GTA 6 and every GTA game in order: release dates and sales
The first Grand Theft Auto shipped in November 1997 on MS-DOS. Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on November 19, 2026, at the end of the longest gap the series has ever put between two mainline games.
GTA 6 arrives on November 19, 2026, 4,811 days after Grand Theft Auto V: thirteen years and two months, the longest gap the series has ever put between two mainline games. The first Grand Theft Auto shipped in November 1997 on MS-DOS and Windows, made by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive.
Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, 4,811 days after Grand Theft Auto V. That is thirteen years and two months, and nothing else in the series comes close.
The first Grand Theft Auto shipped in November 1997 on MS-DOS and Windows, made by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. Grand Theft Auto 2, in October 1999, is the first to carry the Rockstar Games label. DMA Design, founded in Dundee in 1988, became Rockstar North.
Here are the eight mainline games in release order, with North American release dates, launch platforms and the most recent sales figure published for each.
| Game | Original release | Launch platforms | Last published sales figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto | November 1997 | MS-DOS, Windows | not published |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | October 1999 | PlayStation, Windows | not published |
| Grand Theft Auto III | October 23, 2001 | PlayStation 2 | 14.5 million, March 2008 |
| Vice City | October 29, 2002 | PlayStation 2 | 17.5 million, March 2008 |
| San Andreas | October 26, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 27.5 million, 2011 |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | April 29, 2008 | PS3, Xbox 360 | over 25 million, July 2013 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | September 17, 2013 | PS3, Xbox 360 | over 230 million, August 2026 |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | November 19, 2026 | PS5, Xbox Series X|S | not out yet |
The wait between two mainline games has stretched with every console generation, from the PlayStation 2 to the PS5.
| Between | Gap |
|---|---|
| GTA III and Vice City | 1 year |
| Vice City and San Andreas | 2 years |
| San Andreas and GTA IV | 3 years, 6 months |
| GTA IV and GTA V | 5 years, 5 months |
| GTA V and GTA VI | 13 years, 2 months |
Those sales figures are frozen: Take-Two no longer publishes per game numbers for the back catalogue, and the totals for GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas and GTA IV date from 2008 to 2013. Only the series total gets refreshed, from more than 410 million units sold-in in December 2023 to more than 440 million in May 2025, then nearly 475 million in the investor presentation of August 2026. The Take-Two press release of June 24, 2026 still read “over 470 million” in its Rockstar boilerplate, which runs behind the financial documents.
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