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Sleeping Dogs

United Front Games · Square Enix

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Sleeping Dogs is an Action and Adventure game with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners, maintaining a Very Positive sentiment across 94% of 17,264 reviews.

7
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (669 ratings)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (33,610 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 41h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Sleeping Dogs trailer thumbnail

SLEEPING DOGS | Official Trailer (Russell Crowe) | Paramount Movies

≈672,490 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 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 4% of 27,817 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 345k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,268 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

4542026-09-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 23 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 13 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.5k14Aug 2012Aug 2026Aug 2012 — avg 4,473 · peak 12,032Jan 2013 — avg 1,694 · peak 5,618Jun 2013 — avg 648 · peak 1,569Nov 2013 — avg 997 · peak 3,854Apr 2014 — avg 933 · peak 4,144Sep 2014 — avg 432 · peak 815Feb 2015 — avg 399 · peak 886Jul 2015 — avg 238 · peak 417Dec 2015 — avg 157 · peak 319May 2016 — avg 126 · peak 256Oct 2016 — avg 114 · peak 253Mar 2017 — avg 90 · peak 197Aug 2017 — avg 86 · peak 154Jan 2018 — avg 74 · peak 179Jun 2018 — avg 65 · peak 137Nov 2018 — avg 47 · peak 105Apr 2019 — avg 39 · peak 93Sep 2019 — avg 36 · peak 90Feb 2020 — avg 34 · peak 79Jul 2020 — avg 39 · peak 79Dec 2020 — avg 34 · peak 71May 2021 — avg 26 · peak 53Oct 2021 — avg 23 · peak 56Mar 2022 — avg 21 · peak 55Aug 2022 — avg 23 · peak 50Jan 2023 — avg 18 · peak 45Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 50Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 39Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 36Sep 2024 — avg 19 · peak 46Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 59Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 46Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 54May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

1.2k5522026-05-29 — 953 pageviews2026-06-02 — 808 pageviews2026-06-06 — 881 pageviews2026-06-10 — 736 pageviews2026-06-14 — 871 pageviews2026-06-18 — 684 pageviews2026-06-22 — 780 pageviews2026-06-26 — 902 pageviews2026-06-30 — 840 pageviews2026-07-04 — 882 pageviews2026-07-08 — 944 pageviews2026-07-12 — 789 pageviews2026-07-16 — 812 pageviews2026-07-20 — 809 pageviews2026-07-24 — 904 pageviews2026-07-28 — 935 pageviews2026-08-01 — 910 pageviews2026-08-05 — 851 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,174 pageviews2026-08-13 — 805 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,167 pageviews2026-08-21 — 778 pageviews2026-08-25 — 831 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,140 pageviews2026-09-02 — 931 pageviews2026-09-06 — 886 pageviews2026-09-10 — 618 pageviews2026-09-14 — 729 pageviews2026-09-18 — 651 pageviews2026-09-22 — 758 pageviews2026-09-26 — 757 pageviews2026-09-30 — 624 pageviews2026-10-04 — 761 pageviews2026-10-07 — 552 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

Post-launch support: 25 DLC released, first 2012-08-14, latest 2013-03-12 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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