Saints Row

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This article refers to the 2022 soft reboot. The 2006 title of the same name was never officially released on PC.

Saints Row
Saints Row 2	2009
Saints Row: The Third	2011
Saints Row IV	2013
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell	2015
Saints Row: The Third Remastered	2020
Saints Row	2022

Saints Row is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, shooter and open world game in the Saints Row series.

The game received its first major patch version 1.2 dubbed as 'The Bright Future' update, fixing co-op, missions, subtitle sync and other gameplay issues.^[1] On March 27, 2023, a roadmap for the game announced three upcoming DLCs that will launch in May, July and August, 2023.^[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Gold Edition also available. Game can be launched into standalone mode with these commands.^[3]
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Gold Edition also available.
Steam		Gold Edition also available.

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes the base game, the Expansion Pass, and the Los Panteros American Muscle Bundle.

The Platinum Edition includes the base game, the Expansion Pass, the Los Panteros American Muscle Bundle, and a copy of Saints Row: The Third Remastered. This edition of the game is no longer available for purchase.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Adds new story missions, events, modes, enemies and more.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Multiple cosmetic packs are available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Expansion Pass	Season Pass. Includes The Heist and The Hazardous, Dog Ketchum's Murder Circus and A Song of Ice and Dust.
Chicken Dinner Cosmetic Pack	Cosmetics pack.
Dead Island 2 Free Cosmetic Pack	Free cosmetics pack.
Dog Ketchum's Murder Circus	Contains a new Solo Mode. Released as part of the Expansion Pass in July 2023.
Festive Felonies Free Cosmetic Pack	Free cosmetics pack.
Front to Back Free Cosmetic Pack	Free cosmetics pack.
Going Commando Cosmetic Pack	Cosmetics pack.
The Heist and the Hazardous	Contains new story missions, events, cosmetics and more. Released as part of the Expansion Pass in May 2023.
Hexy Halloween Free Cosmetic Pack	Free cosmetics pack.
Idols Anarchy Pack	Cosmetics pack.
Los Panteros American Muscle Bundle	Cosmetics pack.
Merry Saintsmas Cosmetic Pack	Cosmetics pack.
Saints Criminal Customs	Cosmetics pack.
A Song of Ice and Dust	Contains new story missions, enemies, cosmetics and more. Released as part of the Expansion Pass in August 2023.
SteelSeries Free Cosmetic Pack	Free cosmetics pack.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/SaintsRow/sr5/display.ini^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/THQNordic/SaintsRow/PlayerConfig.json
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/742420/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/sr5/_cloudfolder/saves/SR/^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>/sr5/_cloudfolder/saves/SR/.met_pc^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>/sr5/_cloudfolder/saves/SR/.sf_pc^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>/sr5/_cloudfolder/saves/SR/*.vdf^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/742420/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

2 autosave slots and 8 manual save slots available.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Advanced display settings

While at the graphics settings menu, the game itself can still be seen paused in the background, making the user able to directly see the effects of changed graphical settings. Loading different quality of textures can take a few seconds after changing texture quality.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Up to 32:9. Cutscenes are pillarboxed from 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Slider with values between 35° and 110°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA and up to 8x TSSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.1 ^[4]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be set to double or triple-buffered.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		60 FPS with 30 FPS physics or uncapped with 60 FPS physics.^[5]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		^[6]
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced ambient occlusion.^[7]^[8]
Color blind mode		High Contrast (Off, Highlight, Full), Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia.

Input

Mouse settings

Controller settings

Camera settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Num lock is permanently off. Numpad keys cannot be bound as separate keys (i.e. numpad 7 is considered the same as the Home key).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualSense DualShock 4 acts as an Xbox controller.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		XInput controllers only.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Advanced audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Licensed Music option in advanced audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	2	Co-op ^[9]

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Extended View - Head Tracking, Aim at Gaze, Clean UI, Dynamic Light.

