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Saints Row: The Third

Volition · Deep Silver · 2011-11-14

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Action

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

Releases: Nov 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2011 (Xbox 360), Nov 15, 2011 (PlayStation 3), May 10, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 14, 2016 (Linux)

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

Saints Row: The Third is an Action game released in 2011, priced at $2.49, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 69694 reviews).

143
playing now
96%
positive of 70k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,983
twitch viewers (latest)
4983.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (733 ratings)
27h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 37h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

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

Saints Row: The Third is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2008's Saints Row 2 and the third installment in the Saints Row series. It was released on November 15, 2011, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, and May 10, 2019, for the Nintendo Switch. A remastered version of the game, titled Saints Row: The Third Remastered, was released by Deep Silver on May 22, 2020, for the PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, March 5, 2021, for Stadia, May 25, 2021, for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, and July 29, 2021, for Luna.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 143 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 920 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~115/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8M–5.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 69,768 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.49-75%
Steam$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Fanatical (2023-09-18) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.96 · on sale 56 of 195 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
99999920182026Week of 2018-03-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 875 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

335872026-09-14 20:00 — 223 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 146 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 151 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 239 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 180 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 125 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 215 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 155 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 91 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 240 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 160 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 107 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 175 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 177 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 133 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 256 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 203 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 101 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 158 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 267 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 231 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 159 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 268 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 143 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.4k157Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 5,748 · peak 11,899Dec 2012 — avg 7,393 · peak 13,934May 2013 — avg 1,754 · peak 3,453Oct 2013 — avg 1,887 · peak 6,261Mar 2014 — avg 865 · peak 1,621Aug 2014 — avg 1,256 · peak 2,452Jan 2015 — avg 2,973 · peak 16,149Jun 2015 — avg 1,093 · peak 2,739Nov 2015 — avg 884 · peak 2,224Apr 2016 — avg 930 · peak 2,768Sep 2016 — avg 649 · peak 1,241Feb 2017 — avg 1,039 · peak 3,704Jul 2017 — avg 1,211 · peak 2,889Dec 2017 — avg 956 · peak 2,434May 2018 — avg 547 · peak 992Oct 2018 — avg 549 · peak 1,979Mar 2019 — avg 467 · peak 886Aug 2019 — avg 466 · peak 771Jan 2020 — avg 565 · peak 1,335Jun 2020 — avg 590 · peak 1,228Nov 2020 — avg 490 · peak 1,090Apr 2021 — avg 436 · peak 903Sep 2021 — avg 384 · peak 812Feb 2022 — avg 264 · peak 502Jul 2022 — avg 341 · peak 601Dec 2022 — avg 237 · peak 407May 2023 — avg 178 · peak 317Oct 2023 — avg 170 · peak 344Mar 2024 — avg 230 · peak 474Aug 2024 — avg 215 · peak 409Jan 2025 — avg 206 · peak 408Jun 2025 — avg 173 · peak 332Nov 2025 — avg 215 · peak 445Apr 2026 — avg 201 · peak 410Aug 2026 — avg 185 · peak 448
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.05$2.152015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-02-18 — best price $14.492015-04-09 — best price $9.182015-06-18 — best price $9.162015-09-14 — best price $14.992015-11-28 — best price $14.992016-04-18 — best price $14.992016-08-16 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-04-05 — best price $2.502017-06-27 — best price $9.992017-10-01 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $2.492018-04-16 — best price $2.492018-08-07 — best price $9.992018-12-11 — best price $2.492019-05-27 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-21 — best price $8.392020-07-11 — best price $8.892020-09-15 — best price $9.992020-11-11 — best price $8.392021-02-05 — best price $8.892021-04-04 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $2.492021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-07-25 — best price $9.992023-03-24 — best price $9.992023-11-20 — best price $2.492024-08-15 — best price $3.492025-06-24 — best price $11.602025-12-15 — best price $11.742026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-03-20 — best price $11.542026-05-08 — best price $11.752026-06-26 — best price $11.392026-08-20 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6911822026-05-29 — 222 pageviews2026-06-02 — 209 pageviews2026-06-06 — 212 pageviews2026-06-10 — 215 pageviews2026-06-14 — 235 pageviews2026-06-18 — 188 pageviews2026-06-22 — 218 pageviews2026-06-26 — 301 pageviews2026-06-30 — 233 pageviews2026-07-04 — 276 pageviews2026-07-08 — 272 pageviews2026-07-12 — 228 pageviews2026-07-16 — 273 pageviews2026-07-20 — 235 pageviews2026-07-24 — 227 pageviews2026-07-28 — 231 pageviews2026-08-01 — 296 pageviews2026-08-05 — 217 pageviews2026-08-09 — 240 pageviews2026-08-13 — 225 pageviews2026-08-17 — 273 pageviews2026-08-21 — 284 pageviews2026-08-25 — 360 pageviews2026-08-29 — 390 pageviews2026-09-02 — 671 pageviews2026-09-06 — 480 pageviews2026-09-10 — 395 pageviews2026-09-14 — 323 pageviews2026-09-18 — 243 pageviews2026-09-22 — 305 pageviews2026-09-26 — 267 pageviews2026-09-30 — 202 pageviews2026-10-04 — 238 pageviews2026-10-07 — 223 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

802026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90%
earned "Dead Presidents"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing20 DLC

8 supported languages: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 20 DLC released, first 2011-11-15, latest 2012-10-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)135,6694%83
Xbox 360 (Xbox)126,7795%80
PS3 (PlayStation)106,2657%81
PS3 (PlayStation)7,13113%81
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,8088%80

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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