Saints Row IV was officially unveiled in March 2013 and released in North America on 20 August 2013 and worldwide shortly after on 23 August. The game is set five years after the events of Saints Row: The Third. After the Saints stop a terrorist attack by Cyrus Temple on the United States, the Saints leader has been elected president. Soon after, an alien invasion occurs and the earth is overrun. The majority of the game is set in a simulation of Steelport created by the aliens to break the Saints' wills. In this simulation the Saints must fight against the enemy gangs of their past and their own worst fears.


Tropes used in Saints Row IV include:
  • Earthshattering Kaboom: Zinyak threatens this will happen to Earth if the Saints try to escape. And he actually does it, to their horror.
  • Lazy Artist: Invoked. Zinyak deliberately ripped off the city design of Steelport for his virtual reality version, but added a bunch of stuff modeled after himself in place of the Saints themed stuff, which annoys the Boss to no end.
  • Trailers Always Spoil: It was no secret Johnny Gat was coming back.