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Watch Dogs (2014)

Ubisoft Montreal

Google Stadia · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Wii U · Xbox 360 · Xbox One

3.08 from 3365 ratings

7942 members have it in their collection · 288 playing now · 2035 backlogged · 847 wish listed

How long? Main story 21h · with extras 30h · 100% 69h (from 30 logged playthroughs)

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 personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Chicago's overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of … Read more
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 personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Chicago's overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of the city's technology and information - including key data on all of the city's residents. Read less
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Details

Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Shooter
Themes
Action, Open world, Sandbox, Science fiction, Stealth
Franchises
Watch_Dogs
Series
Watch Dogs
Events
Nintendo Direct @ E3 2013, PlayStation E3 Press Conference 2013, Ubisoft E3 2013 Media Briefing, Ubisoft E3 2012 Press Conference
Steam
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Release dates

  • May 26, 2014 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 27, 2014 (Worldwide) PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
  • May 27, 2014 (North_America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • May 27, 2014 (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
  • Nov 18, 2014 (North_America) Wii U
  • Nov 21, 2014 (Europe) Wii U
  • Dec 04, 2014 (Japan) Wii U
  • Dec 09, 2020 (Worldwide) Google Stadia

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Rating distribution

5 stars
286
4 stars
802
3 stars
1383
2 stars
683
1 star
211
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mrmedieval

Status mrmedieval Jan 16, 2026

Made it to "Planting a Bug", but this game is starting to seem like a repetitive slog. There's not enough depth to the hacking abilities to keep things interesting once you've seen every ability a few times. The story feels generic, and Aiden comes across as flat. I wish they'd committed one way or the other with his character, his …

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Made it to "Planting a Bug", but this game is starting to seem like a repetitive slog. There's not enough depth to the hacking abilities to keep things interesting once you've seen every ability a few times. The story feels generic, and Aiden comes across as flat. I wish they'd committed one way or the other with his character, his "morality" feels jarring and inconsistent. The online mode is needlessly disruptive, but can fortunately be disabled. On a side note, are people really still playing this game online, or did Ubisoft think it was a good idea to send bots after me right as I'm about to activate a tower? Anyway, do not recommend unless you got it free like I did (thank you EGS), play Sleeping Dogs instead.

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Eerp

Status Eerp Sep 25, 2025

Going through my backlog because I do not have GamePass and needed a big dumb open-world. I am autistically checking off side content and trying to clean the map of icons, working as intended.

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3DMYSTIC

Status 3DMYSTIC Jun 21, 2024

I actually loved this game when I played it a few years ago on 360. Looking forward to chipping away at my Xbox One and PS4 playthroughs. Something about the GTA like driving mixed with the Chicago scenery really did it for me. I even enjoyed the combat and collectibles quite a bit.

I also picked up Watch Dogs 2 …

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I actually loved this game when I played it a few years ago on 360. Looking forward to chipping away at my Xbox One and PS4 playthroughs. Something about the GTA like driving mixed with the Chicago scenery really did it for me. I even enjoyed the combat and collectibles quite a bit.

I also picked up Watch Dogs 2 for PS4 as a bundle, though I can't say I will ever get to that one. I played the first 20 minutes on Xbox One a while ago and was pretty much disgusted with the design choices, dialogue, all of it.

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onedolla

Status onedolla Aug 15, 2021

Just beat this game for the 2nd time (I think). This time on realistic difficulty. Not a fan of it, especially the police system in the game.

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LauraMFrench

Status LauraMFrench Mar 31, 2020

Aiden: lightly presses vehicle accelerator with one toe
NPC pedestrians: THIS GUY DRIVES LIKE A MANIAC!!!

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MyChaos

Status MyChaos Sep 8, 2019

I've always wanted to try being a hacker and this game is indeed the tool for that. But not everything is a sea of roses, especially if there are people we like involved where can die, that's what happens with the protagonist. An action-packed game in a vast city where there is a lot of extra content to do, where …

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I've always wanted to try being a hacker and this game is indeed the tool for that. But not everything is a sea of roses, especially if there are people we like involved where can die, that's what happens with the protagonist. An action-packed game in a vast city where there is a lot of extra content to do, where the protagonist can improve his Skills throughout the game until he gets to the end of what he's looking for. I found the reputation system cool where it will have influence in the end, I loved doing the side quest "missing person" where every time I got into the area the music got pretty creepy, but the various bugs and other players coming in at the exact moment where I was going on a mission is terrible at best, but I enjoyed the experience.

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Krahvata

Status Krahvata Jun 22, 2019

I had this game and like 10 others sitting on my computer for like 2 years because I'm just lazy and don't do anything else except watch vine compilations on youtube but this summer I finally decided to play these damn games already before I start playing any other games. I played Watch Dogs 2 way before Watch Dogs and …

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I had this game and like 10 others sitting on my computer for like 2 years because I'm just lazy and don't do anything else except watch vine compilations on youtube but this summer I finally decided to play these damn games already before I start playing any other games. I played Watch Dogs 2 way before Watch Dogs and I have to say that I'm just bored out of my mind while playing this. I'm usually glued to the screen 7 hours a day when a game really interests me but every time I fire up this game I just do one mission and then I want to exit the game. Maybe I will want to finish it at some point but for now, it's just gonna sit in my computer.

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Noirstern

Status Noirstern Mar 3, 2018

Fuck Watch Dogs. Ya he terminado la irregular (Emocionante a ratos) campaña y me disponía a platinarlo y no, Ubisoft, no puedes hacer que ganar ciertos trofeos sea aleatorio. Fuck Ubisoft.

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Noirstern

Status Noirstern Feb 19, 2018

Me comprometí a platinarlo, gran error. Definitivamente no es el juego tan horrible que decían y la experiencia de ser un vigilante rollo Punisher es bastante satisfactoria, pero no, Ubisoft, tiraste por lo genérico. Ya llevo al 50%.

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