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Watch_Dogs® 2 Steam Charts & Stats

Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.

App ID	447040
App Type	GAME
Developers	Ubisoft
Publishers	Ubisoft
Categories	Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Partial Controller Support, In-App Purchases
Genres	Action, Adventure
Platforms	Windows
Supported Languages	Simplified Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish

863 Players in Game

18 138 All-Time Peak

81,72 Rating

Steam Charts

863 Players in Game

18 138 All-Time Peak

81,72 Rating

At the moment, Watch_Dogs® 2 has 863 players actively in-game. This is 0% lower than its all-time peak of 5 925.

Watch_Dogs® 2 Player Count

Watch_Dogs® 2 monthly active players. This table represents the average number of players engaging with the game each month, providing insights into its ongoing popularity and player activity trends.

Month	Average Players	Change
2026-07	863	+20.57%
2026-06	715	+21.32%
2026-05	590	-13.34%
2026-04	680	-34.59%
2026-03	1040	+40.61%
2026-02	740	-46.71%
2026-01	1389	-1.75%
2025-12	1413	+59.75%
2025-11	885	-24.02%
2025-10	1164	+117.7%
2025-09	535	-20.32%
2025-08	671	-32.87%
2025-07	1000	-4.62%
2025-06	1048	+70.37%
2025-05	615	-32.33%
2025-04	909	-31.42%
2025-03	1326	+43.2%
2025-02	926	-25.2%
2025-01	1238	-9.79%
2024-12	1372	+28.42%
2024-11	1068	+13.31%
2024-10	943	-24.91%
2024-09	1256	-30.16%
2024-08	1798	-51.85%
2024-07	3735	+232.41%
2024-06	1123	-1.52%
2024-05	1141	+61.92%
2024-04	704	-37.71%
2024-03	1131	-8.84%
2024-02	1241	+7.34%
2024-01	1156	0%

82 379 Total Reviews

68 213 Positive Reviews

14 166 Negative Reviews

Very Positive Score

Watch_Dogs® 2 has garnered a total of 82 379 reviews, with 68 213 positive reviews and 14 166 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Very Positive’ overall score.

Reviews Chart

Chart above illustrates the trend of feedback for Watch_Dogs® 2 over time, showcasing the dynamic changes in player opinions as new updates and features have been introduced. This visual representation helps to understand the game's reception and how it has evolved.

Recent Steam Reviews

This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback

Playtime: 50 minutes

Absolutely unplayable. Even on lowest graphics settings WD2 crashes every 2min. Couldn't even get out of the first tutorial area. Maybe it's a problem with newer hardware. Running it in compatibility mode didn't fix it. It made me be able to finish the tutorial but then the skyline flickered and the game crashed again. Classic Ubisoft game

👍 : 16 | 😃 : 4

Negative

Playtime: 3703 minutes

love this game but do not play this on a 4060 bro it will flicker the living ♥♥♥♥ out of ur screen ( i have an insane headache bro )

👍 : 30 | 😃 : 13

Positive

Playtime: 2192 minutes

games good but ubisoft sucks ass i cant even launch watchdogs 1

👍 : 14 | 😃 : 1

Positive

Playtime: 53 minutes

Don't bother buying it even for 2 dollars. It will run like cheeks and probably make every epileptic have a moment due to the flicker mess the game is since both nvidia and ubisoft either can't or won't fix the issues. (Nvidia can't. Ubisoft straight up said no, they won't fix it.) ♥♥♥♥ you too Ubisoft.

👍 : 20 | 😃 : 3

Negative

Playtime: 3532 minutes

way better than watchdogs 1 in so many ways! The hacking and the gameplay is so much better. buy on a sale and do not pay full price for this though, it's on sale all the time so just wait on that.

👍 : 55 | 😃 : 3

Positive

Playtime: 6919 minutes

One of my favorite childhood games, and im glad to see it have a spike in attention. It ended up being a really freakishly accurate representation of the real world now, with companies like Flock and Palantir. F*ck Flock, f*ck Palantir, and f*ck the surveillance state.

