 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The pacing and writing are a bit bumpy here or there, but overall the plot about undercover cop Wei Shen, who infiltrates the Hongkong Triads for reasons of personal vendetta but then slowly becomes personally and emotionally attached to the gangsters he wants to put behind bars, is entertaining from start to finish.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
121 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Driving and exploration on this fictional representation of Hong Kong is very fun and oddly calming.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This is further amplified by the fact that wearing different combination of clothing has benefits to your over all performance in hand-to-hand combat.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
For a game from 2012 Sleeping Dogs looks borderline phenomenal, even without the high-res textures DLC (for whatever stupid reasons, all the DLC for this game are not available on Steam).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio is pretty good with decent soundtrack and very good voice actors.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With that said, I found the combat incredibly satisfying, if not a little bit easy on the default difficulty.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story136 reviews
Gameplay121 reviews
Combat94 reviews
Graphics48 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Difficulty12 reviews
Optimization5 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Multiplayer
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
79% still recommend
Crashes
58% still recommend
Performance
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

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