24 Melee games like Sleeping Dogs that you should try

If Sleeping Dogs worked for you because of strong narrative focus, a sandbox world and melee combat, the same is here. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat and progression: stealth mechanics.

If Sleeping Dogs worked for you because of a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is tone and progression: dark, oppressive atmosphere and multiplayer gameplay.

What brings it close to Sleeping Dogs is strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in progression — its own ground is precision platforming and a mythological setting.

What brings it close to Sleeping Dogs is a sandbox world, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and progression: this one brings stealth mechanics.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in tone and progression — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: exploration and discovery, melee combat, and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is progression: precision platforming.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. Its own ground is puzzle design and ranged combat.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere.

If Sleeping Dogs worked for you because of melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera, the same is here. It sets itself apart with puzzle design.

It shares the essentials of what Sleeping Dogs does: melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Its own ground is precision platforming and a sci-fi setting.

What brings it close to Sleeping Dogs is melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. What it adds of its own: a sci-fi setting.

What brings it close to Sleeping Dogs is melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Its own ground is puzzle design.

On paper it is what Sleeping Dogs is — strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in combat and visuals — its own ground is stealth mechanics and a first-person view.