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Watch_Dogs™

Ubisoft · 2014-05-26

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Dec 04, 2014 (Wii U), May 27, 2014 (PlayStation 4), May 26, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 2014 (PlayStation 3), May 27, 2014 (Xbox 360), May 27, 2014 (Xbox One)

In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.

Watch_Dogs™ is an Action, Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (80% of 52648 reviews).

873
playing now
80%
positive of 54k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13
twitch viewers (latest)
3.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (20 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (1151 ratings)
352
Nexus mods (1.8M downloads)
4.45★
PlayStation Store rating (67,138 ratings)
37h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 60h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

873 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Watch Dogs is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the first installment in the Watch Dogs series. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Set within a fictionalized version of the Chicago metropolitan area in 2013, the single-player story follows grey hat hacker and vigilante Aiden Pearce's quest for revenge after the killing of his niece in a botched assassination attempt. An online multiplayer mode allows up to eight players to engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay.

Trailer

Watch_Dogs™ trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 873 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,374 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~547/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,927 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Ubisoft Store (2025-01-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 82 of 118 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.8k3182026-09-14 20:00 — 459 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 318 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 426 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,275 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 1,681 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,501 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 2,336 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,452 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,617 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,753 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,589 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,216 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 2,290 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,390 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,633 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,801 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1,368 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,120 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 1,754 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,565 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 1,258 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,165 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,174 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 873 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.4k0Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2014 — avg 895 · peak 1,818Dec 2014 — avg 493 · peak 1,321Apr 2015 — avg 406 · peak 987Aug 2015 — avg 516 · peak 1,630Dec 2015 — avg 247 · peak 552Apr 2016 — avg 342 · peak 950Aug 2016 — avg 297 · peak 510Dec 2016 — avg 570 · peak 1,432Apr 2017 — avg 270 · peak 792Aug 2017 — avg 208 · peak 345Dec 2017 — avg 215 · peak 452Apr 2018 — avg 160 · peak 337Aug 2018 — avg 125 · peak 213Dec 2018 — avg 190 · peak 507Apr 2019 — avg 302 · peak 829Aug 2019 — avg 240 · peak 438Dec 2019 — avg 258 · peak 597Apr 2020 — avg 273 · peak 725Aug 2020 — avg 193 · peak 389Dec 2020 — avg 224 · peak 438Apr 2021 — avg 153 · peak 343Aug 2021 — avg 148 · peak 255Dec 2021 — avg 200 · peak 420Apr 2022 — avg 154 · peak 328Aug 2022 — avg 204 · peak 596Dec 2022 — avg 330 · peak 807Apr 2023 — avg 167 · peak 398Aug 2023 — avg 302 · peak 822Dec 2023 — avg 394 · peak 940Apr 2024 — avg 271 · peak 537Aug 2024 — avg 450 · peak 1,024Dec 2024 — avg 381 · peak 706Apr 2025 — avg 347 · peak 787Aug 2025 — avg 376 · peak 864Dec 2025 — avg 485 · peak 910Apr 2026 — avg 294 · peak 619Aug 2026 — avg 752 · peak 1,354
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
86862026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 28 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 28 new positive2026-09-23: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 39 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 40 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 55 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-27: 50 new positive2026-09-27: 9 new negative2026-09-28: 86 new positive2026-09-28: 12 new negative2026-09-29: 46 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new negative2026-09-30: 55 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 52 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 39 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 34 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new negative2026-10-04: 44 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 46 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 38 new positive2026-10-07: 52 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 35 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 35 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 31 new positive2026-10-11: 37 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 29 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 35 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 30 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$1.802015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — best price $21.912015-03-26 — best price $29.992015-06-13 — best price $15.992015-09-14 — best price $39.992016-01-28 — best price $39.992016-05-16 — best price $34.432017-01-12 — best price $8.992017-09-11 — best price $8.992018-03-29 — best price $29.992018-10-04 — best price $30.362019-03-21 — best price $2.992019-06-23 — best price $5.982019-10-10 — best price $5.992020-01-09 — best price $7.492020-03-26 — best price $29.992020-06-05 — best price $26.282020-08-26 — best price $26.882020-11-16 — best price $26.882021-02-01 — best price $29.992021-04-23 — best price $26.762021-08-22 — best price $6.992021-11-19 — best price $7.492022-01-19 — best price $7.492022-04-07 — best price $29.992022-07-22 — best price $7.492022-10-20 — best price $7.492023-02-02 — best price $7.492023-05-01 — best price $6.672023-07-24 — best price $3.852023-11-06 — best price $4.492024-02-19 — best price $3.872024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-12-16 — best price $4.402025-04-29 — best price $5.002025-09-09 — best price $19.992026-01-08 — best price $19.992026-05-13 — best price $4.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4942292026-05-30 — 268 pageviews2026-06-03 — 273 pageviews2026-06-07 — 272 pageviews2026-06-11 — 255 pageviews2026-06-15 — 304 pageviews2026-06-19 — 257 pageviews2026-06-23 — 272 pageviews2026-06-27 — 417 pageviews2026-07-01 — 419 pageviews2026-07-05 — 488 pageviews2026-07-09 — 437 pageviews2026-07-13 — 424 pageviews2026-07-17 — 399 pageviews2026-07-21 — 373 pageviews2026-07-25 — 347 pageviews2026-07-29 — 346 pageviews2026-08-02 — 369 pageviews2026-08-06 — 348 pageviews2026-08-10 — 338 pageviews2026-08-14 — 344 pageviews2026-08-18 — 340 pageviews2026-08-22 — 351 pageviews2026-08-26 — 424 pageviews2026-08-30 — 485 pageviews2026-09-03 — 446 pageviews2026-09-07 — 352 pageviews2026-09-11 — 378 pageviews2026-09-15 — 370 pageviews2026-09-19 — 473 pageviews2026-09-23 — 342 pageviews2026-09-27 — 385 pageviews2026-10-01 — 402 pageviews2026-10-05 — 379 pageviews2026-10-09 — 286 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.9k22026-09-30 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 1,929 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 13 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
25.6%
earned "Hello World"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support4 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2014-05-27, latest 2014-09-30 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

EpicCo-opActionDrivingHackingParkourShooterStealthAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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