Watch_Dogs™
Fair · Shooter · 2014
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% offFair
- Cost per hourS
- $1.02/hr
- Reviews▼
- 80% of 54,372
- Critics
- 77 players 3 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 33% Shooter
Holding it back: DRM, Reviews
Recent reviews trending up: 89% over the last 30 days against 80% all-time.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 19.6h
- To 100%
- 62.8h 3.2x the story
- Achievements
- 49
Price and sales
- Sales
- 96 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 June 2026
- Sale every
- 39d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 965 now
- Recent reviews
- 89% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 54% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
30% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 96 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 33 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Rise of the Tomb Raider™ ($29.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Watch_Dogs® 2 ($49.99, scores 45).
More about Watch_Dogs™
Players rate it 80 percent positive over its lifetime, and the last 30 days run 89 percent. It is aging into a better game than its average suggests. This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 13 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 47 percent of the 4,562 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 19.6 hours; clearing it takes 63, which is 3.2 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
A wonderful game with an excellent and dramatic story, pleasant graphics, and interesting gameplay. One of the game's distinctive features is the ability to hack urban infrastructure and cameras. The protagonist is essentially a kind of superhero, and his main superpower is his smartphone, which can hack various things around him. The dark, atmospheric, and very beautiful city of Chicago is also worth mentioning. I...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Some Games Never Leave You 12 years later, and coming back to Watch Dogs feels like stepping back into a part of my childhood. I've just finished the game again and honestly, I didn't expect it to make me this nostalgic. Hearing the music, driving around Chicago, listening to the radio and just exploring the city brought back so many memories of playing this when I was younger. It's crazy how a game can bring back...
One of the only good games that Ubisoft has made, next to far cry 3 and 4. with good game play, a good story. but I hate Ubisoft, and their launcher
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, 25 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Watch_Dogs™ scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/243470/watch-dogsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.