Over-the-top chaotic, funny tone
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Saints Row The Third is pure, chaotic fun. It doesn’t take itself seriously for a second, and that’s what makes it so great.”
Steam review · 46.5 h played ↗
Saints Row: The Third
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Volition2011Third-Person Shooter · Sandbox · Action
The verdict
A chaotic, over-the-top GTA-like sandbox with great humor, customization and co-op. Skip it if stutter, freezes and crashes on modern PCs would bother you, or if you want SR2's tone.
Great for
Players who want a goofy, brain-off GTA-style sandbox, especially in co-op with a friend
Main risk
Crashes, freezes and stutter on modern PCs can make it hard to play
What players love
Nostalgic classic that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This is my third time replaying the game, and it somehow still holds up.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Lots of side activities and varied missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the side content isn't tedious but rather fun to play”
Steam review · 106.7 h played ↗
Great co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Playing this with a friend takes everything up a notch.”
Steam review · 82.9 h played ↗
Deep character and vehicle customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The customization is one of the best in any game, not just an open world game.”
Steam review · 90.4 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and music moments
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is legendary, and nothing beats the feeling of skydiving from a helicopter into a penthouse party while Kanye West’s "Power" blasts in the background.”
Steam review · 58.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs, broken saves and controller problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It doesn't save my game anymore...”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“crashes makes it unplayable not a single mission without crashing 0/10”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Poor optimization and low fps
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“this game isnt optimized for crap. stuttering mess, how in gods name did it work better on an xbox 360 than my pc with a 3070 gpu?”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Worse than Saints Row 2 / lost the tone
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Inferior to Saints Row 2 in all aspects.”
Steam review · 18.3 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow gameplay and bullet-sponge enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Missions are mostly, drive there, shoot brainless NPC's. it gets old fast.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Stutter and lag from dead servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Because it tries to connect to dead servers, even the opening cinematic and main menu will be laggy and stuttering.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® XP
Processor2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher
Memory2GB System RAM or more
Graphics320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 series or better
Storage10GB
Recommended
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 7
ProcessorAny Quad Core Processor (Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
Memory4GB System RAM or more
Graphics1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better
Storage10 GB
OSWindows® XP
Processor2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher
Memory2GB System RAM or more
Graphics320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 series or better
Storage10GB
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