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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 76K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 691 in 30 days
Players
456
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
10 years ago
Mar 31, 2016
Minimum PC
DirectX 10 GPU
4 GB RAM · 20 GB disk
Full requirements

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 76,483 reviews are positive · 95% of 691 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.

Players over time

▼ -29% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 924 players on Oct 18, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026456
Nov 6, 2026406
Nov 5, 2026376
Nov 4, 2026399
Nov 3, 2026453
Nov 2, 2026469
Nov 1, 2026529
Oct 31, 2026535
Oct 30, 2026428
Oct 29, 2026432
Oct 28, 2026450
Oct 27, 2026515
Oct 26, 2026557
Oct 25, 2026669
Oct 24, 2026583
Oct 23, 2026540
Oct 22, 2026591
Oct 21, 2026652
Oct 20, 2026729
Oct 19, 2026843
Oct 18, 2026924
Oct 17, 2026827
Oct 16, 2026750
Oct 15, 2026700
Oct 14, 2026713
Oct 13, 2026782
Oct 12, 2026839
Oct 11, 2026824
Oct 10, 2026700
Oct 9, 2026625
Oct 8, 2026577
Oct 7, 2026564
Oct 6, 2026570
Oct 5, 2026636
Oct 4, 2026653
Oct 3, 2026542
Oct 2, 2026413
Oct 1, 2026373
Sep 30, 2026373
Sep 29, 2026368
Sep 28, 2026450
Sep 27, 2026489
Sep 26, 2026444
Sep 25, 2026444
Sep 24, 2026399
Sep 23, 2026457
Sep 23, 2026420
Sep 22, 2026423
Sep 21, 2026613

How many players finish Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition?

27% of Steam players have unlocked «Big Smiles All Around», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 10 GPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Does Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
59
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian.

Does Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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