ActionAdventure
Sleeping Dogs
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 17,271
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 20h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The biggest drop-off is between “In With the Gang” (Complete Night Market Chase) and “That'll Show 'em” (Complete Payback): from 100% to 68% of starters.
- 80% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 17,296 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 22.3h for positive, 9.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (80.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- In With the Gang Complete Night Market Chase. 100%
- That'll Show 'em Complete Payback. Most players quit here 68% −32
- A Big Betrayal Complete Dockyard Heist. 55% −13
- Big Smiles All Around Complete Big Smile Lee. 46% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- In With the Gang Complete Night Market Chase. 100%
- Environmentalist Perform 5 unique environmental kills. 100%
- Strike Gold Achieve 1 Gold Stat Award. 87%
- Minor Face Achieve Face Level 2. 78%
- Slight Silver Achieve 5 Silver Stat Awards. 76%
- Rookie Complete 10% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 76%
- Man Around Town Visit Aberdeen, Central, Kennedy Town and North Point. 76%
- Take A Bite Out Of Crime Complete a Case. 75%
- Stuntman Successfully perform an action hijack. 74%
- That'll Show 'em Complete Payback. 68%
- Gold Rush Achieve 5 Gold Stat Awards. 67%
- Officer Complete 25% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 62%
- Gadgetman Pick a lock, plant a bug, trace a phone, crack a safe, and take over a spy camera. 61%
- Gaining Face Achieve Face Level 5. 59%
- A Big Betrayal Complete Dockyard Heist. 55%
- Substantial Silver Achieve 15 Silver Stat Awards. 54%
- Fashion Statement Change all your clothes in your wardrobe or a clothing store. 53%
- Big Smiles All Around Complete Big Smile Lee. 46%
- Case Closed Complete all cases. 41%
- Detective Complete 50% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 39%
- Sharpshooter Shoot out a cop's tires while fleeing in a police chase. 36%
- Gun Nut Use 10 different firearms to defeat enemies. 35%
- Tourist Win a bet on a cockfight. 32%
- Great Face Achieve Face Level 10. 31%
- Super Cop Unlock ten Cop Upgrades. 29%
- Event Driven Complete half of the open world events. 29%
- A Slap in the Face Kill someone with a fish. 28%
- Golden Touch Achieve 15 Gold Stat Awards. 21%
- Kleptomaniac Hijack 5 trucks and collect their cargo. 19%
- Infowlable Win 50,000 on a single cockfight. 16%
- Martial Law Defeat all 4 Martial Arts Clubs 15%
- Bounty Hunter Complete all of Roland's Jobs. 15%
- Ultimate Fighter Unlock ten Triad Upgrades. 13%
- Mr. Nice Guy Complete all Favors. 13%
- Whatever's Handy Use 10 different melee weapons to defeat enemies. 12%
- Spiritual Healing Pray at all of the Health Shrines. 11%
- Foodie Try 10 different foods or drinks. 10%
- Safe Driver Cruise for 2 minutes straight without damaging your car. 10%
- Hong Kong Super Hacker Hack every Security Camera in the game. 9.2%
- Wei of the Road Complete all Street Races. 9.0%
- Bomb Squad Complete the first mission. 8.0%
- Pet Cemetery Send Dogeyes, Ratface and Ponytail back to Hell. 7.5%
- West End Scavenger Unlock every lockbox in Kennedy Town and Aberdeen. 7.3%
- I Can Haz Banishment Banish Smiley Cat. 7.3%
- Central Scavenger Unlock every lockbox in Central. 7.2%
- North Point Scavenger Unlock every lockbox in North Point. 6.8%
- Karaoke Superstar Achieving 90% and above for all songs at the Karaoke Bars in HK. 6.3%
- Cult Master Defeat the cultists. 5.6%
- Auto Enthusiast Purchase all vehicles. 5.3%
- Fashion Victim Purchase all clothing. 5.2%
- Ghosts and Stuff Complete all secondary content. 5.2%
- Event Planner Complete all of the open world Events. 3.4%
- Hong Kong’s Finest Complete all Secondary Content. 3.4%
- Chief Inspector Complete 100% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 3.1%
- Hell Money Find all the money shrines. 3.0%
- Solid Silver Achieve 30 Silver Stat Awards. 2.6%
- Goodie Monster Find all the Evidence Collectibles 2.6%
- Pure Gold Achieve 30 Gold Stat Awards. 2.5%
- Cursed Gold Achieve 5 Gold Awards. 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.