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Games like Saints Row

If Saints Row is your kind of game, the closest matches are Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected and Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, epic and funny. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Saints Row is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Volition and set in Santo Ileso, a fictional city in the American Southwest. Players can create their own character and customize both vehicles and weapons, with physics-based destruction allowing chaos to unfold across the open world. Online co-op supports up to four players tackling missions together. Reviewers highlight that the co-op mode lets friends cause maximum chaos together, and players describe the comedic tone as lighthearted and funny, with over-the-top humor that leans into satire. The game currently holds a 61% positive rating from approximately 2900 Steam reviews. It is priced at $29.99 and is not supported on Steam Deck.

About Saints Row: Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.

2023ActionAdventure29.99 USDWindowsby Volition
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Players who liked Saints Row also play

Steam players who put hours into Saints Row also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Saints Row: The Third

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Saints Row.

    Top pick for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

    2011Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and a comedic mood with Saints Row.

    Second-strongest match for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Third-strongest match for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    The Full Package, Remastered – With enhanced graphics, improved lighting, reworked environments, and visual effects, Steelport and The Third Street Saints have never looked so good.

    2021ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Saints Row 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and a comedic mood with Saints Row.

    Ranked #4 for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization, weapon customization and an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Ranked #5 for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.

    2025ActionAdventureRacing29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Grand Theft Auto III

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.

    2008ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Mafia II (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...

    2011Action29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Ranked #8 for Saints Row fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.

    2008ActionAdventureSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Saints Row

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Watch_Dogs® 2

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.

    2016ActionAdventure49.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mafia

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.

    2002ActionAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Just Cause 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

    2010ActionAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Prototype™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

    2009ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.

    2010ActionAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sleeping Dogs

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and weapon customization with Saints Row.

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

    2012ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Mafia III: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.

    2020ActionAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Yakuza 0

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Saints Row.

    Reviewers of Saints Row cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.

    2018ActionAdventureRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Saints Row at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saints Row on Steam right now. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

    2014Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Saints Row.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Saints Row.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Saints Row.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Volition

Other recommendable Steam games by Volition, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Saints Row: The Third

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Saints Row.

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

    2011Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Saints Row 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares vehicle customization and a comedic mood with Saints Row.

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.

    2009ActionDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row.

    Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.

    201819.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Red Faction®: Armageddon™

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!

    2011Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Red Faction

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Red Faction II

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Twenty-second century Earth. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For the last 15 years, Sopot, the corrupt dictator, has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His relentless pursuit of unification with the neighboring United Republic has left the country soaked in unnecessary bloodshed and poverty.

    2009ActionStrategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Summoner

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Saints Row.

    Another title from Volition, the studio behind Saints Row. Shares Action with Saints Row.

    Summoners have toppled empires and challenged gods. They are venerated as saviours and feared as destroyers. With rings crafted by the ancient Khosani, the gifted can call forth demons, dragons, and elementals, but only the strongest can control the forces they unleash.

    2014ActionRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Saints Row

Does Saints Row work on Steam Deck?
Saints Row is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Saints Row cost?
Saints Row is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Saints Row have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Saints Row supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Saints Row?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Saints Row are Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered.
Who developed Saints Row?
Saints Row was developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver.

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