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Sleeping Dogs (video game)

2012 open world action-adventure video game
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Summary

Sleeping Dogs (video game) is a video game[1]. Sleeping Dogs (video game) has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Jeff Tymoschuk[3]
  • Publisher: Square Enix[4]
  • Genre: third-person shooter[5]
  • Followed by: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition[6]
  • Developer: United Front Games[7]
  • Platform: Xbox 360[8], PlayStation 3[9], Microsoft Windows[10], Xbox One[11], PlayStation 4[12], macOS[13]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[14]
  • Language of work or name: English[15], French[16], German[17], Italian[18], Spanish[19], Russian[20], Polish[21]
  • Software engine: Havok[22]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[23], digital distribution[24], digital download[25]
  • Review score: 82/100[26], 84/100[27]
  • Input device: gamepad[28]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[29]
  • Publication date: August 14, 2012[30]
  • Characters: Wei Shen[31]
  • Distributed by: Steam[32], GOG.com[33]
  • Narrative location: Hong Kong[34]
  • ESRB rating: Mature 17+[35]
  • CERO rating: Z (Ages 18 and up only)[36]
  • Official website: https://square-enix-games.com/en_EU/news/sleeping-dogs[37]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 18[38]
  • USK rating: USK 18[39]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Sleeping Dogs universe[40]
  • Units sold: 1,500,000[41]
  • Data size: 15.9 gigabyte[42]

Why It Matters

Sleeping Dogs (video game) is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . Kritikanstvo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . esrb.org. esrb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . gematsu.com. gematsu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . gog.com. Retrieved . gog.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → sleeping-dogs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goha.ru id: sleeping-dogs, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 82/100, 84/100
    Narrative location → Hong Kong
    Esrb game id → 32308
    Speedrun.com game id → sleeping_dogs
    + 101 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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