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Sleeping Dogs cover art

Sleeping Dogs

United Front Games · Square Enix

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 27, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Aug 13, 2012 (Xbox 360), Aug 13, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

13
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (669 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 41h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Sleeping Dogs is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the story follows Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police officer and martial artist who goes undercover and infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad organization. Gameplay focuses on Shen's martial arts moves, fighting, shooting and parkour abilities, and on gadgets that can be used for combat and exploration. Aside from the linear story, player can freely roam the game's open world environment and engage in both legal and criminal activities.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 345k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,264 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2026-01-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3742026-08-06 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 21 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 28 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 35 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 22 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 32 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.63$2.992015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-01-20 — best price $9.992015-02-22 — best price $9.002015-03-07 — best price $21.682015-03-29 — best price $19.992015-05-15 — best price $22.802015-06-09 — best price $22.622015-07-14 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992015-12-25 — best price $4.992016-02-11 — best price $4.992016-03-10 — best price $17.342016-05-09 — best price $19.992016-06-14 — best price $15.992016-08-19 — best price $19.992016-11-02 — best price $19.992017-04-11 — best price $6.602017-04-27 — best price $5.002017-10-17 — best price $5.002018-06-11 — best price $5.002018-10-25 — best price $5.002018-12-21 — best price $4.992019-03-05 — best price $5.002019-06-07 — best price $5.002019-09-28 — best price $17.492020-02-11 — best price $3.002020-07-10 — best price $19.992020-11-04 — best price $19.992021-08-18 — best price $18.282024-02-11 — best price $15.992026-03-31 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k6712026-05-29 — 953 pageviews2026-06-01 — 837 pageviews2026-06-04 — 719 pageviews2026-06-07 — 870 pageviews2026-06-10 — 736 pageviews2026-06-13 — 897 pageviews2026-06-16 — 749 pageviews2026-06-19 — 695 pageviews2026-06-22 — 780 pageviews2026-06-25 — 766 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,181 pageviews2026-07-01 — 811 pageviews2026-07-04 — 882 pageviews2026-07-07 — 829 pageviews2026-07-10 — 814 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,056 pageviews2026-07-16 — 812 pageviews2026-07-19 — 853 pageviews2026-07-22 — 778 pageviews2026-07-25 — 874 pageviews2026-07-28 — 935 pageviews2026-07-31 — 825 pageviews2026-08-03 — 826 pageviews2026-08-06 — 750 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,174 pageviews2026-08-12 — 807 pageviews2026-08-15 — 858 pageviews2026-08-18 — 812 pageviews2026-08-21 — 778 pageviews2026-08-24 — 886 pageviews2026-08-26 — 759 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
80.4%
earned "In With the Gang"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing25 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)82,4316%60
Xbox 360 (Xbox)78,6324%59
Steam (Steam)46,0275%59
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,16813%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)56820%59

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

Player tags

CrimeActionDrivingParkourSandboxViolentFightingAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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