Issues unresolved

Flickering black/missing textures around certain lights fix

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Disable FSR 2, or use FSR 2 only at Ultra Quality and not below (no need to modify Post Processing).^[10]

ör

Reduce Post Processing to medium or lower (no need to disable FSR 2).^[11]

Notes

This problem and its solutions' impact are reproducible with a Sandstorm Elite motorcycle configured with Tires > Front Axle > Front Tire 3 and Rim Type > Front Rim 2. Also possibly linked with Body Mods > Front Fender > Front Fender 3 and Front Mod > Front Mod 3.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12
Vulkan

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok, SpeedTree
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Epic Games Store Start the game in standalone mode

When used standalone, the game will ignore THQ's launcher middleware and enter the game.

Use commands to enforce standalone mode^[3]

Navigate to <path-to-game>/sr5.
Create a desktop shortcut to SaintsRow.exe.
Edit the shortcut, and place the following commands at the end of the TargetURL box: -suppress_warnings_and_errors -packfiles -force_packfile_reflection thqnocfg=thqnocfg_epic_standalone
Launch the shortcut.

The SaintsRow.exe launches the game in DirectX 11. You can enforce a specific graphics API by launching the corresponding executable instead; SaintsRow_DX12.exe for DirectX 12 and SaintsRow_Vulkan.exe for Vulkan.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3240 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5 12600 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 6800XT 12 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/742420/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (742420) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ The Bright Future Update - last accessed on 2022-11-18
↑ SAINTS ROW 2023 ROADMAP - last accessed on 2023-03-28
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-12-30
Ran for ten minutes with no issues. EOS seems to not load either, so it's solely THQN that was causing a block.
↑ Saints Row Patch Hub - last accessed on 2023-01-14
↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-06-14
Confirmed in game's display config.
↑ Verified by User:Joshm60 on 2022-06-15
HDR is exposed in menus in Boss Factory demo.
↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-06-14
Display config contains DXR settings
↑ Verified by User:Joshm60 on 2022-07-22
The Saints Row preview for PC has ray traced ambient occlusion.
↑ Announcing Saints Row - last accessed on 2021-08-26
"Seamless Co-Op – Experience everything on offer with a friend at any time, via fully untethered drop-in / drop-out co-op, skipping the need to take either of you out of the outlandish action; play nice together, or play all new pranks on your team mate. After all, who’s the Boss now?"
↑ Cindy-Moon comments on Weird flickering black bursts around certain lights - visual glitch (Saints Row 2022) - last accessed on 2024-01-13
↑ HBizzle24 comments on Weird flickering black bursts around certain lights - visual glitch (Saints Row 2022) - last accessed on 2024-01-13

[gamedir-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/742420/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (742420) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/742420/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (742420) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] The Bright Future Update - last accessed on 2022-11-18

[2] SAINTS ROW 2023 ROADMAP - last accessed on 2023-03-28

[epicdrm-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-12-30
Ran for ten minutes with no issues. EOS seems to not load either, so it's solely THQN that was causing a block.

[6] Saints Row Patch Hub - last accessed on 2023-01-14

[7] Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-06-14
Confirmed in game's display config.

[8] Verified by User:Joshm60 on 2022-06-15
HDR is exposed in menus in Boss Factory demo.

[9] Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-06-14
Display config contains DXR settings

[10] Verified by User:Joshm60 on 2022-07-22
The Saints Row preview for PC has ray traced ambient occlusion.

[11] Announcing Saints Row - last accessed on 2021-08-26
"Seamless Co-Op – Experience everything on offer with a friend at any time, via fully untethered drop-in / drop-out co-op, skipping the need to take either of you out of the outlandish action; play nice together, or play all new pranks on your team mate. After all, who’s the Boss now?"

[12] Cindy-Moon comments on Weird flickering black bursts around certain lights - visual glitch (Saints Row 2022) - last accessed on 2024-01-13

[13] HBizzle24 comments on Weird flickering black bursts around certain lights - visual glitch (Saints Row 2022) - last accessed on 2024-01-13

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Developers

	Volition
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	CTG
Release dates
Windows	August 23, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	63
OpenCritic	63
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Open world
Vehicles	Automobile, Flight, Helicopter, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft, Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America
Series	Saints Row