👍 : 82 | 😃 : 4

Positive

Playtime: 2665 minutes

Worth playing but its not a 10/10 game by any means. I feel like it tried to be both safe, and outrageous in spots at the same time and it kinda damages the identity it wanted to give off to gamers. The irony for this game is storyline wise it feels more relevant to the real world then ever in ways that if the game released today reviewers would pan it for being too "on the nose." But it came out almost 10 years ago so that doesn't apply. Some of my big Pros: -You don't have to "kill" people necessarily. You can stealth objectives, stun them, air shot them as options. -Hacking opportunities in the real world environment allow for fun ways to engage with car chases or enemy pursuit, or creating real general awesome chaos! -Simply picking up a new weapon makes it accessible/purchaseable. And side objectives like grabbing money bags or skill points, once you have them even if you die you will keep them. -This game understands how to implement set pieces. I will not go into it more due to spoilers but there is some really cool things here. My biggest cons: -There's no way to consistently turn off the online missions that appear on the map. You can, after each mission or event, manaully go to the map and turn the slider to "off." If you choose to do one of these endlessly populating missions, itll ask you if you don't want to do coop while searching for a partner. You hit no. After completing the mission, it will then reopen your game world to any player searching. This ignores every setting in the menu that says "don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ do that" (of which there are MULTIPLE). The solution is to do the mission, complete it, manually drop out of the online mode. Or my earlier suggested method, or to pull the ethernet plug. As a steam user, that last one shouldn't have to be the answer. -The ending absolutely falls flat. -The cringe factor at times of Deadsec when they are reaching out to the general public in recorded scenes kinda undermines what they say at times regardless of how real and necessary to be taken seriously it is. -Side antagonists/characters/factions are created, and then dropped and you have nowhere to go with your feelings. Even with the DLC missions, you end up with your hands holding nothing going "so we're not dealing with this, huh?" And that leads into my next problem of: -the main character, feels like the game always wants to go "alright so you can take a step too far, but we'd never do that (despite explicitly or implicitly doing so). And this causes a bit of disfunction with those extra characters and factions in how they are portrayed. And it does get a bit annoying how the characters with the main, and around him, will build up contentious points and then just drop them with no warning. It is a very slapped together affair. This is a very solid 6-7/10 game depending on how you view things. You could spend a couple afternoons and get through it and be...accepting of what you played? I was satisfied overall. But there's too many ball drops to ever guarantee any one person playing this will feel the same way. Take a chance on a deep steam sale, maybe with a friend to speed things along in the aformentioned cooperative online missions. But this is a in between game. You play this when you feel nothing else is going on. Not a priority.

👍 : 99 | 😃 : 2

Positive

Playtime: 26 minutes

WARNING FOR ALL PEOPLE BUYING THIS DURING THE SUMMER SALE the game is BROKEN. there is constant sky flickering that cannot be fixed with any of the in game settings. no matter what you do it'll always be there. NO it isn't your gpu. NO it isn't your drivers. it's just ubislop not fixing one of their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ games. luckily, there is a way to fix this flickering yourself. it does require downloading a few things and changing a few core game settings, but it doesn't require extensive pc knowledge. i'll link the guide that personally helped me and seems to be the only true fix to the issue https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3258473119 DO NOT BE FOOLED. it will look like you have escaped this issue during the tut, as the flickering will be very mild or not even there, but once you load into the main game it'll be all you see. gameplay is actually hella fun and it's a cool concept, but don't buy this game if you don't want to spend an extra five minutes tweaking some settings you shouldn't have to worry about because the devs are lazy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. small edit: luckily according to a few of my friends that use amd gpus, they do not seem to have an issue at all with this flickering. i suppose this is mostly a warning to nvidia gpu users.

👍 : 305 | 😃 : 8

Negative

Playtime: 34 minutes

Ubisoft's launcher is so bad. I couldn't even create an account because of some technical issue. When I finally managed to make one, it got suspended because of too many login attempts. What a joke.

👍 : 756 | 😃 : 59

Negative

Playtime: 13 minutes

Did you know that if you buy an Ubi game on Steam and then at a later date decide to close your Ubi account (or it gets shut down because their systems are scattershot at best), you lose all access to the game - you don't even get the option to register a new Ubisoft account and move it across. Ubi decides you no longer own the game you legally purchased from an independent retailer, and that's it. That seems.. illegal? In any case, my impulse sale buy just got refunded. Ubi needs to go the way of the dodo. [e] Well this review took off, lol. It gets better though; it turns out the game has an offline mode, where you can disable the anti-cheat and play as you like - but even the offline mode still requires an Ubi account and that you login with their launcher. You have to be online and logged in to Ubis servers to play your offline single-player game. It's all very anti-consumer, and indefensible - though a few people have tried! & FYI, I closed my account after it was accessed from another country, after being dormant for several years and despite the fact I have two factor authentication enabled. Ubi refused to explain how my account was compromised, so having no faith in their security, I closed it.

