Action · August 24, 2023

Saints Row (2023)

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As the future Boss, with Neenah, Kevin, and Eli by your side, you’ll form The Saints – and take on Los Panteros, The Idols, and Marshall as you build your empire across the streets of Santo Ileso and battle for control of the city. Ultimately Saints Row is the story of a start-up company, it’s just that the business The Saints are in happens to be crime. Experience the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever created; the unique sprawling world of Santo Ileso is the backdrop for a wild, larger than life sandbox of thrilling side hustles, criminal ventures and blockbuster missions, as you shoot, drive, and wingsuit your way to the top. FEATURES ● Witness the Birth of The Saints – Play through an action blockbuster original story full of criminality, extraordinary scenes and signature surprises laced with humor. ● Discover the Weird, Wild, West – Dive in to Santo Ileso, the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever, spread across nine unique districts surrounded by the vast, majestic beauty of the Southwest Desert. ● Build Your Criminal Empire – Take over the city block by block, wage war against enemy factions and tighten your grip on the streets with ingenious criminal ventures. ● Fire Guns. LOTS of Guns – Shoot revolvers from the hip, fire and forget with a rocket launcher, or obliterate up close using melee heavyweights, complete with brutal takedowns. A vast variety of familiar and exotic weapons, all customizable, and all deadly fun. ● Take to the Streets and the Skies – Blast through urban and desert environments in any one of the cars, bikes, planes, helicopters, VTOLs, hoverbikes, hoverboards, go-karts or equip your wingsuit to swoop around. ● Unprecedented Customization – Create the Boss of your dreams, with the most extensive character customization suite ever seen in the series, then complete the look with incredible options for weapons and vehicles. ● Seamless Co-Op – Experience everything on offer with a friend at any time, via fully untethered drop-in / drop out co-op, skipping the need to take either of you out of the outlandish action. Play nice together, or play all new pranks on your team mate. After all, who’s the Boss now. ● New Districts – Santo Ileso now includes 2 additional districts featuring a host of activities and diversions for you to enjoy.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Open World · 230
  • Character Customization · 221
  • Action · 217
  • Co-op · 213
  • Crime · 208
  • Third-Person Shooter · 205
  • Adventure · 204
  • Sandbox · 185
  • Singleplayer · 185
  • Funny · 178
  • Multiplayer · 175
  • Shooter · 152
  • Comedy · 149
  • Third Person · 147
  • America · 140

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.8k Steam reviewsTop 50% in Action
Positive rating57% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 96%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 36% of Action titles
Engagement hours14 h averageTop 36% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Spanish - Latin America

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Polish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

57%Mixed · 6.8k reviews

3.9k positive · 2.9k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.6/10

Curator recommendations

4.9k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

14h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

Achievements

64

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 24, 2023
DeveloperVolition
PublisherDeep Silver
Base price$4.49 -85%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons15 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support

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Content Notes

Saints Row contatins frequent violence with blood effects and portrays the rise of a criminal gang in a realistic modern day America. Frequent cursing, crude humor and sexual innuendos are present throughout the dialogue. The character editor allows the player to be naked including censored genitalia and uncovered breasts.

Editions & Packages

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