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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days cover art

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

IO Interactive · Square Enix · 2010-08-17

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 17, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Aug 17, 2010 (Xbox 360), Aug 17, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a $9.99 Action game released in 2010, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 9,762 reviews).

22
playing now
67%
positive of 9.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (133 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (1.6k downloads)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a 2010 third-person shooter video game developed by IO Interactive, published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 617 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~77/week).
  • · Review velocity up 204% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 393k–785k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,817 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 27 observed days · $14.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3042026-09-15 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
485Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 20 · peak 50Dec 2012 — avg 23 · peak 75May 2013 — avg 13 · peak 39Oct 2013 — avg 13 · peak 41Mar 2014 — avg 11 · peak 66Aug 2014 — avg 21 · peak 63Jan 2015 — avg 18 · peak 66Jun 2015 — avg 19 · peak 64Nov 2015 — avg 9 · peak 41Apr 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 108Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 36Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 43May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 12 · peak 74Mar 2019 — avg 23 · peak 91Aug 2019 — avg 14 · peak 72Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 32Jun 2020 — avg 9 · peak 36Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 54Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 46Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 29Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 47May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.792015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-01-26 — best price $9.992015-03-06 — best price $2.492015-04-12 — best price $9.492015-05-14 — best price $1.992015-07-13 — best price $9.992015-09-14 — best price $8.492015-12-08 — best price $9.992016-02-29 — best price $9.992016-05-26 — best price $4.992016-09-08 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-03-23 — best price $2.492017-07-12 — best price $2.502017-11-03 — best price $9.992018-02-22 — best price $9.992018-07-11 — best price $2.492018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-03-04 — best price $2.492019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-08-28 — best price $9.992019-11-18 — best price $5.552020-01-14 — best price $5.592020-02-16 — best price $5.892020-05-07 — best price $2.492020-06-22 — best price $8.992020-08-20 — best price $8.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-23 — best price $0.852021-02-20 — best price $9.992021-04-07 — best price $9.992021-06-18 — best price $9.992021-09-03 — best price $1.092021-11-22 — best price $0.802022-03-02 — best price $5.552022-05-18 — best price $0.992022-08-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-18 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

651932026-05-29 — 505 pageviews2026-06-02 — 533 pageviews2026-06-06 — 486 pageviews2026-06-10 — 313 pageviews2026-06-14 — 266 pageviews2026-06-18 — 216 pageviews2026-06-22 — 269 pageviews2026-06-26 — 209 pageviews2026-06-30 — 214 pageviews2026-07-04 — 210 pageviews2026-07-08 — 217 pageviews2026-07-12 — 208 pageviews2026-07-16 — 181 pageviews2026-07-20 — 146 pageviews2026-07-24 — 157 pageviews2026-07-28 — 178 pageviews2026-08-01 — 144 pageviews2026-08-05 — 251 pageviews2026-08-09 — 165 pageviews2026-08-13 — 185 pageviews2026-08-17 — 183 pageviews2026-08-21 — 124 pageviews2026-08-25 — 160 pageviews2026-08-29 — 167 pageviews2026-09-02 — 207 pageviews2026-09-06 — 199 pageviews2026-09-10 — 528 pageviews2026-09-14 — 196 pageviews2026-09-18 — 156 pageviews2026-09-22 — 124 pageviews2026-09-26 — 144 pageviews2026-09-30 — 93 pageviews2026-10-04 — 167 pageviews2026-10-07 — 133 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
78.2%
earned "Welcome to Shanghai"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2010-08-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)27,6805%61
Steam (Steam)18,5982%58

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opCrimeHeistShortActionMatureNudityShooterViolentStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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