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Saints Row 2

Volition · Deep Silver · 2009-01-07

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 05, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Oct 16, 2008 (Xbox 360), Apr 14, 2016 (Linux)

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.

Saints Row 2 is an Action game released in 2009, priced at $2.49, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 21784 reviews).

118
playing now
76%
positive of 22k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (317 ratings)
53
Nexus mods (92k downloads)
28h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 24h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Saints Row 2 is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2006's Saints Row and the second installment in the Saints Row series. The game was released in October 2008 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, January 2009 for Microsoft Windows, and April 2016 for Linux. A mobile tie-in game was developed by G5 Entertainment and also released in October 2008. Saints Row 2 directly follows from the events of the first game, as the player's custom character awakens from a coma after five years to find that their gang, the 3rd Street Saints, has been disbanded, and their former territories have been seized by three new criminal syndicates and a corrupt corporation. With the help of new and old allies, the player attempts to rebuild the Saints and take back Stilwater from their rivals.

Trailer

Saints Row 2 trailer thumbnail

Saints Row 2 Xbox 360 Trailer - Launch Trailer

≈480,842 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 686 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~86/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 871k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,784 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
Steam$1.49-85%
Humble Store$2.49-75%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.96 · on sale 165 of 256 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15315320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

238632026-09-15 11:00 — 97 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 157 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 122 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 117 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 189 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 133 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 68 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 132 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 121 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 116 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 140 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 83 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 102 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 183 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 102 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 120 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 149 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 110 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 130 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 238 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 175 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
84558Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 247 · peak 425Dec 2012 — avg 212 · peak 540May 2013 — avg 146 · peak 301Oct 2013 — avg 220 · peak 851Mar 2014 — avg 218 · peak 757Aug 2014 — avg 214 · peak 501Jan 2015 — avg 676 · peak 3,960Jun 2015 — avg 182 · peak 411Nov 2015 — avg 159 · peak 362Apr 2016 — avg 163 · peak 513Sep 2016 — avg 150 · peak 337Feb 2017 — avg 136 · peak 374Jul 2017 — avg 231 · peak 432Dec 2017 — avg 155 · peak 295May 2018 — avg 116 · peak 252Oct 2018 — avg 95 · peak 231Mar 2019 — avg 88 · peak 165Aug 2019 — avg 95 · peak 164Jan 2020 — avg 111 · peak 227Jun 2020 — avg 123 · peak 225Nov 2020 — avg 97 · peak 175Apr 2021 — avg 116 · peak 197Sep 2021 — avg 172 · peak 358Feb 2022 — avg 79 · peak 147Jul 2022 — avg 118 · peak 215Dec 2022 — avg 86 · peak 157May 2023 — avg 72 · peak 140Oct 2023 — avg 62 · peak 122Mar 2024 — avg 98 · peak 192Aug 2024 — avg 84 · peak 162Jan 2025 — avg 93 · peak 146Jun 2025 — avg 83 · peak 169Nov 2025 — avg 114 · peak 211Apr 2026 — avg 100 · peak 189Aug 2026 — avg 128 · peak 270
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.62$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-04-11 — best price $14.622015-06-13 — best price $3.992015-09-21 — best price $11.282015-12-28 — best price $9.992016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-11-04 — best price $2.502017-03-06 — best price $2.492017-06-26 — best price $2.492017-10-26 — best price $2.492018-02-19 — best price $2.492018-06-22 — best price $2.502018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-09-17 — best price $9.992020-02-17 — best price $9.992020-06-23 — best price $8.892020-09-24 — best price $9.992020-12-02 — best price $1.502021-03-19 — best price $1.992021-09-02 — best price $9.992022-02-02 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $2.492022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-05-05 — best price $2.492023-10-20 — best price $2.192024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-11-20 — best price $2.102025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $2.492025-12-05 — best price $11.632026-01-23 — best price $1.492026-03-10 — best price $11.632026-04-22 — best price $2.102026-06-10 — best price $11.532026-07-15 — best price $1.492026-08-18 — best price $1.492026-09-19 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7601632026-05-30 — 211 pageviews2026-06-03 — 199 pageviews2026-06-07 — 221 pageviews2026-06-11 — 163 pageviews2026-06-15 — 209 pageviews2026-06-19 — 208 pageviews2026-06-23 — 236 pageviews2026-06-27 — 239 pageviews2026-07-01 — 237 pageviews2026-07-05 — 273 pageviews2026-07-09 — 236 pageviews2026-07-13 — 285 pageviews2026-07-17 — 288 pageviews2026-07-21 — 206 pageviews2026-07-25 — 234 pageviews2026-07-29 — 198 pageviews2026-08-02 — 223 pageviews2026-08-06 — 195 pageviews2026-08-10 — 255 pageviews2026-08-14 — 247 pageviews2026-08-18 — 271 pageviews2026-08-22 — 248 pageviews2026-08-26 — 281 pageviews2026-08-30 — 370 pageviews2026-09-03 — 617 pageviews2026-09-07 — 370 pageviews2026-09-11 — 321 pageviews2026-09-15 — 255 pageviews2026-09-19 — 317 pageviews2026-09-23 — 270 pageviews2026-09-27 — 304 pageviews2026-10-01 — 236 pageviews2026-10-05 — 197 pageviews2026-10-08 — 222 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)65,2092%60
Xbox 360 (Xbox)9538%52

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opCrimeFunnyActionComedySandboxShooterOpen WorldMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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