Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Game
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Saints Row
Developer Volition
Saints Row is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. It is a reboot of the Saints Row series, and the fifth main installment, following 2013's Saints Row IV. The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Google Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on August 23, 2022. Set within the fictional city of Santo Ileso, inspired by Las Vegas, the story follows a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
472 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
41
Mixed
116 positive · 167 negative
95% range 35–47%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 116 | 167 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 59 | 8 | 83 |
| Mastodon * | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 2 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
2,661 of 4,963 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
38% recommend · 94 yes, 154 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 248 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (5,044 of 8,932 positive).
Many players feel the game lacks the soul and identity of previous Saints Row titles. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the story and characters weak and uninteresting. [4][5][6] Others still enjoy the gameplay and find it fun despite its flaws. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [1]
It's definitely not a Saints Row game. It feels empty and a bit soulless. You need the expansion pack for 100% completion, and even on sale, both cost around 4.49 (euro). That's not even worth it, tbh. The graphics are great, but that's about it. Don't let this be your first Saints Row game.
- [7]
Wish I'd ignored the publicity around this game and just played it. Solid fun, worth the price.
- [15]
If I were to be kidnapped, trafficked to a remote island and starved to death, that would still be a more preferable fate than playing this game for an hour. This is genuinely the worst Saints Row game in the franchise, and even without the name attached to this game, it would still be a trash experience in its own right. First off... the gameplay. I got used to it after a while, but that doesn't mean that I enjoyed …
- [2]
So, i'm at near 100% completion. And i feel i've truly given this game a fair shot. and.. it just.. really lacked the soul of every other Saints Row game. I just kept feeling like i was playing a safe macdonalds kids toy version of the games i loved. I can see areas where asset artists and modelers really did put in effort and the map deserves quite some praise. But the whole package together is just- i don't know, …
- [16]
This wasn’t awful, but I think that's the problem. Everything is so painfully mediocre that every activity, from missions, gunfights, and even just driving around, ends up feeling meaningless and completely forgettable. It genuinely feels like corporate combed through the older Saints Row games, cherry-picked what they thought made them fun, and then somehow forgot to involve anyone with actual creative vision. Only …
Summarised from 34 of the 389 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Saints Row sits at 41% positive across 283 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Saints Row received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Reviews focused on the large number of bugs present at launch, leading the Washington Post to call the game "barely playable." Other major concerns were with the quality of the story and writing, and parts of the gameplay feeling dated. Gamespot wrote that, while the combat and story were adequate, the game "struggl[ed] to live up to its legacy". EGM praised the "great open-world city and respectable gameplay fundamentals," but was disappointed by "a story that never finds its footing, and too many bugs to count." According to Volition's parent company Embracer Group, Saints Row's…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 472 · most liked firstFormer staff of Volition (Saints Row, Descent) has donated 30 years of game development material to The Strong museum - including game builds, prototypes, and more. (Read more: GamesHub)
neutral · AI labelView post →still think Saints Row IV is an incredible send-up of video game romance. there's a button prompt on every friendly NPC that just says "romance" and pressing it plays a canned cutscene where you hook up, except for Vice President Keith David who turns you down
positive · AI labelView post →If I were to be kidnapped, trafficked to a remote island and starved to death, that would still be a more preferable fate than playing this game for an hour. This is genuinely the worst Saints Row game in the franchise, and even without the name attached to this game, it would still be a trash experience in its own right. First off... the gameplay. I got used to it after a while, but that doesn't mean that I enjoyed it. For starters, lots of mechanics that were in the previous games got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →begrudgingly, Saints Row (2022) feels like someone brought in front of you your childhood pet, executed it cartel style, taxidermied it in a rush, and started to play with it like a muppet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story time: How unclear UI "tricked" players into having gay sex (and they weren't happy about it) In Saints Row IV we added a tongue-in-cheek companion romance system. When it was first hooked up in game the option in the conversation wheel was labeled 'Proposition'
neutral · AI labelView post →games that have more people in the credits than clair obscur -Haze -Any Saints Row game -Resonance of Fate -Homefront
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll never forget that this was my literal fit in the new Saints Row game~ Wild, but awesome~
positive · AI labelView post →Saints Row is free for the next 24 hours. I wrote a lot of NPC dialogue for this game, so get it for $0 and please eavesdrop on pedestrians a while before you run them over with your car store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sain...
