Watch Dogs
Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a…
Watch Dogs is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 26 May 2014 on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 37.5 hrs to finish.
What Watch Dogs is
Watch Dogs is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2014. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Disrupt.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you'll monitor and hack those around you by manipulating the ctOS from the palm of your hand. You'll access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy... and more.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Watch_Dogs series
Watch Dogs is the first of 12 entries we hold in the Watch_Dogs series. The next entry was Watch Dogs: Bad Blood in 2014. Its critic score of 81 is 9 points above the series average of 72. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Watch Dogs holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 1,180 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 37.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz, 6 GB RAM and DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM - Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5770. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Philippines is the cheapest region we track at ₱799.00 (about $12.70), while United Kingdom pays £17.99 — 1.9 times more.
What it launched against
Watch Dogs launched on 26 May 2014, within three weeks of Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor and Rise of Nations: Extended Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Watch Dogs yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Characters
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Dlc
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