Saints Row The Third Remastered

Saints Row The Third Remastered is a PC open-world action game built around third-person shooting, arcade driving, criminal empire-building, and deliberately excessive comedy. The verified current Steam and Epic storefronts still use the Remastered name; no newer rebrand or replacement title was found. Developed by Deep Silver Volition and Sperasoft and published by Deep Silver, it places The Boss and the Third Street Saints in Steelport for a campaign where conventional gang warfare quickly escalates into tanks, hover jets, satellite strikes, and outrageous weapons.

The important buying distinction is between this visually upgraded edition and the older Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package. They are separate PC products. The Remastered edition is the current enhanced presentation, while The Full Package refers to the original build and its complete-content bundle.

Steelport and the Saints gameplay loop

The campaign follows The Boss after the Saints have become a recognizable criminal brand. Their expansion into Steelport brings them into conflict with the Syndicate, including the Morningstar, Deckers, and Luchadores, while STAG eventually raises the military pressure.

The main loop alternates between scripted story missions and open-world disruption. You complete objectives, steal or commandeer vehicles, fight rival gangs, purchase properties, collect cash, earn Respect, and return to the city when you want another activity or diversion.

Steelport is not a realistic simulation. It is a persistent sandbox designed for escalation, where a normal drive can become a firefight, a chase, or an absurd set piece involving a heavy vehicle and an unusually destructive weapon.

Progression is tied to cash, Respect, upgrades, and city ownership rather than a traditional class system. Upgrades can improve health, weapon performance, ammunition capacity, vehicle durability, and other aspects of The Boss's criminal toolkit.

Third-person combat with arcade spectacle

Combat uses a straightforward third-person shooter perspective with pistols, automatic weapons, explosives, heavy weapons, and close-range attacks. The Remastered edition retains the original combat structure instead of rebuilding it around cover shooting or tactical stealth.

The weapon roster is where the game establishes its identity. Alongside conventional firearms, you can use tools such as the Penetrator, explosive equipment, unusual melee weapons, and other weapons designed to humiliate enemies rather than simply eliminate them.

Vehicles are part of the combat language. Cars, motorcycles, boats, tanks, and specialized vehicles support missions and activities, while vehicle theft and aggressive driving are often more useful than obeying traffic rules.

The game also includes character customization across appearance, body options, clothing, voices, and presentation. The Boss can be made to look serious, ridiculous, threatening, or intentionally out of place in Steelport's criminal hierarchy.

Activities, choices, and signature missions

Optional activities give the open world its structure outside the story. They include diversions built around destruction, survival, driving, insurance fraud, and Professor Genki's stylized combat arenas.

These activities are not interchangeable filler. Each one changes the way you interact with Steelport, whether that means causing controlled property damage, surviving escalating enemy waves, or turning traffic and pedestrians into part of the challenge.

Several missions are designed as showcase scenarios rather than grounded criminal operations. The campaign can move from gang conflict to a satellite-targeted attack, a freefall sequence, or a battle against a heavily equipped military force without changing its comic tone.

Mission decisions can also affect the immediate rewards or direction of selected scenarios. The broader progression remains a single-player campaign, but the game uses choice moments to give certain set pieces a little more replay value.

What the Remastered package contains

All three expansion mission packs are included in the Remastered package. The named story additions are Genkibowl VII, Gangstas in Space, and The Trouble with Clones.

The package also includes more than 30 pieces of DLC from the original version. That content covers weapons, vehicles, costumes, character items, and other optional additions rather than forming one separate season-pass campaign.

The commercial model is a paid base game with the major original add-ons bundled into the Remastered edition. It is not a free-to-play product and is not structured around a live-service content rotation.

Players comparing editions should check the product name carefully. The Full Package is the original PC build, while Saints Row The Third Remastered is a separate version with reworked presentation, improved lighting, enhanced environments, and updated visual effects.

Online co-op and PC platform reality

The PC version supports online co-op for two players. A second player can join the campaign and participate in the same oversized missions, activities, vehicle sequences, and open-world destruction.

There is no verified indication of local split-screen support for the Remastered PC edition. Players looking for couch co-op should not assume that the online co-op feature translates to shared-screen play.

Steam lists Steam Cloud, achievements, Family Sharing, single-player, and online co-op among its platform features. The Epic Games Store lists the game through the Epic launcher and identifies keyboard and mouse as supported PC input.

Controller support is not presented as a prominent standalone feature on the verified Steam listing, so PC players should treat gamepad behavior as storefront- and configuration-dependent rather than assuming every controller receives identical native prompts.

The verified PC storefronts are Steam and Epic Games Store. No current GOG listing for the Remastered edition was verified. The store launcher therefore matters for ownership, cloud functionality, achievements, and online services.

Steam lists interface and subtitle support for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Czech, and Dutch, with English full audio. Epic's language presentation differs, so check the selected storefront if a particular localization is essential.

Who Saints Row The Third Remastered suits

This is a strong fit for players who want arcade-style open-world action, exaggerated weapons, fast vehicle handling, broad character customization, and missions that value spectacle over realism.

It also suits co-op groups looking for a campaign where both players can experiment with activities, vehicles, weapons, and improvised destruction rather than following a tightly balanced tactical structure.

The game is a weaker match for players seeking a grounded gangster drama, realistic driving, stealth-first missions, or a carefully simulated city. Its humor is crude, its combat is intentionally excessive, and its activities can feel repetitive if approached only as a checklist.

Compared with the more serious period crime drama in Mafia: Definitive Edition's focused gangster sandbox, Saints Row The Third Remastered is less interested in restraint and more interested in turning every criminal problem into a spectacle.

Similar PC crime sandboxes

Players who want another third-person crime sandbox with driving, street combat, and a larger emphasis on hand-to-hand encounters can compare it with Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition's Hong Kong open-world action. The mechanical overlap is real, but Sleeping Dogs is more serious and places greater weight on martial-arts combat and undercover tension.

For a broader modern city with heists, character switching, and a stronger online ecosystem, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced's crime-driven open-world structure is the obvious comparison. Saints Row remains the more exaggerated option, especially when its weapons, activities, and customization systems take center stage.

Within its own series, the game sits before Saints Row IV's superpowered movement and alien simulation setting. It still relies primarily on firearms, vehicles, gang territories, and city activities, which makes it the more conventional entry point for players who want the Saints Row formula before it becomes a superhero sandbox.

Saints Row The Third Remastered FAQ

Is Saints Row The Third Remastered still the current PC name?

Yes. The verified Steam and Epic listings still use Saints Row The Third Remastered. The older Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package is a separate original-version product, not a renamed listing for the Remastered build.

Does the Remastered edition include the DLC?

Yes. It includes Genkibowl VII, Gangstas in Space, The Trouble with Clones, and more than 30 additional pieces of original DLC covering weapons, vehicles, costumes, and other optional content.

Can two PC players complete the campaign together?

Yes. The PC edition supports online co-op for two players. Local split-screen co-op is not identified as a feature of the Remastered version.

Is this a realistic gangster game?

No. It uses a gangster setting but plays as an exaggerated third-person action sandbox. Arcade driving, unusual weapons, destructive activities, character customization, and deliberately absurd missions are central to the experience.

Which languages are available on PC?

Steam lists English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Czech, and Dutch interface or subtitle support, with English full audio. Exact availability can vary between Steam and Epic storefront listings.

Does the game have a traditional campaign structure?

Yes. The core is a persistent single-player or online co-op campaign in Steelport, supported by optional activities, property ownership, upgrades, collectibles, and city exploration. It is not procedurally generated and does not use roguelike progression.