positive · AI labelView post →It's definitely not a Saints Row game. It feels empty and a bit soulless. You need the expansion pack for 100% completion, and even on sale, both cost around 4.49 (euro). That's not even worth it, tbh. The graphics are great, but that's about it. Don't let this be your first Saints Row game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game manuals used to be so good. The one for Saints Row was done in the style of an undercover cop within the gang, and if you paid attention, it basically told you who it was and it wasn't a twist that came out of nowhere in the game itself. Clever stuff
neutral · AI labelView post →Open-World Games with Drivable Motorbikes?. I'm looking for good Steam games to wishlist for the Steam Summer Sale coming soon. Mainly, I'm looking for any open-world game that features motorbikes/motorcycles as drivable vehicles. It doesn't have to be a racing game. (Side tangent: I wish Forza Horizon 6, or any Forza game, had motorbikes in it.) Games I already have that do have bikes in them: - Cyberpunk 2077 - GTA IV and V - Burnout Paradise - Just Cause 2 and 3 - Saints Row 2, 3 and 4 -…
neutral · AI labelView post →So, the Saints Row reboot is actually good 3 and 4 still have the tightest gameplay in the series, but the new one still feels good to play. Honestly, I think biggest issue is that it’s a reboot. The game has the same DNA, but these aren’t the saints, for better and worse.
positive · AI labelView post →So, i'm at near 100% completion. And i feel i've truly given this game a fair shot. and.. it just.. really lacked the soul of every other Saints Row game. I just kept feeling like i was playing a safe macdonalds kids toy version of the games i loved. I can see areas where asset artists and modelers really did put in effort and the map deserves quite some praise. But the whole package together is just- i don't know, i just can't get excited about it. The characters, your friends, they did not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wouldnt mind if Serb and I did a few streams just looking at every Saints Row game because it's a fascinating study of watching a studio lose faith in the thing it was good at.
neutral · AI labelView post →welp, believe the reviews from the Saints Row fans, this bad imitation really is as terrible as they make it out to be. Probably worse.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Side note but I'm actually one of the people who likes the direction that 4 and Gat out of Hell took. They turned Saints Row into the best Crackdown/Hulk Ultimate Destruction game ever made
positive · AI labelView post →This game isn't worth it even at 85% off. I don't write reviews but this is so ass. Im warning you. 10/10 concentrated trash juice.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This wasn’t awful, but I think that's the problem. Everything is so painfully mediocre that every activity, from missions, gunfights, and even just driving around, ends up feeling meaningless and completely forgettable. It genuinely feels like corporate combed through the older Saints Row games, cherry-picked what they thought made them fun, and then somehow forgot to involve anyone with actual creative vision. Only play this if, like me, you picked it up in a Humble Bundle or something…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The series was a staple of my childhood, and I genuinely wanted to see it continue and succeed. I even voted during "Gat Outta Hell" for a series reboot because I felt the current story had written itself into a narrative corner that would’ve been difficult to navigate moving forward. In short, this is not how I would’ve envisioned a reboot being handled. The story lacks soul, the map feels as dull and lifeless as a Pyongyang city street, and the sense of freedom that defined previous entries…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How on earth did this get made let alone released? It's not funny It's not fun to play I had to force myself to finish the first mission I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, but even at a reduced price I paid too much. EDIT Please, go play a different Saints Row game. The old ones are great
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know you're all sick of my posts about how underrated the original Saints Row series is but Saints Row 3 is a game released in 2011 about an American city being subjected to Global War on Terror style military occupation on the pretext of stopping crime. Think this aged better than the GTA games.
