What is the best game similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?

The closest game to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is Saints Row IV, scoring 94/100 on our similarity scale. They share 15 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?

The three closest games to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected are: 1. Saints Row IV (94/100, 15 shared attributes) 2. Saints Row: The Third (91/100, 14 shared attributes) 3. Saints Row 2 (93/100, 14 shared attributes). All share Saints Row IV: Re-Elected's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 15 dimensions.

Is Saints Row: The Third similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?

Yes, very much so — Saints Row: The Third scores 91/100 similarity to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected. They share 14 attributes, including shooter and third-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Adventure games are similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?

The best Adventure games similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected are Saints Row IV, Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row 2 and Just Cause 3. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Saints Row IV: Re-Elected attributes like adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting.

How is similarity to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected calculated?

We compare Saints Row IV: Re-Elected against every game in our catalog using 15 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Saints Row IV: Re-Elected experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Few titles capture what makes Saints Row IV: Re-Elected unique: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat. After measuring 15 attributes across over 6,700 games, these are the 50 most faithful alternatives. Saints Row IV, Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row 2 top the ranking, with Saints Row IV at number one (94/100).

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Top games similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Saints Row IVClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 77KIGDB84· 14

Year 2013Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat and loot and gear systems

Superpowers replace most of the driving: you sprint faster than cars and glide over buildings, which makes the open world trivial to cross and much more fun to move through. Combat is chaotic rather than precise. It reuses the previous game's city wholesale, and once you have full powers almost nothing offers resistance.

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#2Saints Row: The ThirdClosest on combat

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 69KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev Volition · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: setting.

Same studio: Volition.

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#3Saints Row 2Closest on progression

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 21KRAWG👍 64%· 897MC78IGDB81· 6

Year 2008Dev Volition · Deep SilverPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay and ranged combat, while skipping setting scifi

The entry most fans point to: an open city with genuine variety in activities, co-op through the entire campaign, and a tone that swings between crude comedy and surprisingly dark story beats. The PC port is the problem — it shipped badly and still needs community patches to run properly, which is a real barrier before you start.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.

Same studio: Volition.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 84%· 127KIGDB77· 19OC75· 109

Year 2015Dev Avalanche Studios · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with first-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi

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#5Grand Theft Auto IV

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 195KRAWG👍 96%· 103MC95

Year 2010Dev Rockstar Toronto · Rockstar GamesOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping setting scifi

The most grounded entry: heavier driving, a euphoria physics system that makes collisions and stumbles feel physical, and a city built for density rather than scale. Combat is serviceable. It is also the slowest — long drives between missions, friends who phone constantly asking for activities, and a tone considerably more sombre than the games around it.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 14KIGDB82· 16OC83· 89

Year 2014Dev Insomniac Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: setting.

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#7Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 75%· 9.7KIGDB64· 11OC67· 69

Year 2015Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi

A standalone expansion set in Hell, built around flight: you unlock wings early and the whole map is designed for vertical movement rather than driving. That traversal is the best part. It is very short — a few hours — and reuses the systems and much of the structure of Saints Row IV without adding a real campaign.

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.

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#8Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 83KRAWG👍 93%· 4.1KMC93IGDB93· 6

Year 2004Dev Rockstar North · CapcomPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi

The largest of the PS2-era entries by a distance: three cities, countryside between them, and systems the series never repeated — stat training, gang territory, vehicle variety from bikes to planes. It is also the most uneven. Mission difficulty spikes without warning, and the RPG-ish stat grind sits oddly against the pace of everything else.

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: combat.

It predates Saints Row IV: Re-Elected by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 57%· 8.3KIGDB61· 4OC63· 160

Year 2022Dev Volition · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with first-person shooting, while skipping setting scifi

A reboot that keeps the open-world crime structure and the customisation depth — the character creator is the strongest part — but pulls the tone toward earnest. Combat is serviceable, driving is fine. The mission design leans on repeated activity types, and the shift away from the earlier games' absurdity leaves it without a clear identity.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.

