Saints Row is a 2006 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ for the Xbox 360. It was released in North America on August 29 2006 followed by an Australian release two days later and a European release on September 1 2006 (the same day the mobile version was also released). Set within the fictional city of Stilwater (based on Detroit) the single-player story follows a player-created character who joins the 3rd Street Saints gang after they save his life and helps them rise to prominence by undermining enemy criminal syndicates while slowly building up his own reputation within the gang. The storyline is non-linear and divided into three separate story arcs for each rival gang that the player must defeat.