👍 : 1915 | 😃 : 37

Negative

Watch_Dogs® 2 DLC

ID	Name	Type	Release Date
525031	Watch_Dogs® 2 - No Compromise	DLC	18 May, 2017
525030	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Human Conditions	DLC	23 Mar, 2017
525000	Watch_Dogs® 2 - T-Bone Pack	DLC	24 Jan, 2017
597076	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Mega Pack	DLC	25 Apr, 2017
525010	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Ultra Texture Pack	DLC	25 Nov, 2016
525011	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Root Access Pack	DLC	6 Dec, 2016
525012	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Punk Rock Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525013	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Psychedelic Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525014	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Black Hat Pack	DLC	20 Dec, 2016
525015	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Pixel Art Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525016	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Guru Pack	DLC	20 Dec, 2016
525017	Watch_Dogs® 2 - EliteSec Pack	DLC	20 Dec, 2016
525018	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Glam Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525019	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Private Eye Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525032	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Urban Artist Pack	DLC
525033	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Ubisoft Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525034	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Dumpster Diver Pack	DLC	20 Dec, 2016
525035	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Ded Labs Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
525036	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Home Town Pack	DLC	20 Dec, 2016
525037	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Guts, Grit and Liberty Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
555240	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Season Pass	DLC
558390	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Ultimate Pack	DLC	28 Nov, 2016
558391	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Supreme Pack	DLC	20 Dec, 2016
581400	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Fully Decked Out Bundle	DLC	31 Jan, 2017
597070	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Retro Modernist Pack	DLC	18 Apr, 2017
597071	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Glow_Pro Pack	DLC	18 Apr, 2017
597072	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Ride Britannia Pack	DLC	18 Apr, 2017
597073	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Kick It Pack	DLC	18 Apr, 2017
597074	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Velvet Cowboy	DLC	18 Apr, 2017
597075	Watch_Dogs® 2 - Bay Area Thrash Pack	DLC	18 Apr, 2017

Watch_Dogs® 2 offers 30 downloadable content (DLC) packs, each adding unique elements and extending the core gameplay experience. These packs may include new missions, characters, maps, or cosmetic items, enriching the player's engagement with the game.

Watch_Dogs® 2 Steam Achievements

Watch_Dogs® 2 offers players a rich tapestry of challenges, with a total of 55 achievements to unlock. These achievements span a variety of in-game activities, encouraging exploration, skill development, and strategic mastery. Unlocking these achievements provides not only a rewarding experience but also a deeper engagement with the game's content.

Who Am I

Erase your past identity in the Blume servers

Put Your Damn Pants On

Buy some pants after the party

Menace

Buy a two handed weapon at the 3D printer

In Style

Buy the Gatorfeet Whine Country footwear

DedSec-A-Roni

Ride a cable car

Only God Can Judge Me

Buy a shirt in the Nudle vending machine

Doggyland

Pet 10 dogs

Photobombed!

Get photobombed in a selfie

A Ride to Remember

Drive one of the Unique Vehicles

Bad Boys

Hijack a boat

Something To Ride

Hijack a bus

Researcher

Collect all the Key Data hidden in the world

Smooth Felon

Escape a Level 5 felony

Miniroadtrip!