positive · AI labelView post →I can see why the company went under with this release. There is very little redeemable to it. Everything from the driving, shooting, style, design, writing, all of it is a downgrade from The Third. I got this for free and I still want a refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game actually has nothing going for it. The gunplay is boring as hell, the combat in general is atrocious, the writing is awful and the setting is soulless. And don't get me started on the driving, the car has 0 sway or anything, it's just a box that rotates if you steer and the second you let go of A or D the tires teleport back into a straight pattern. Drifting doesn't feel like drifting at all. I thought the game would be funny-bad, but it's just straight up bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even for $4.50 this game isn't worth it. Super buggy and the checkpoint system is terrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promise Mascot Agency is really good. Hits that dreamy ps2 feel I remember getting when I played Saints Row 2 (even though the game isn't anything like that). You should by it
positive · AI labelView post →Genuinely bad all around. Story, dialogue, driving, shooting; what it offers falls flat compared to the other entries in the series. The franchise ended with 3, and this was its final nail in the coffin. Don't bother with it, even on sale or pirating it. There are better alternatives.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is getting so funny its like the cast of a Saints Row game but also Sub-Zero is there
neutral · AI labelView post →Game so buns the older ones are way better. I regret spending 3 dollars on ts.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game because I’m a huge fan of the previous games in the series, but unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be finishing this one. The gunplay has zero impact and the combat is extremely disappointing. Enemies feel like nothing more than bullet sponges being thrown at you from every direction. Even the characters are weird and completely uninteresting, including the Boss himself. It’s hard to take any of them seriously. The story is also terrible and, to be honest, I can’t tell…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game as part of a bundle with the rest of the series. It cost me like $2. I still feel like I paid too much. This game feels like the fake game a kid "plays" in the background of a movie.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This just feels like the work of a student who's always aiming for a passing grade it has everything you’d expect but lacks any real insight or depth, coming across as a rushed job. Saints Row is honestly a mess. Who is the demographic for this? Am I just out of touch with whatever culture or age group this appeals to? Maybe I’m just getting old. It does have a surprisingly decent soundtrack, but having DMX tracks mixed in with the game’s tone just feels mismatched. Everything’s there on paper,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →live now hunting down video game myths & legends to see if theyre real.. including SAINTS ROW 2's infamous THE FREEZER.. twitch.tv/socpens
neutral · AI labelView post →I had fully committed to the 100% with my friend, and the game is so horrible and buggy it would be impossible without re doing everything to get atleast 5 achievements. This is easily the worst game Ive ever played. Do not play this game. Do not waste your time like me. I had to drop it. It like takes everything about Saints Row that is good, and just fails in every way.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zero Gunplay impact ， in the very first Getaway Car mission, encountered a game-breaking bug — after killing all the enemies, the mission just won't progress weird ass character ，including the Boss himself， Johnny Gat can kill all these new saints with a single picky finger Saint Row is really dead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wish I'd ignored the publicity around this game and just played it. Solid fun, worth the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After Only ONE HOUR playing this pile of trash I want to lobotomize myself and forget this ever happened. The first cutscene of the game lures you into a false sense of security that this game is going to be a true Saints row game until the boss opens their mouth and you realise the truth. The graphics are mediocre at best the voice acting is horrific and the gameplay is worse then the previous titles and it just feels like they needed a case grab and didn't really care about the game at all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A dudes ballsack leaves a better aftertaste than this game does. luckily i am gay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just bad, not good bad but awful bad. Please don't try this, even for 90% off or even for free, it's all bland and boring. A blind, nut-less monkey could make a better game than this slop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, we all know the game isnt exactly a masterpiece. The gameplay and mission design is just completely mindless, the execution is also kinda bad, but its bearable. What really bugs me, though, is the sound mix. All the sound effects are so quiet, and I have looked for mods and fixes but havent found anything. Engine noises are barely audible, you can hardly hear gunshots, everything is almost muted. On the other hand, completely overmodulated dialogue from these strange characters blasts…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →literally all of these features are available in the base game of Saints Row 3
