Satisfying martial-arts combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game has extremely satisfying and fluid melee combat, with good variety of fighting animations.”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗
Sleeping Dogs
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%United Front GamesFighting · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A stylish Hong Kong open-world brawler with excellent martial-arts combat and a strong undercover-cop story, but dated driving and camera. Germans should skip this cut, buggy version.
Great for
Fans of GTA-style open worlds, kung fu and John Woo movies who want melee combat and a crime story
Main risk
Buying the censored German or superseded version: no DLC, outdated, crashes, plus dated driving and camera
What players love
Compelling undercover-cop story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“this game takes the concept of it and puts an undercover cop in the situation of a criminal, this creates a lot of conflict in your character”
Steam review · 126.4 h played ↗
A fresh take on the GTA-style formula
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“One of the better non-Rockstar made GTA "clones". You get the cop elements, which give this game its own identity”
Steam review · 31.5 h played ↗
Atmospheric Hong Kong setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Hong Kong, especially at night and in the rain, looks and feels great.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
Holds up well for its age
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Great game! This one has really aged as good as it gets.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Great voice acting and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“The voice acting is superb and as far as I can tell most actors are actually stars in their respective fields.”
Steam review · 56.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, freezes and won't launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Permanently freezes up or down right crashes.”
Steam review · 25.4 h played ↗
Generic GTA clone with repetitive, boring story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's a shame that the fun hand-to-hand combat was wasted on a boring, unengaging and derivative GTA clone with few of its own ideas.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
German low-violence version: cut, no DLC, buggy
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The German version is a travesty: Heavily censored and you can´t even play the DLC.”
Steam review · 25.3 h played ↗
Bad camera and clunky or unmappable controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Theres no way to turn off the camera from always auto centering.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Poor driving and dated combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the driving is the worst in any sandbox game I have tried to date”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Original version superseded by Definitive Edition
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Feels like a bs cash grab, give me the edition I've already paid for years ago!”
Steam review · 57.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista Service Pack 2
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory2GB
GraphicsDirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher
Storage15GB
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorQuad-core Intel or AMD CPU
Memory4GB
GraphicsDirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950
Storage15GB
OSWindows Vista Service Pack 2
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory2GB
GraphicsDirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher
Storage15GB
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