{"id":85727,"date":"2026-07-10T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85727"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:36:37","slug":"how-to-play-the-grand-theft-auto-games-in-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85727","title":{"rendered":"How to Play the Grand Theft Auto Games in Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>It\u2019s hard to talk about modern video games without mentioning the influence of Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar\u2019s iconic crime franchise has grown from a controversial PlayStation 1 classic to a universally recognised cultural behemoth, with its most recent entry, Grand Theft Auto 5, becoming one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/best-selling-video-games-of-all-time-grand-theft-auto-minecraft-tetris\">best-selling games of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the series didn\u2019t grow into a landmark success overnight. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/all-rockstar-games\">Rockstar<\/a> has been slowly building its iconic crime series for over two decades, creating hyper-immersive open worlds that players explore for years after their release. With over sixteen Grand Theft Auto games dropping since the franchise began in 1997, new players are probably wondering where to start. <\/p>\n<p>To help you get stuck in, we\u2019ve listed every GTA game in chronological order so you can plot the best route through the timeline of this crime-riddled world. Until we finally get our hands on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto-vi\">GTA 6<\/a>, at least. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jump to<\/strong><\/em><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#chronological-order\">How to Play in Chronological Order<\/a><a href=\"#2d-timeline\">The 2D Timeline<\/a><a href=\"#3d-timeline\">The 3D Timeline<\/a><a href=\"#hd-timeline\">The HD Timeline<\/a><a href=\"#release-order\">GTA Release Dates<\/a><\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"9-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-grand-theft-auto\" data-loop=\"\">The Grand Theft Auto Games in Order<\/p>\n<p>There are a <strong>total of 16 games in the Grand Theft Auto series<\/strong> \u2013 eleven on home consoles, one on PC and four on handheld devices. The next Grand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to talk about modern video games without mentioning the influence of Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar\u2019s iconic crime franchise has grown from a controversial PlayStation 1 classic to a universally recognised cultural behemoth, with its most recent entry, Grand Theft Auto 5, becoming one of the best-selling games of all time. However, the series&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":85729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85731,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727\/revisions\/85731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}