Gripping undercover cop story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“character & narrative progression allows it to tell an emotional and relatable story”
Steam review · 41.4 h played ↗
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
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 Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)2014Racing · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A cinematic Hong Kong undercover-cop open-world game with excellent brawling and a strong story. Skip it if you want polished driving, gunplay or varied missions.
Great for
Fans of Arkham-style melee, crime dramas and GTA-like open worlds with a Hong Kong movie vibe
Main risk
Clunky driving and camera, repetitive missions and bugs may sour you after the first hours
What players love
Satisfying martial-arts combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The fighting mechanics are second to none, and the hand-to-hand combat feels brutal, fluid, and incredibly satisfying”
Steam review · 55.5 h played ↗
Vivid, authentic Hong Kong atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“They preserved the look of HK in the 2000's, the Hong Kong that I grew up in.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Holds up and has its own identity
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it carved its own path with a visceral, brutal combat system inspired by Hong Kong cinema”
Steam review · 30.4 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“the soundtrack is immaculate! I've already added many a track to my Spotify”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Great value, especially on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“At just $2.99, complete with all DLC included, it's hard to not give it a shot.”
Steam review · 38 h played ↗
What players complain about
Combat gets repetitive and stiff
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you can just stand in place and parry everything with the click of the button”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Bugs and game-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“spoiled by a massive amounts of bugs, some gamebreaking”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
Clunky driving and camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“the driving mechanic is atrocious, specially for the bikes”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Repetitive missions and side content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The missions soon become stale and its the same ♥♥♥♥ over and over again.”
Steam review · 24.1 h played ↗
Weak, bland story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the characters are so bland I kept having moments like: wait… who was that again?”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Crashes, launch failures and poor ports
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the Definitive Edition just chain crashses for me, regardless of graphical settings, or fan patches”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported)
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4GHz or Athlon X2 2.7GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher with 512MB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 2500 or higher
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported)
ProcessorCore i5-2300, Phenom II X4 940 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 7750, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or higher with 1GB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported)
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4GHz or Athlon X2 2.7GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher with 512MB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 2500 or higher
Storage20 GB available space
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