Every Grand Theft Auto, all in one place.

The top-down originals

Where the series began: overhead cities, stolen cars and a score to chase.

1997 GTA Three cities, a phone that keeps ringing and a points target to hit. 1999 / add-on London 1969 The series leaves America for swinging sixties London. London 1961 1999 / add-on London 1961 A free add-on that winds the London clock back eight years. 1999 GTA 2 Seven gangs, one retro-future city and a reputation to manage.

The 3D era

The games that turned GTA into open cities you could walk, drive and fly through.

2001 GTA III Betrayed on a bank job and left for dead in Liberty City. 2002 Vice City Neon, pastel suits and a drug deal that goes very wrong. 2004 San Andreas CJ comes home to Grove Street, and to a whole state.

Side stories

Smaller adventures that fill in the gaps between the big stories.

GTA Advance 2004 GTA Advance Liberty City from above, one year before GTA III. 2005 Liberty City Stories Toni Cipriani comes home, and his mother still is not impressed. 2006 Vice City Stories Two years before Tommy, a soldier named Vic starts building. 2009 Chinatown Wars A family sword, a Triad power struggle and a very busy Liberty City.

The HD era

A rebuilt Liberty City, told from three very different lives.

2008 GTA IV Niko Bellic arrives looking for the American dream and someone from his past. 2009 / add-on The Lost and Damned Same city, same year, seen from the seat of a motorcycle. 2009 / add-on The Ballad of Gay Tony The loud, glittering end of the GTA IV story.

Los Santos today

Three leads, one huge map and an online world still running.

2013 GTA V A retired thief, a young hustler and one very dangerous old friend. 2013 / add-on GTA Online Your own criminal, your own crew and years of updates.

2D Universe

The London games carry dates. The original GTA and GTA 2 are not tied to a year.

1. 1961 London 1961 London, England / A London villain of your choosing
2. 1969 London 1969 London, England / A London villain of your choosing

3D Universe

One connected story from 1984 to 2001, with characters who cross between games.

1. 1984 Vice City Stories Vice City / Victor Vance
2. 1986 Vice City Vice City / Tommy Vercetti
3. 1992 San Andreas The state of San Andreas / Carl "CJ" Johnson
4. 1998 Liberty City Stories Liberty City / Toni Cipriani
5. 2000 GTA Advance Liberty City / Mike
6. 2001 GTA III Liberty City / Claude

HD Universe

A fresh continuity that starts over in 2008 and runs through Los Santos.

1. 2008 GTA IV Liberty City / Niko Bellic
2. 2008 The Lost and Damned Liberty City / Johnny Klebitz
3. 2008 The Ballad of Gay Tony Liberty City / Luis Lopez
4. 2009 Chinatown Wars Liberty City / Huang Lee
5. 2013 GTA V Los Santos and Blaine County / Michael, Franklin and Trevor
6. 2013 GTA Online Los Santos, Blaine County and beyond / The character you create

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