Watch_Dogs® 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%2016

The verdict

A colorful, fun hacking sandbox in a lively San Francisco, but on modern Nvidia cards a long-unfixed flickering bug and a forced Ubisoft account hurt it. Skip it if you have an RTX card or dislike cringe writing.

Great for

Open-world fans who like hacking, drones and chaotic sandbox play, ideally on sale and without a modern RTX card

Main risk

Constant sky and shadow flickering on RTX 30/40/50 cards, plus a mandatory Ubisoft account

What players love

Creative hacking sandbox gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Hacking in this game is pure chaos in the best way. Hijacking a car, sending a drone after a guard, then making the whole street panic just because I can? It never got old.”
Steam review · 53.4 h played ↗

“simply messing around with the mechanics can be more entertaining than actually following the missions”
Steam review · 33.2 h played ↗

“The hacking implementation is really great. It gives big gameplay variety, you could even call the game an immersive sim.”
Steam review · translated · 112.5 h played ↗

Beautiful, living San Francisco

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“One small detail I really appreciated is that the city feels alive, and not just like a background for the player.”
Steam review · 75.1 h played ↗

“San Francisco is so good that you sometimes forget about missions and just drive around the city.”
Steam review · translated · 43.1 h played ↗

“The city is alive, and I believe it.”
Steam review · translated · 68.9 h played ↗

Great graphics that still hold up

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Graphics there is such incredible. Shadows, textures, light, all of it is fantastic.”
Steam review · 46 h played ↗

“The graphics are very beautiful for 2016.”
Steam review · translated · 61.1 h played ↗

Freedom to approach missions your way

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“Whether you prefer stealth, using drones and the RC jumper, or going in guns blazing, the game gives you the freedom to play your way”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗

Cheap on sale and good value

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“so fun and missions are not repetive and for 3.99 euros its PEAK”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗

Charming DedSec crew and humor

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“The DedSec crew is one of the strongest parts of the game: Wrench, Sitara, and Josh all bring personality”
Steam review · 19.6 h played ↗

“The DedSec hacker gang turned out incredibly charismatic.”
Steam review · translated · 68.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

Sky and shadow flickering on RTX cards

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Would highly suggest not to buy if you have photosensitivity issues. The devs want you to have a seizure.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗

“Unplayable if you have anything RTX. Constant flickering and no way to easily change it without adding dll to the game file.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗

“If your GPU is 30, 40 or 50 series, don't even think about buying.”
Steam review · translated · 1.5 h played ↗

Forced Ubisoft launcher and account problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The game requires Ubisoft Connect, and every time I tried to log in through the Ubisoft launcher on PC, I got "Account suspended due to multiple attempts" despite creating a brand new Ubisoft account.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“Why do I even need Ubisoft Connect just to play a game I already bought on Steam?”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Weak story and cringey characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“This game is a cringefest with a Swiss-cheese storyline and half-decent gameplay.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“Dedsec went from a mysterious underground hacker group to basically a bunch of tiktok influencers who happen to know how to code.”
Steam review · 564.2 h played ↗

“the story is super cringe. Crap dialogue and characters”
Steam review · translated · 20.4 h played ↗

Repetitive, boring gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“Very repetitive but fun for the first 10 hours”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗

“The gameplay is SUPER repetitive; unlike the first game there's essentially no progression.”
Steam review · translated · 24.4 h played ↗

Poor stealth, shooting and enemy AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“do you like stealth? do you like shooting? too bad. this game will punish you for doing both.”
Steam review · 74.2 h played ↗

“stealth in it is simply BROKEN”
Steam review · translated · 24.4 h played ↗

Anti-cheat and DRM in single player

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“why do you need easy anticheat for single player game?”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“enforce you to connect online before launching a single-player campaign”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS

ProcessorIntel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz, AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz or better

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List*

Storage27 GB available space

Recommended

OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS

ProcessorIntel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 290, with 3GB VRAM or better - See supported List*

Storage27 GB available space

OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS

ProcessorIntel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz, AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz or better

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List*

Storage27 GB available space

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