To additionally confound matters, the public authority's Special Tactical Anti-Gang unit (STAG) is gathered to subdue the two associations. The game incorporates a new world, the city of Steelport, with its new groups: the Morningstar, Luchadores, and Deckers, jointly known as the Syndicate, although the hero is the equivalent.
The player's aim is to lead the Third Street Saints gang to overcome their rival gangs in the city turf war, similar to the concept of the previous Saints Row games.
Saints Row: The Third is an activity experience game played in an open world from the third-individual point of view in an open world, with the end goal that players investigate an unhindered climate.