
The "Initiation Station" system allows players to upload their character creations to The Third 's online community, and download other players' creations to use with their save game. Finally, money can be used to upgrade the Saints gang, customizing their appearance, outfits, and headquarters. Money can also be used to purchase clothing items, weapons and cars, or may be used to upgrade weapons and cars, such as adding scopes or extra barrels to a weapon, which are then stored in the player's arsenal. The Third uses respect as experience points which grant levels, the highest level being 50, which in turn enables the player to spend money on improving specific attributes of their character, such as melee combat or firearms skills.The levelling system allows the player to purchase these attributes, or 'upgrades', each time the player character is leveled-up, with the various attributes requiring a certain level before purchase is possible.

Successful completion of missions can earn the player in-game money, weapons, cars, and gang respect. These side missions include Activities, minigames, Strongholds, rival gang bases that can be taken over to control a section of Steelport and Flashpoints, on-the-spot gang warfare. The player, as the leader of the Third Street Saints, can explore the new city of Steelport, performing main missions that progress the game's story, and side missions. Saints Row: The Third retains the blend of an open world adventure game and an urban warfare format that is traditional in the Saints Row series. As the gang war intensifies, STAG (Special Tactical Anti-Gang), an elite paramilitary police force lead by Commander Cyrus Temple is deployed to Steelport in an attempt to disrupt the violence. The game world is the fictional city of Steelport, and the story focuses on the urban gang war between the Saints and the three gangs. As in Saints Row 2, the player controls the leader of the Third Street Saints.

It is the third title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row 2 in 2008. It was released on Novemin Australia and North America, and was released on Novemin Europe for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Saints Row: The Third is a comedic action-adventure video game set in an open world environment. Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
