Pragmata

If Sleeping Dogs worked for you because of strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera, the same is here. Its own ground is a sci-fi setting.
Released 14 years after Sleeping Dogs.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Sleeping Dogs down to the 5 that fit the “Xbox” category. Pragmata, Second Sight and Alan Wake II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sleeping Dogs.
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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Sleeping Dogs is Pragmata — scoring 58/100 on our similarity scale. Second Sight and Alan Wake II follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sleeping Dogs. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

If Sleeping Dogs worked for you because of strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a third-person camera, the same is here. Its own ground is a sci-fi setting.
Released 14 years after Sleeping Dogs.

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.
It predates Sleeping Dogs by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre puts it alongside Sleeping Dogs, and so does exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on tone and progression: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere.
Released 11 years after Sleeping Dogs.

Its point of contact with Sleeping Dogs is single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in tone — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere.
Released 13 years after Sleeping Dogs.

The genre is the same as Sleeping Dogs’s, and with it melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings magic-based combat and a first-person view.
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