Saints Row 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Saints Row 2

PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2009

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Extensive character customization
  • Large open world with many activities
  • Engaging story and memorable characters
  • High replay value
  • Active modding community improving experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor pc port with bugs and crashes
  • Awkward vehicle controls
  • Mandatory side activities for progression
  • Limited multiplayer functionality
  • Performance issues on modern systems

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered

  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

  • Watch_Dogs™

  • Saints Row: The Third

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

  • Far Cry® 5

More intimate

Games that feels like Saints Row 2 but with more focus on close relationships

  • SURV1V3

  • Beyond Good and Evil™

  • Abiotic Factor

  • BioShock Infinite

  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon

  • Killing Floor 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Saints Row 2 but with more competition against others

  • Blood Strike

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Dying Light

  • DEATHLOOP

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

Less expressive

Games that feels like Saints Row 2 but with less self-expression and customization

  • SiN Gold

  • Red Faction

  • Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

  • Black Mesa

  • Rogue Trooper

  • Metal Wolf Chaos XD

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Saints Row 2 but with less leadership over others

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed

  • Tomb Raider Game of the Year

  • CONVRGENCE

  • Resident Evil 4 (2005)

  • Far Cry 3

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Saints Row: The Third

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

  • Summoner

  • Red Faction

  • Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Saints Row 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Saints Row 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Saints Row 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026