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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

Open-world martial arts action as an undercover Hong Kong cop

United Front Games, Feral Interactive (Mac) · Published by Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Mac) · Released Oct 8, 2014

ActionAdventureRacing

Reviews
Very Positive
94% of 80K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
94% of 571 in 30 days
Playing now
457
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

What is Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition?

A third-person, single-player open-world action game set in Hong Kong. As undercover police officer Wei Shen, you infiltrate the Triads while fighting with martial arts and guns, driving vehicles, and entering illegal street races. The Definitive Edition includes all previously released DLC.

For you if...

  • +you favor hand-to-hand combat over constant gunplay
  • +you enjoy open worlds with races and side activities
  • +you want a single-player undercover crime story

Not for you if...

  • you want multiplayer competition or cooperative play
  • you dislike repeated combat and side-mission filler
  • you expect precise vehicle handling and camera control

What players say

94% of 79,764 reviews are positive · 94% of 571 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the hand-to-hand combat, Hong Kong setting, and undercover-cop story. Common complaints target clunky driving and camera behavior, repetitive missions and combat, uneven later-story pacing, and bugs affecting audio, controls, or progression.

Screenshots and trailer

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported)
Processor
Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or Athlon X2 2.7GHz
Graphics
DirectX 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
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Recommended

OS
Windows Vista 64bit, Window 7 64bit, Windows 8 64bit (32bit O/S not supported)
Processor
Core i5-2300, Phenom II X4 940 or better
Graphics
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card, ATI Radeon 7750, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or higher with 1GB graphics memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000 or higher
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
59
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Age rating
17+

Steam Deck: Playable

  • The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.

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