Games like Sleeping Dogs
Closest overall match: Saints Row: The Third (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Grand Theft Auto V at ★ 4.5. Quickest to finish: Prince of Persia (2008) at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Sleeping Dogs — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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67%
1. Saints Row: The Third
Shares Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
67%
2. Mafia III
Shares Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Violent, Third Person and Open World and 3 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
65%
3. Prototype 2
Shares Parkour, Violent, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; about 8h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
65%
4. Mad Max
Shares Driving, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
65%
5. Watch Dogs
Shares Parkour, Driving, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Open World and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
63%
6. Saints Row IV
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
63%
7. Grand Theft Auto IV
Shares Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
62%
8. L.A. Noire
Shares Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; about 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
62%
9. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Shares Parkour, Third Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 12h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
62%
10. Prince of Persia (2008)
Shares Parkour, Third Person, Open World, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
11. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 6h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
12. Deadpool
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
13. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Shares Violent, Third Person, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 8h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
14. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shares Violent, Third Person, Open World, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
15. DmC: Devil May Cry
Shares Third Person, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 8h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
16. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Shares Crime, Third Person, Open World, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
17. Styx: Shards of Darkness
Shares Parkour, Violent, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
18. Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Shares Parkour, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
19. Thief
Shares Parkour, Open World, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; about 9h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
20. Just Cause 4
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Violent, Open World, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
21. Alice: Madness Returns
Shares Third Person and Singleplayer; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
22. Tomb Raider: Underworld
Shares Parkour, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
23. Sunset Overdrive
Shares Parkour, Third-Person Shooter, Violent, Third Person and Open World and 3 more tags; about 10h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
24. Mafia II
Shares Crime, Driving, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Open World and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
57%
25. Grand Theft Auto V
Shares Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 60h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 74h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Sleeping Dogs?
On our similarity model, Saints Row: The Third is the closest match to Sleeping Dogs — shares Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Sleeping Dogs is rated highest?
Grand Theft Auto V holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 7,453 players.
Are there games like Sleeping Dogs on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 9 games like Sleeping Dogs on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sleeping Dogs on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.