Every Saints Row game, ranked
All 4 Saints Row games we hold, spanning 2009 to 2015: 4 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 178,753 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Saints Row: The Third (GamingPickz Score 8.1), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Saints Row 2 (2009) and follow the release-order timeline below.
The Saints Row games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 4 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
4 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 4 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Nintendo
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
4 best Saints Row games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
Saints Row: The Third at a glance Released 2011 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 96% positive of 69,665 Critics 84/100 Price $2.49 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 96% shrinks to 95.9 on 69,665 reviews, then blends with the 84 critic aggregate, giving 8.1.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 2
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Best for: Playing through with a friend online
8.0GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceSaints Row IV: Re-Elected at a glance Released 2013 Studio Deep Silver Volition Player sentiment 88% positive of 77,585 Critics 86/100 Price $4.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 10 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 88% shrinks to 88.0 on 77,585 reviews, then blends with the 86 critic aggregate, giving 8.0.
What the data supports- Cloud saves and cross-platform play, so progress follows you between machines.
- Small install at 10 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 3
Saints Row 2
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
6.9GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceSaints Row 2 at a glance Released 2009 Studio Volition Player sentiment 76% positive of 21,728 Critics 72/100 Price $2.49 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 76% shrinks to 76.1 on 21,728 reviews, then blends with the 72 critic aggregate, giving 6.9.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 4
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Best for: Playing with other people
6.5GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceSaints Row: Gat out of Hell at a glance Released 2015 Studio Deep Silver Volition Player sentiment 75% positive of 9,775 Critics 66/100 Price $3.74 Steam Deck unsupported Install size 7 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 75% shrinks to 75.3 on 9,775 reviews, then blends with the 66 critic aggregate, giving 6.5.
What the data supports- Small install at 7 GB.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Saints Row game we can score is Saints Row: The Third at 8.1. The lowest is Saints Row: Gat out of Hell at 6.5, a 1.6-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2009 to 2015. It has held roughly steady across the years.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Saints Row 2 at $2.49. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Saints Row: The Third, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Saints Row entries on Steam:
- Playable: Saints Row 2, Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
- Unsupported: Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Platforms across the series
Where the 4 Saints Row games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 4 of 4 |
| Nintendo | 1 of 4 |
The Saints Row series, game by game
Every Saints Row game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2009
Saints Row 2
6.9Saints 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. (Steam)
Plot
Five years after the explosion on Richard Hughes' yacht , the player character ( Charles Shaughnessy , Kenn Michael , Alex Mendoza, Katie Semine, G. K. Bowes , or Rebecca Sanabria), who was the sole survivor, awakens from a coma within the infirmary of Stilwater's maximum security prison after undergoing extensive plastic surgery. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Saints Row 2 reviews The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases of the game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic , and the Windows release received "mixed or average" reviews. Yahtzee Croshaw of The Escapist s Zero Punctuation named Saints Row 2 his 2008 game of the year . It was a runner-up for GameShark 's overall and Xbox 360 games of the year. (Wikipedia)
- 2011
Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate! (Steam)
Plot
Three years after the events of Saints Row 2 , the 3rd Street Saints have merged with the Ultor Corporation to become a media and consumer empire with their own brand. While robbing a bank in Stilwater to promote an upcoming film about themselves, the Boss ( Troy Baker , Kenn Michael , Robin Atkin Downes , Laura Bailey , Tara Platt , Rebecca Sanabria or Steve Blum ) and the Saints' top lieutenants, Shaundi ( Danielle Nicolet ) and Johnny Gat ( Daniel Dae… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Saints Row: The Third reviews The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic . Some said the game did not try to be more than a good time, and described it as a variant of "ridiculous", "zany", or "absurd". In another way, others called it "juvenile". (Wikipedia)
- 2013
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. (Steam)
Plot
A few months after the events of Saints Row: The Third , the 3rd Street Saints are called to assist MI6 agent Asha Odekar (Rebecca Riedy) and former Deckers leader Matt Miller ( Yuri Lowenthal ) in foiling a terrorist plot by former S. T. A. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception The game received generally positive reviews on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Xbox 360 according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic . On Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, it received mixed reviews. Reviewers praised its over-the-top humor and character customization options, and criticized its lack of challenge. (Wikipedia)
- 2015
Join Johnny Gat & Kinzie Kensington as you tear apart Hell in a quest to save the Boss’ soul. Historical icons, old friends, older enemies, a talking gun, a full length musical number & a whole lot more shenanigans await! (Steam)
Plot
The Third Street Saints hold a birthday party for lieutenant Kinzie Kensington (Natalie Lander) on their spaceship. While playing a game of Ouija with a board that once belonged to Aleister Crowley , they unwittingly contact Satan ( Travis Willingham ), who proclaims that the Boss ( Nolan North , Kenn Michael , Robin Atkin Downes , Laura Bailey , Diane Michelle , or Sumalee Montano ) will marry his daughter Jezebel ( Kate Reinders ). Satan then drags the… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Saints Row: Gat out of Hell received generally mixed reviews. Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version a score of 66/100 based on 24 reviews, the Xbox One version a 65/100 based on 16 reviews, and the PlayStation 4 version a 64/100 based on 45 reviews. Brittany Vincent from Destructoid gave the game an 8/10, praising the setting, refreshing superpower abilities, new cast of characters, interesting types of… (Wikipedia)
Saints Row, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Saints Row vs other series
How Saints Row stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Saints Row games are there?
We hold 4 Saints Row games in the catalogue, released between 2009 and 2015. 4 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Saints Row game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Saints Row: The Third rates highest at 8.1. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Saints Row games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2009 to 2015. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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