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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 80,329
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- 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 57% of starters.
- 77% 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 80,786 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 13.1h for positive, 7.2h 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 (76.6% 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 57% −43
- A Big Betrayal Complete Dockyard Heist. 43% −14
- Big Smiles All Around Complete Big Smile Lee. 35% −8
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. 96%
- Strike Gold Achieve 1 Gold Stat Award. 77%
- Take A Bite Out Of Crime Complete a Case. 65%
- Minor Face Achieve Face Level 2. 65%
- Slight Silver Achieve 5 Silver Stat Awards. 64%
- Stuntman Successfully perform an action hijack. 63%
- Rookie Complete 10% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 63%
- Man Around Town Visit Aberdeen, Central, Kennedy Town and North Point. 62%
- That'll Show 'em Complete Payback. 57%
- Fashion Statement Change all your clothes in your wardrobe or a clothing store. 56%
- Gold Rush Achieve 5 Gold Stat Awards. 55%
- Gadgetman Pick a lock, plant a bug, trace a phone, crack a safe, and take over a spy camera. 48%
- Officer Complete 25% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 45%
- A Big Betrayal Complete Dockyard Heist. 43%
- Substantial Silver Achieve 15 Silver Stat Awards. 41%
- Gaining Face Achieve Face Level 5. 39%
- Big Smiles All Around Complete Big Smile Lee. 35%
- Gun Nut Use 10 different firearms to defeat enemies. 31%
- Case Closed Complete all cases. 28%
- A Slap in the Face Kill someone with a fish. 26%
- Sharpshooter Shoot out a cop's tires while fleeing in a police chase. 26%
- Detective Complete 50% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 24%
- Tourist Win a bet on a cockfight. 23%
- Great Face Achieve Face Level 10. 21%
- Bomb Squad Complete End of the World. 21%
- Event Driven Complete half of the open world events. 20%
- Super Cop Unlock ten Cop Upgrades. 19%
- Golden Touch Achieve 15 Gold Stat Awards. 19%
- Whatever's Handy Use 10 different melee weapons to defeat enemies. 16%
- Martial Law Defeat all 4 Martial Arts Clubs 15%
- Pet Cemetery Send Dogeyes, Ratface and Ponytail back to Hell. 13%
- I Can Haz Banishment Banish Smiley Cat. 13%
- Infowlable Win 50,000 on a single cockfight. 13%
- Cult Master Defeat the cultists. 12%
- Kleptomaniac Hijack 5 trucks and collect their cargo. 9.8%
- Mr. Nice Guy Complete all Favors. 9.8%
- Bounty Hunter Complete all of Roland's Jobs. 9.5%
- Spiritual Healing Pray at all of the Health Shrines. 9.3%
- Foodie Try 10 different foods or drinks. 8.5%
- Wei of the Road Complete all Street Races. 8.2%
- Ghosts and Stuff Complete all secondary content of Nightmare in North Point. 8.2%
- Hong Kong Super Hacker Hack every Security Camera in the game. 7.7%
- Safe Driver Cruise for 2 minutes over 60 Km/h without damaging your car. 7.2%
- Central Scavenger Unlock every lockbox in Central. 6.5%
- West End Scavenger Unlock every lockbox in Kennedy Town and Aberdeen. 6.5%
- Ultimate Fighter Unlock ten Triad Upgrades. 6.4%
- North Point Scavenger Unlock every lockbox in North Point. 6.4%
- Karaoke Superstar Achieving 90% and above for all songs at the Karaoke Bars in HK. 6.0%
- Hong Kong’s Finest Complete all secondary content of Year of the Snake. 6.0%
- Auto Enthusiast Purchase all vehicles. 5.4%
- Fashion Victim Purchase all clothing. 5.2%
- Hell Money Find all the money shrines. 4.4%
- Event Planner Complete all of the open world Events. 4.0%
- Chief Inspector Complete 100% of all missions, cases, favors, events, jobs and races. 4.0%
- Goodie Monster Find all the Evidence Collectibles. 4.0%
- Solid Silver Achieve 30 Silver Stat Awards. 3.8%
- Pure Gold Achieve 30 Gold Stat Awards. 3.7%
- Cursed Gold Achieve 5 Gold Awards. 3.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.