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Saints Row 2

Volition · Deep Silver · 2009-01-07

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

243
playing now
76%
positive of 22k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (317 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 24h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

243 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 243 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 7% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 869k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,714 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
GOG$1.49-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-85%

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 130 of 223 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

243552026-08-06 21:00 — 102 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 69 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 76 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 165 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 111 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 177 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 187 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 130 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 107 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 145 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 123 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 118 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 205 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 123 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 88 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 131 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 121 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 96 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 133 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 154 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 95 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 186 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 207 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 243 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.62$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3531622026-05-30 — 211 pageviews2026-06-02 — 162 pageviews2026-06-05 — 246 pageviews2026-06-08 — 207 pageviews2026-06-11 — 163 pageviews2026-06-14 — 211 pageviews2026-06-17 — 187 pageviews2026-06-20 — 172 pageviews2026-06-23 — 236 pageviews2026-06-26 — 241 pageviews2026-06-29 — 242 pageviews2026-07-02 — 283 pageviews2026-07-05 — 273 pageviews2026-07-08 — 255 pageviews2026-07-11 — 222 pageviews2026-07-14 — 204 pageviews2026-07-17 — 288 pageviews2026-07-20 — 207 pageviews2026-07-23 — 230 pageviews2026-07-26 — 239 pageviews2026-07-29 — 198 pageviews2026-08-01 — 228 pageviews2026-08-04 — 237 pageviews2026-08-07 — 204 pageviews2026-08-10 — 255 pageviews2026-08-13 — 197 pageviews2026-08-16 — 267 pageviews2026-08-19 — 209 pageviews2026-08-22 — 248 pageviews2026-08-25 — 353 pageviews2026-08-26 — 281 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7802026-08-28 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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.

Player tags

Co-opCrimeFunnyActionComedySandboxShooterOpen WorldMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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