🏛 Series
Grand Theft Auto Series — Every Game, In Order
From the 1997 top-down original to GTA VI on November 19, 2026: the complete release timeline, platforms and the milestones that made each era.
1997
Grand Theft Auto
Top-down original. Crime and radio stole the show — the formula that started it all.
1999
GTA 2
Top-down sequel with a retro-future city and the first brand-score advertising.
1999
London 1969 / 1961
UK-based expansion packs — the first side trips beyond the US.
2001
GTA III
The 3D revolution: Liberty City, full voice acting, freeform crime. The genre-defining leap.
2002
Vice City
An 80s Miami homage — neon, synth and one of the most loved game soundtracks ever.
2004
San Andreas
California on a massive scale: CJ, three cities, gyms, gangs and jetpacks.
2005
Liberty City Stories
PSP original bringing classic Liberty City to handheld.
2006
Vice City Stories
PSP prequel — the last of the 3D-era side stories.
2008
GTA IV
The HD era: Liberty City rebuilt, Niko Bellic, and a different, moodier tone.
2009
Episodes from Liberty City
The Lost and Damned + The Ballad of Gay Tony — DLC done expansion-style.
2009
Chinatown Wars
Top-down return on DS/PSP, praised as the smartest handheld GTA.
2013
GTA V
Los Santos & Blaine County, three protagonists, and Online — 225 million+ sold.
2015
GTA V PC
Arrived 19 months after console with a major visual upgrade.
2021
Trilogy Definitive Edition
Remaster of III, Vice City and San Andreas — controversial but back in the charts.
2022
GTA Online (standalone)
Online on its own, free for PS5/XSX
2026
GTA VI
November 19, 2026: back to Vice City and Leonida, with Jason and Lucia.
Sales figures: GTA V 225 million+ (Take-Two, Feb 2025); series total 465 million+. List compiled from official publisher records and public archives.
Console → PC gaps (the GTA 6 question)
GTA IV: 8 months. GTA V: 19 months. Red Dead Redemption 2: 13 months. GTA 6's PC version is confirmed but undated — follow the tracker.
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