neutral · AI labelView post →This Saints Row is a pile of stinking doodoo and no fans of previous game will like it. Gone are interesting side quests, gone is the endginess, it feels so bland, boring and corporate. Your friends are the worst unsympathetic human beings imaginable and I wanted to shoot them instead of enemies.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy this garbage. I got this on Epic long ago and it was garbage. I got it here due to it being in a bundle with all other Saits Row games and I'd love to remove it from my library. So what's this game? I like to call it Loser Simulator. Wanna be a debt ridden student? Loser without friend? Obnoxious and insufferable? Then you'll love this one. Gone is the cool and more serious first and second Saints. Gone is the over the top and absurd third and fourth. This one is neither. It's hot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not as awful as people make it out, but it's also not as good as past Saints Row games. Whereas past Saints Row games kinda shoot you out of a cannon at the start of the game, this one gets off to such a slow, meandering, and aimless start that you're not sure who these characters are, what they actually want, what's standing in their way, why you should care, anything like that. The game is kinda just like "Here are four characters. You are one of them. Go get rent money." Things then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 70 hours and 100% completion to truly say i tried this game, it's absolutely awful. There is one good thing about this game and it the environment design. Santo Ileso is a very pretty city and unique design. It does lack a life to it though, it really just felt like a sandbox of go here and complete everything and move to the next section. Everything else about this game is truly awful. The story, the characters, the customization, the enemies, the missions, the side missions. The story…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a decent game, but it's a bad Saints Row game. Firstly - There was NO need for this game at all Second - The map is boring, the story is forgettable, the characters are bland. Third - The music stations are pretty crap (although big up Sylosis and Slayer being on it) Fourth - The game feels so slow, opening things, calling people. all slow as hell Fifth - Where's my boy Johnny Sixth - What even were those 'gangs'? They weren't really introduced, the leaders and gangs died…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played 50 hours, so I feel I'm qualified to pass judgement: Only buy this game if it's less than ten bucks. This game is a classic case of told not shown. It's a zero-stakes game with one-dimensional characters that never convince you they're anything other than naive children. It's lazy writing which is (and I can't believe I'm saying this) stupider than SR4's story. I had to pull deep into the nostalgia bucket to enjoy any of this game. And even then, it wasn't the story that got me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Saints Row remake is a major disappointment and a far cry from what made the original series so beloved. Compared to other open-world games—and especially the earlier Saints Row titles—it feels uninspired, clunky, and stripped of the personality that once defined the franchise. The gameplay lacks polish, the story falls flat, and the humor that used to set the series apart feels forced and out of touch. From buggy performance to forgettable characters, it’s a remake that fails to capture…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I usually can find some good moments in even the worst games, and even if a game has a lame story, it usually has some sort of gameplay to hook me. This game however might be one of the WORST games Ive ever played. Terrible Story, Cringe Chracters, Boring Gameplay, Empty Open World, & nothing makes sense. AVOID buying this trash at all costs. Play all the 4 of the original games. This aint it fam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know what I was looking for playing this game all I know is that I didn't find it unless it was depression in that case I succeeded Sincerely go ♥♥♥♥ yourself volition idol ninja would be crying right now if he saw this And I play games that are horrible sometimes just to laugh at them this one couldn't even make my money's worth from that
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →# Saints Row (2022) Review — There Was a Good Game Buried in Here Somewhere I don’t like *Saints Row* (2022), and I want to make that clear from the beginning. I don’t think it’s a misunderstood masterpiece, but I also don’t think it’s one of the worst games ever made. It’s functional, occasionally fun, and full of ideas that could have produced a good reboot. That’s what makes it frustrating. I kept seeing things where I thought, **“Okay, there’s something here.”** Then the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Is Saints Row 4 a good game” is category error Saints Row 4 is the most game
positive · AI labelView post →Embracer says the new steward of its biggest game IPs will “more actively” explore external partnerships for franchises including Legacy of Kain, Saints Row, Deus Ex, and TimeSplitters. vgc.news/news/embrace...
neutral · AI labelView post →THIS IS NOT THE SAINTS ROW YOU REMEMBER. This was honestly absolute garbage. replay the old ones and enjoy what this game used to be.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welp, guess it's time to get back into playing my favorite "bad" video game. Tis time to return to Saints Row IV y'all! ❤️🌲😌🌲❤️
positive · AI labelView post →35) Saints Row 2. The best open world crime game.
positive · AI labelView post →I enjoyed this game. I don't know why some people rag on it, but I had a great time and a lot of fun playing it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Random thought while cooking: Can we all appreciate what a great voice cast Saints Row III had? I still remember that beginning. And that plane section... Wow. Just wow😌 What a beautiful sexy game it was. Sigh... They don't make them like they used to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m11m...
positive · AI labelView post →tonight’s video game map is Stillwater from Saints Row 2
neutral · AI labelView post →No, they're saying Goat Simulator is Saints Row and Untitled Goose Game is Hitman.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game completely spits on everything that made the previous Saints Row entries great. It's packed with unfunny, forced jokes, and you're stuck playing as a group of cringe-worthy teenagers that are impossible to take seriously. The gameplay feels years behind what you'd expect from a 2022/2023 release. The graphics are underwhelming for the time period, and the audio design is terrible. Apart from voice acting, most sounds seem muted, especially while driving, and there's no way to…
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