There comes a time in every franchise’s life when it’s time to drop the numbering and just reboot. Despite being the fifth official game in the series, the upcoming Saints Row is simply called... Saints Row. It’s a new day for the Saints—can your PC keep up?
Why the Saints Row Hype?
Despite its parallels to Grand Theft Auto, the Saints Row series slowly but steadily established itself with its unique take on open-world urban mayhem. Saints Row the Third and Saints Row IV embraced wacky parody plots, ridiculous superpowers, and a Fast and Furious-style approach to endearing character dynamics. The new Saints Row reboot looks to maintain that charm and personality, while cutting back on some of the later bloat. Its goal is to deliver a more straightforward, but no less progressive, gangster story.
Where Can You Buy Saints Row?
On PC, Saints Row is an Epic Game Store exclusive. On Aug. 23, you can buy the standard edition for $59.99, as well as the Gold and Platinum editions, with extra pre-order bonuses, for $89.99 and $99.99, respectively. The game will also launch on current and last-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Saints Row Minimum System Requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- CPUCPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i3-3240
- MemoryMemory: 8GB of RAM
- GPUGPU: AMD Radeon RX 480 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
- DirectX: Version 11
- Available Storage: 50GB
How Can You Play Saints Row?
Saints Row features full controller support alongside mouse and keyboard. Since you can’t buy it through Steam, it isn’t Steam Deck-verified. The game may run on the handheld PC, but you must go through the work of installing the Epic Game Store on the Linux desktop side.
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