GTA Games in Order (1997–2026)

Quick answer: GTA 6 is the eighth main game in the series. The main line runs GTA (1997) → GTA 2 (1999) → GTA III (2001) → Vice City (2002) → San Andreas (2004) → GTA IV (2008) → GTA V (2013) → GTA VI (2026). GTA 6 returns to Vice City, last visited in Vice City Stories (2006).

Vice City postcard

#	Game	Year	Setting
1	Grand Theft Auto	1997	Liberty City, San Andreas, Vice City (top-down)
2	Grand Theft Auto 2	1999	Anywhere City
3	Grand Theft Auto III	2001	Liberty City
4	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	2002	Vice City, 1986
5	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	2004	Los Santos, San Fierro, Las Venturas, 1992
6	Grand Theft Auto IV	2008	Liberty City
7	Grand Theft Auto V	2013	Los Santos and Blaine County
8	Grand Theft Auto VI	2026	Vice City and the state of Leonida

Game	Year	Setting
GTA: London 1969 / London 1961	1999	London
GTA Advance	2004	Liberty City
GTA: Liberty City Stories	2005	Liberty City, 1998
GTA: Vice City Stories	2006	Vice City, 1984
GTA IV: The Lost and Damned	2009	Liberty City
GTA: Chinatown Wars	2009	Liberty City
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony	2009	Liberty City
GTA Online	2013	Los Santos and Blaine County

Every GTA Game in Order: The Road to GTA 6

Main games

Comments

Spin-offs and expansions

Why Vice City again?

Do I need to play the old games first?

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