Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition similar games & best alternatives

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - Trailer
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition_1.avif
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition_2.avif
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition_3.avif
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition_4.avif
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition_5.avif
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition_6.avif

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2014

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging hand-to-hand combat system
  • Immersive hong kong setting and story
  • Included dlc content
  • Character progression and customization
  • Good value for price especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Driving mechanics considered clunky
  • Gunplay is weak and awkward
  • Some bugs and ai glitches
  • Limited multiplayer or social features
  • Some repetitive side missions

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • BioShock™

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • RoboCop: Rogue City

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

Less expressive

Games that feels like Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition but with less self-expression and customization

  • Collapse

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

  • The Last of Us™ Part I

  • Quantum Break

  • UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

More intense

Games that feels like Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • Resident Evil 2

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • Resident Evil Requiem

  • The Evil Within 2

  • The Evil Within

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. These titles are not in What to play next.

Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 18/08/2026