Drive 4 km in the world while driving the Merengue from Elek Motors

Knock You Out

Do a stealth takedown on 30 enemies

Jump Around

Do a 140 meters long jump while driving a vehicle

Earn your Sea Legs

Do a sailboat race

Roboteer

Hack a robot

Third Time's the Charm

Make 3 jumps in a row aboard a vehicle

Hold My Hair

Take a picture of someone vomiting

Let Me Ride

Travel 200 meters on top of a car by hacking it

One of the Gang

Complete 5 DedSec Events

Natural Born Killer

Neutralize 1 Hunter in Bounty Hunter mode

Please Marcus, Don't Hurt Them

Successfully neutralize 5 fugitives in Bounty Hunter

Hold My Hand

Successfully complete an online Co-op Operation

Feeding Frenzy

Use the "Call the cops" hack on the donut-disguised man in Haight-Ashbury

Troll'r

Successfully invade another hacker

Got The Shutterbug

Take 25 ScoutX location pictures

One-Man Garage

Buy 25 cars in car dealerships

Pimp My eKart

Get all the eKart upgrades

App'ing Around

Buy all the apps in the App Shop

I Get Around

Do a drone race

Ain't No Stopping

Do a bike race

The Fox

Finish Operation: Shadow

Joined the Mile High Club

Finish Operation: Hack teh World

Picking Up the Pieces

Finish Operation: Looking Glass

Baby, I Got Your Money

Finish Operation: False Profits

Knight Ridden

Finish Operation: Cyber Driver

No Place Like Haum

Finish Operation: Haum Sweet Haum

Informer

Finish Operation: Limp Nudle

100% Legit

Finish Operation: $911

Hypnotize

Finish Operation: W4tched

Old School Justice

Finish Operation: Eye for An Eye

Sabotage

Finish Operation: Hacker War

Make Every Voice Count

Finish Operation: Power to the Sheeple

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Finish Operation: Robot Wars

You're On A Boat!

Finish Operation: Shanghaied

Leaks and Leaks

Finish Operation: Ubistolen

Hack the World

Trigger the hack of the century

Not the Pizza Guy

Finish Operation: Bad Medicine

The Score of Your Life

Finish Operation: Automata

Nanotriumph

Finish Operation: Caustic Progress

Prize Catch

Finish Operation: Off the Hook

That Escalated Quickly

Finish Operation: Moscow Gambit

It's the Final Showd0wn

Reach the maximum win streak bonus in Showd0wn

Watch_Dogs® 2 Screenshots

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Watch_Dogs® 2 Minimum PC System Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz, AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz or better
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List*
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 27 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible using the latest drivers
Additional Notes: Minimum specs above for 720p , 30+ FPS, Low graphic settings // Periphericals: Microsoft Xbox One Controller, DUALSHOCK® 4 Controller, Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller / Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection / Note: This product supports 64-bit operating systems only. Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not officially supported. For the most up-to-date requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website at support.ubi.com. High speed internet access and a valid Ubisoft account are required to activate the game after installation, to authenticate your system and continue gameplay after any re-activation, access online features, play online or unlock exclusive content. Game contains EasyAntiCheat (https://www.easyanticheat.net/) anti-cheat technology and Denuvo (https://www.denuvo.com/) anti-tamper technology.

Watch_Dogs® 2 Recommended PC System Requirements

Recommended:

OS *: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 290, with 3GB VRAM or better - See supported List*
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 27 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible using the latest drivers
Additional Notes: Recommended specs above for 1080p , 30+ FPS, High graphic settings // SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE: • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX600 Series: GTX660 or better / GeForce® GTX700 Series: GTX760 or better / GeForce® GTX900 Series: GTX950 or better / GeForce® GTX1000 Series: GTX1060 or better. • AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 series: Radeon™ HD7870 or better / Radeon™ 200 series: Radeon R9 270 or better / Radeon™ 300/Fury X series: Radeon™ R9 370 or better / Radeon 400 series: Radeon RX460 or better. Game contains EasyAntiCheat (https://www.easyanticheat.net/) anti-cheat technology and Denuvo (https://www.denuvo.com/) anti-tamper technology.

Watch_Dogs® 2 has specific system requirements to ensure smooth gameplay. The minimum settings provide basic performance, while the recommended settings are designed to deliver the best gaming experience. Check the detailed requirements to ensure your system is compatible before making a purchase.

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Watch_Dogs® 2 Latest News & Patches

This game has received a total of 6 updates to date, ensuring continuous improvements and added features to enhance player experience. These updates address a range of issues from bug fixes and gameplay enhancements to new content additions, demonstrating the developer's commitment to the game's longevity and player satisfaction.

Patch Notes: PC Title Update 1.06.135.3

Date: 2016-12-02 15:12:16

👍 : 451 | 👎 : 23

Patch Notes PC 1.06.135.7

Date: 2016-12-08 18:02:44

👍 : 314 | 👎 : 16

Patch Notes: Title Update 1.08 / 1.07.141.6 on PC

Date: 2016-12-13 17:08:43

👍 : 308 | 👎 : 8

Patch Notes: Title Update 1.09

Date: 2017-01-10 09:55:44

👍 : 328 | 👎 : 18

Title Update 1.15 Patch Notes – “Man vs. Machine”

Date: 2017-05-15 18:08:14

👍 : 342 | 👎 : 9

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