Same studio: Volition.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 92KIGDB81· 21OC82· 136

Year 2016Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping online features

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#11Watch Dogs

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeThird Person

Steam👍 79%· 50KIGDB81· 20OC79· 105

Year 2014Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping online features

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.

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#12Far Cry 3

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationSkill Tree

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping third-person shooting

The template every later Far Cry followed: outposts to liberate, towers to climb, and a genuinely good stealth loop with a bow that makes clearing a camp silently the most satisfying thing in it. The second half loses the plot once the antagonist exits, and the island's activities repeat well before you finish clearing them.

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: visuals and combat.

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#13Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

iRank81

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 7.7KRAWG👍 67%· 627MC82

Year 2009Dev THQ NordicPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat, while skipping co op

Its destruction system is the reason to play it — buildings collapse structurally rather than in scripted pieces, and the sledgehammer makes demolition a genuine tactic. Mars is drab and repetitive as a setting, missions recycle a small set of objectives, and the story is barely there. The physics carry almost the entire game.

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#14Far Cry 6

iRank75

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opMultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationSkill Tree

Steam👍 71%· 34KIGDB82· 11OC77· 185

Year 2021Dev Ubisoft Toronto · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: setting and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.

Released 6 years after Saints Row IV: Re-Elected.

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#15Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 30KRAWG👍 93%· 3.1KMC94IGDB94· 4

Year 2002Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi

Tighter and more focused than the open worlds that followed it, with a compact city you learn by heart rather than by map marker. Driving carries most of the game. The shooting has aged badly — no proper cover, stiff aiming — and missions restart from the beginning, which turns a late failure into a long redo.

Where it drifts furthest from Saints Row IV: Re-Elected: game mode.

It predates Saints Row IV: Re-Elected by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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Complete list of Saints Row IV: Re-Elected alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Just Cause 4

Adventure · Shooter

Just Cause 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Gears 5

Adventure · Shooter

Destroy All Humans!

Adventure · Shooter

Strange Brigade

Adventure · Puzzle

Red Faction: Armageddon

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Toy Story 3: The Video Game

Adventure · Platformer

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Adventure · Shooter

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

Adventure · Sandbox

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Adventure · Shooter

Generation Zero

Shooter · FPS

Lost Planet 3

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag

Adventure · Sandbox

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Mafia III

Adventure · Shooter

Need for Speed™ Payback

Racing · Sports

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Shooter · Third-person shooter

HELLDIVERS™ 2

Third-person shooter · Shooter

Trailmakers

Adventure · Simulation

Grand Theft Auto

Adventure · Racing

Serious Sam 4

Shooter · FPS

Disney Infinity 2.0: Gold Edition

Adventure · Sandbox

Far Cry New Dawn

Shooter · FPS

The Darkness II

Shooter · FPS

RAGE

FPS · Shooter

Agents of Mayhem

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Need for Speed: Rivals

Racing · Adventure

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Adventure · Platformer

Jet Island

Adventure · Simulation

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

Adventure · Puzzle

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Adventure · Sandbox

Grand Theft Auto 2

Shooter · FPS

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Adventure · Puzzle

SOS

Survival · Battle Royale

LEGO® DC Super-Villains

Adventure

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?: The closest game to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is Saints Row IV, scoring 94/100 on our similarity scale. They share 15 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?: The three closest games to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected are: 1. Saints Row IV (94/100, 15 shared attributes) 2. Saints Row: The Third (91/100, 14 shared attributes) 3. Saints Row 2 (93/100, 14 shared attributes). All share Saints Row IV: Re-Elected's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 15 dimensions.
Is Saints Row: The Third similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?: Yes, very much so — Saints Row: The Third scores 91/100 similarity to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected. They share 14 attributes, including shooter and third-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Adventure games are similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected?: The best Adventure games similar to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected are Saints Row IV, Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row 2 and Just Cause 3. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Saints Row IV: Re-Elected attributes like adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting.
How is similarity to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected calculated?: We compare Saints Row IV: Re-Elected against every game in our catalog using 15 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Saints Row IV: Re-Elected experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.