Saints Row 2
Open-world crime action with character customization and gang warfare
Volition · Published by Deep Silver · Released Jan 7, 2009
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 22K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 121 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 72
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 72/100 (critic reviews)
What is Saints Row 2?
A third-person open-world action game set in Stilwater. You customize a character, rebuild the Saints, take on rival gangs, and complete story missions, side activities, races, and diversions using guns, melee combat, and vehicles.
For you if...
- +you enjoy open-world crime sandboxes with varied side activities
- +you want extensive character, vehicle, crib, and gang customization
- +you like mixing third-person shooting, driving, and melee combat
Not for you if...
- −you prefer linear campaigns without optional activities
- −you want a serious tone without comedy
What players say
76% of 21,818 reviews are positive · 70% of 121 in the last 30 days
Players praise the lively city, detailed customization, varied activities, and story missions. The most common complaint is that the PC port crashes, stutters, and has control and audio problems; many players say community patches such as Juiced are effectively required, though some still report crashes after installing fixes.
Screenshots and trailer
Saints Row 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Dual-Core Athlon XP or equivalent
- Graphics
- 128MB 3D graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support (i.e. 7600 NVidia card or better, ATI X1300 card or better)
- Memory
- 1 GB system RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB of Hard Drive Space
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0c
Recommended
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Dual-Core Athlon XP or equivalent
- Graphics
- 256MB 3D graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 support (i.e. 8800 NVidia card or better, ATI HD3850 card or better)
- Memory
- 2 GB system RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB of Hard Drive Space
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0c
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Russian.
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