It was first announced on April Fool's Day in 2012, later confirmed, and then cancelled to be incorporated into Saints Row IV, which drew on some aspects of the original idea and left the rest for this downloadable content.

[3] Some scenes end in concept art or videos of Volition employees acting out the drama so as to give the game an unfinished feel.

[4] The events of the game are narrated from the perspective of the 3rd Street Saints as they and Zinyak (JB Blanc) are being interviewed about the deleted scenes of Enter the Dominatrix.

Eventually, the Boss (Troy Baker, Kenn Michael, Robin Atkin Downes, Laura Bailey, Diane Michelle, Sumalee Montano, or Nolan North) faces Zinyak himself and kills him.

The Saints recruit several allies to help them fight the Dominatrix, who eventually summons a giant soda can called Paul to wreak havoc in the simulation.

[5] It was confirmed as in development the next month, with the basic plot where the alien commander Zinyak imprisons the Saints' leader in The Dominatrix simulation of Steelport so as to prevent interference when he takes over the planet.

[2] High Voltage Software ported the full game and all of its downloadable content to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as Saints Row 4: Re-Elected,[10] which was released in North America on January 20, 2015, and worldwide three days later.

[4] Eurogamer's Schilling called the self-referential nature of the release a "very postmodern conceit", which he thought worked well despite the dual faux pas of parodying The Matrix and overtly "satirizing game mechanics".

[2] He recommended the pack for those who love "wry gags about creaky gaming tropes with the occasional belly laugh", and said he had a better time finding his own fun than playing through the missions.