Used to identify the game, unaltered. Watch Dogs 2 wordmark, trademark of its owner, from the publisher's Steam store listing

Watch Dogs 2

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

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.

Action Adventure

Player score

8.2/10

101,471 reviews

Released: 2016
Developer: Ubisoft Romania
Platforms: 3 systems
Critics: Not scored
Steam Deck: unsupported
Download: 27 GB

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Watch Dogs 2?

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.

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	15 November 2016
Developer	Ubisoft Romania, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Kyiv
Publisher	Not recorded
Platforms	PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genres	Action Adventure
Languages	16 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q24455756, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Watch Dogs 2 received?

Players82%positive of 101,471 · Very Positive

Achievements55on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

1 declared features

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	partial support
Cloud saves	No
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	No official workshop
Online play	Single-player only
In-game purchases	Yes
Steam Deck	unsupported
Download size	27 GB
Add-on content	30 DLC listed
Age gate	17+

Content descriptors

General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$49.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Watch Dogs 2 on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Visual glitches39 of 300 (13%)
I could not play without my eyes hurting from the flickers.
Steam review, 29 July 2026 · 10 hours played · 18 readers marked it helpful
Has a flickering bug, which makes the game unplayable.
Steam review, 23 August 2026 · 2 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
Crashes and freezes38 of 300 (13%)
I don't reccomend it on pc, the game is heavily unopptimised and constantly crashes regardless of how high or how low i have my settings.
Steam review, 28 July 2026 · 21 hours played · 7 readers marked it helpful
Stuttering and freezing, regular crashes.
Steam review, 18 August 2026 · 25 hours played · 6 readers marked it helpful
Performance and stutter12 of 300 (4%)
The game was fun for a while until everything from the ground to the walls in the game started to stutter.
Steam review, 29 July 2026 · 10 hours played · 18 readers marked it helpful
Horrible performance, had to turn down some graphical settings to get a stable, high framerate.
Steam review, 21 July 2026 · 1 hours played · 16 readers marked it helpful
Launchers, accounts and anti-cheat10 of 300 (3%)
i had to manually install ubisoft connect 3 separate times for the game to launch and disable easy anticheat.
Steam review, 17 July 2026 · 1 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
doesn't work due to anticheat slopware
Steam review, 30 August 2026 · 71 hours played

A further 11 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Watch Dogs 2

24 games overlap with Watch Dogs 2 on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Watch_Dogs 2, Mafia III and Mafia III: Definitive Edition.

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Common questions about Watch Dogs 2

What platforms is Watch Dogs 2 on?

Watch Dogs 2 is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. It first released in 2016.

How much does Watch Dogs 2 cost?

$49.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Watch Dogs 2?

82% of 101,471 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

Does Watch Dogs 2 work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Watch Dogs 2 as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the Watch Dogs 2 download?

27 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.

Who made Watch Dogs 2?

Watch Dogs 2 was developed by Ubisoft Romania, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Kyiv.