Saints Row: The Third

Open-world third-person shooter with co-op and over-the-top comedy

Volition · Published by Deep Silver · Released Nov 14, 2011

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 96% of 70K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 120 in 30 days
Playing now: 104; peak 24h 148
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Saints Row: The Third?

An open-world third-person action shooter set in Syndicate-controlled Steelport. You customize your character, drive and fight across the city with varied weapons, alone or in co-op, as the Saints battle the criminal organization demanding their tribute.

For you if...

+you want chaotic open-world action and juvenile comedy
+you enjoy third-person shooting with character customization
+you like tackling sandbox missions cooperatively

Not for you if...

−you want a serious, tightly structured crime story
−you dislike crude sexual jokes and exaggerated violence

What players say

96% of 69,721 reviews are positive · 92% of 120 in the last 30 days

Players praise the chaotic action, absurd humor, character customization, and soundtrack. The most common complaint is frequent crashing and stuttering on modern Windows systems; some also criticize the story and its less serious tone compared with earlier games.

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Saints Row: The Third system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® XP
Processor: 2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher
Graphics: 320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 series or better
Memory: 2GB System RAM or more
Storage: 10GB

OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7
Processor: Any Quad Core Processor (Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
Graphics: 1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better
Memory: 4GB System RAM or more
Storage: 10 GB