Saints Row: The Third similar games & best alternatives

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Saints Row: The Third

PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch • 2011

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • Extensive character and vehicle customization
  • Humorous and absurd storyline
  • Large open world with many side activities
  • Fun co-op mode
  • Engaging soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Some repetitive missions and grind
  • Occasional bugs and technical issues
  • Limited ai sophistication
  • Shorter story length
  • Co-op limited to two players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

  • Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

  • Far Cry® 5

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

More competitive

Games that feels like Saints Row: The Third but with more competition against others

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

  • Dying Light

  • Streets of Rage 4

  • Hellpoint

  • Borderlands 2

More intense

Games that feels like Saints Row: The Third but with a more intense feel

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

  • Saints Row 2

  • Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

  • Summoner

  • Freespace 2

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Saints Row: The Third: 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 Expression, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026