Watch_Dogs™

Watch_Dogs™

Released May 2014

In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.

79% positive · 54K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to buy

Steam $19.99
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Evaluation

Watch_Dogs launched on May 26, 2014 as a complete single-player action-adventure game. All post-launch content shipped in 2014: the Access Granted Pack (July 3, 2014) and the Bad Blood expansion (September 30, 2014), which was the final piece of DLC included in the Season Pass. All four store-listed DLC items are marked as released, and no unreleased content appears in the store listing. Ubisoft has made no announcements of further content for this title at any point since 2014. The only recent developer activity was a February 4, 2025 update that added Steam Achievement support with retroactive unlocks — a technical maintenance update, not new game content. This is consistent with a game that shipped as a complete package over a decade ago and has since been in maintenance-only status.
Evidence
Bad Blood — the final DLC included in the Season Pass — released on September 30, 2014, completing all announced post-launch content
dlc listing · Sep 30, 2014 source content shipped
high
Season Pass released alongside the game; all content included in the pass has since shipped
dlc listing · May 28, 2014 source content shipped
high

Content

4 of 4 released · no outstanding content
Released
Sep 2014

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Ubisoft
Achievements
49
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer

About this game

All it takes is the swipe of a finger. We connect with friends. We buy the latest gadgets and gear. We find out what’s happening in the world. But with that same simple swipe, we cast an increasingly expansive shadow. With each connection, we leave a digital trail that tracks our every move and milestone, our every like and dislike. And it’s not just people. Today, all major cities are networked. Urban infrastructures are monitored and controlled by complex operating systems.

In Watch_Dogs, this system is called the Central Operating System (CTOS) – and it controls almost every piece of the city’s technology and holds key information on all of the city’s residents.

You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, you'll be able to monitor and hack all who surround you by manipulating everything connected to the city’s network. Access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy…and more.

Use the city of Chicago as your ultimate weapon and exact your own style of revenge.

KEY FEATURES


HACK THE CITY
Watch_Dogs takes place in a fully simulated living city where, using your smartphone, you have real-time control over the city’s infrastructure. Trap your enemy in a 30-car pileup by manipulating the traffic lights. Stop a train, and then board it to evade the authorities. Narrowly escape capture by quickly raising a drawbridge. Anything connected to the city’s CTOS can become your weapon.

STREET JUSTICE
Living in inner city Chicago where violence is best answered by violence, you have the skills to take the fight to the streets. Take down enemies by delivering devastating blows with your baton, or experience a shoot-out like never before with a physics simulation that rivals anything in the shooter category. Use a combination of shooting and hacking to gain advantage in any given situation. The streets are designed for you to create your own plan of attack. Overall, you will have access to more than 30 traditional weapons.

HIGH OCTANE DRIVING
Ubisoft Montreal has partnered with studios such as Ubisoft Reflections, the acclaimed studio behind the award-winning Driver series to bring you a game bursting with horsepower. Get behind the wheel of more than 65 vehicles, each with state of the art physics and handling, and explore the massive city while completing missions.

EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL
Disrupt, the all-new game engine dedicated to Watch_Dogs, uses advanced processing and graphics to deliver a stunning visual and an incredibly realistic experience. Disrupt gives you the power to affect the story, the city and the life of the population with your choices creating a ripple effect throughout the city.

DYNAMIC NAVIGATION
Watch_Dogs gives you the ability to not only use the city’s ctOS to your advantage, but the streets as well. In real-world Chicago, cut through buildings or climb to the rooftops to catch your target.

SEAMLESS MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE
Discover new levels of interaction, cooperation and confrontation between players thanks to a brand new multiplayer game system that links the single and multiplayer modes into one seamless experience. That means no menus, no loading screens, just instant open world multiplayer action.
Last evaluated Jun 15, 2026
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