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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition cover art

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

United Front Games · Square Enix · 2014-10-08

SteamGOGAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRacing

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 14, 2014 (Mac), Oct 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 10, 2014 (Xbox One)

The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is an Action, Adventure, and Racing game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 79,748 reviews).

920
playing now
94%
positive of 80k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66
twitch viewers (latest)
22.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (260 ratings)
93
Nexus mods (169k downloads)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 61% recommend · from 39 critics
27h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 41h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

920 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition trailer thumbnail

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 920 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,639 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~705/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.0M–4.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 80,213 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2019-06-21) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 57 of 101 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,670 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,601 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,335 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,566 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 981 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 826 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 749 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 875 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k3762026-09-15 11:00 — 525 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 595 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 381 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 663 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 795 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 434 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 444 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 610 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 408 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 577 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 620 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 405 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 384 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 873 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 722 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 682 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 963 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 711 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 621 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,215 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,212 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 763 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 920 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k124Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 222 · peak 543Feb 2015 — avg 619 · peak 2,122Jun 2015 — avg 465 · peak 1,068Oct 2015 — avg 124 · peak 229Feb 2016 — avg 208 · peak 443Jun 2016 — avg 245 · peak 913Oct 2016 — avg 278 · peak 791Feb 2017 — avg 398 · peak 1,569Jun 2017 — avg 289 · peak 989Oct 2017 — avg 836 · peak 4,000Feb 2018 — avg 394 · peak 855Jun 2018 — avg 772 · peak 2,218Oct 2018 — avg 415 · peak 1,678Feb 2019 — avg 439 · peak 1,288Jun 2019 — avg 708 · peak 3,284Oct 2019 — avg 298 · peak 814Feb 2020 — avg 355 · peak 986Jun 2020 — avg 479 · peak 962Oct 2020 — avg 337 · peak 742Feb 2021 — avg 408 · peak 761Jun 2021 — avg 597 · peak 1,641Oct 2021 — avg 427 · peak 1,014Feb 2022 — avg 497 · peak 928Jun 2022 — avg 579 · peak 1,254Oct 2022 — avg 400 · peak 1,384Feb 2023 — avg 556 · peak 1,524Jun 2023 — avg 454 · peak 835Oct 2023 — avg 1,075 · peak 3,000Feb 2024 — avg 702 · peak 1,705Jun 2024 — avg 506 · peak 1,071Oct 2024 — avg 876 · peak 2,636Feb 2025 — avg 730 · peak 1,539Jun 2025 — avg 592 · peak 1,185Oct 2025 — avg 868 · peak 1,953Feb 2026 — avg 782 · peak 1,735Jun 2026 — avg 926 · peak 1,807Aug 2026 — avg 795 · peak 1,568
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
39392026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 17 new positive2026-09-29: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 21 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 27 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 19 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 21 new positive2026-10-07: 33 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 30 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 25 new positive2026-10-10: 21 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 24 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 39 new positive2026-10-14: 22 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$32.00$1.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-02-25 — best price $26.392015-04-17 — best price $25.552015-06-01 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $7.492015-12-01 — best price $29.992016-02-22 — best price $19.992016-06-08 — best price $19.992016-08-30 — best price $13.992016-12-25 — best price $7.502017-04-20 — best price $14.992017-10-02 — best price $7.352018-03-05 — best price $29.992018-08-06 — best price $4.492019-01-23 — best price $3.822019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-09-30 — best price $19.992020-01-03 — best price $19.992020-03-29 — best price $2.992020-07-12 — best price $19.992020-11-04 — best price $19.992021-02-23 — best price $2.992021-05-25 — best price $2.792021-08-23 — best price $2.372021-11-19 — best price $2.992022-03-07 — best price $2.792022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992023-01-07 — best price $17.992023-07-26 — best price $19.992024-01-25 — best price $2.992024-07-12 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-10-16 — best price $19.992026-03-12 — best price $2.992026-08-25 — best price $2.992026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

11302026-10-01 01:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 66 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
76.6%
earned "In With the Gang"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)58,01210%59
Xbox One (Xbox)57,8065%59
PS4 (PlayStation)37,49917%60
PS4 (PlayStation)29,98813%60
PS4 (PlayStation)2,31837%60

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

GoreCrimeActionMatureRacingParkourShooterAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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