Best Settings and Recommended Difficulty

Choose how to experience the game with the different difficulty presets in the 2022 reboot of Saints Row (Saints Row 5). Read on to learn the best difficulty preset for your playstyle, and how to fine-tune the difficulty settings even more in-game.

Recommended Difficulty

Tourist to Entrepreneur for Casual Play

Tourist

For players looking to enjoy the scenery and the story the game has to offer, playing on the Tourist might be the difficulty preset they are looking for when playing Saints Row. You deal tons of damage to enemies even with just your fists while any damage you take from them is miniscule.

Hustler

Hustler retains the damage you pack in your attacks, still dealing big damage to enemies. The difference from the previous difficulty preset is the increase in damage you take from enemies.

Gameplay feels similar to Tourist but encourages the player to be utilize movement and not just shoot at people as you stand still.

Entrepreneur

For players looking for a relatively casual experience but still want a challenge, Entrepreneur is the way to go. This is the game's default difficulty preset and puts the player against decent danger. Damage to enemies is still decent even without any big upgrades but the damage you take has been ramped up.

Sensei to Boss for Experienced Players

Sensei

For players looking for a challenge, playing on the Sensei preset might be the move as this difficulty makes your gameplay noticeably more challenging. Players might want to start looking into equipping skills and purchasing perks to help fighting enemies easier.

Boss

Boss is the most difficult game preset available and will test a player's skill in combat. Enemies to hit harder and are more durable in fights. Getting to Notoriety 4 by fighting faction members also brings out at least 4 minibosses.

Use Custom Difficulty to Perfectly Suit Your Playstyle

Apart from the 5 difficulty presets the game provides, you can fine tune different aspect of the game. Changing the value of any challenge options, will change the challenge type to Custom.

How to Change Difficulty Settings

Go to Options in Your Pause Menu

Step	Description
1	Change the difficulty by selecting Options in the pause menu.
2	Choose Gameplay then go to Challenge Options.
3	From there players can choose from the 5 main difficulty presets or adjust certain options for a custom difficulty.
4	Go back to the game and the settings should automatically save.

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Character Creation Guide	Trophies & Achievements
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Leveling Guide	Best Skills and Loadouts
How to Do Car to Wingsuit	Best Perks
Empire Table Guide	How to Rob Armored Trucks
How to Lose and Gain Notoriety	How to Change the Time of Day
All Pinwheel Vehicle Challenges	Post Game Content and 100% Completion Guide
Best Weapons	All PC Achievements
Best Vehicles	Best Ventures
How to Get Dustlander Weapons	How to Do a 360 Spin
How to Unlock AI Driver	What Is the Max Level?
Best Settings and Recommended Difficulty	How to Claim the Idols Anarchy Pack
How to Unlock the Helipad	How to Unlock the Boat Dock
How to Unlock and Use the Wingsuit	How to Get More Ammo
How to Unlock the Playlist	How to Change Weapons
All Weapon Visual Mods and How to Get	All Emotes, Gestures, and Dances