Rank #2Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar Games · Jan 1, 2013

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9.8

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About

Three criminals, one city, and a series of increasingly dangerous heists across Los Santos and Blaine County. Pre-orders: Pre-orders started on June 25, 2026. Pre-order numbers: Rockstar has not announced the exact number of GTA 6 pre-orders. Pre-order money: Because the number is unknown, the actual pre-order earnings are also unknown. Prediction: If 5 million people pre-order an $80 version, that would be around $400 million in gross sales. This is only a calculation, not an official number. Big sales prediction: GTA 6 could potentially make billions of dollars from game sales and its future online content, but this is only a prediction. First-day sales: GTA 5 made more than $800 million in its first 24 hours worldwide. First 3 days: It passed $1 billion in sales in just three days, making it one of the fastest-selling entertainment products ever. Copies sold: GTA 5 has sold over 200 million copies worldwide, according to Take-Two's latest reported figure. GTA Online money: GTA Online has continued making money for Rockstar for many years through game sales, Shark Cash Cards, updates, and other purchases.

Trailer

Game: Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5)

Trailer: Official Trailer 1

Release date: November 2, 2011

Developer: Rockstar Games

First 24-hour views: There is no reliable official record showing the exact number of YouTube views in the first 24 hours. YouTube did not publish the same detailed 24-hour statistics for this 2011 trailer that it does for newer releases.

Views after 5 days: About 5.07 million views on Rockstar's YouTube upload.

Views by March 29, 2017: 47,095,960 views.

Views by September 13, 2023: 88,908,953 views, which Guinness World Records recorded as the most-viewed action-adventure video-game trailer at that time.

Current likes: Around 2.8 million likes.

The numbers

Trailer views

128.7M

on YouTube

Estimated earnings

$8600M

lifetime revenue

Pre-orders

800M

before launch

Reported figures, entered by the site editor — not measured by Game Battle.

Editorial rating · out of 10090avg

Graphics: 90
Physics: 90
Animation: 90

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Behind the game

Characters

Michael De Santa: Michael is a retired bank robber living a rich but unhappy family life in Los Santos. He is experienced, smart, and good at planning robberies. Franklin Clinton: Franklin is a young man from Los Santos who wants to leave his old life behind and become successful. He is confident, calm, and an excellent driver. Trevor Philips: Trevor is a violent and unpredictable criminal who lives in Blaine County. He is dangerous and aggressive but extremely loyal to his close friends. Character Switching: GTA 5 lets players switch between Michael, Franklin, and Trevor during the story. Each character has their own missions, abilities, and personal life

Development

Development: GTA 5 was developed mainly by Rockstar North and took around five years to develop. Rockstar focused on creating a huge open world with three main characters, detailed environments, realistic physics, and a large number of activities. World Development: Rockstar created Los Santos and Blaine County as a large open world with cities, mountains, beaches, deserts, forests, and countryside. GTA Online Development: Rockstar also developed GTA Online alongside GTA 5, giving players their own characters and a large multiplayer world with missions, vehicles, businesses, and other activities.

Screenshots

Michael: A retired bank robber who has money and a family but is unhappy with his life. He is experienced and good at planning big robberies
Franklin: A young street hustler from Los Santos who wants to become successful. He is especially good at driving and is more calm than Michael and Trevor
Graphics: GTA 5 has a detailed open world with realistic lighting, shadows, water, roads, buildings, vegetation, vehicles, and characters.
Environment: The game includes the large city of Los Santos, countryside, mountains, beaches, deserts, highways, forests, and underwater areas.
Lighting: Day and night lighting changes the appearance of the world. Sunlight, shadows, street lights, headlights, and reflections make the environment feel more alive
GTA Online: GTA 5 also includes GTA Online, where players create their own character, buy vehicles and properties, complete missions and heists, and build their own criminal business. Current versions support up to 30 players in an online session.

Launch trailer

GTA Online Official Gameplay Video

Release date: August 15, 2013. Rockstar officially released the gameplay video on this date.

Developer: Rockstar Games

Main focus: Multiplayer gameplay and the online world of GTA.

Missions: The trailer showed players working together to complete missions.

Activities: Players could take part in races, missions, activities, and different multiplayer events.

Friends: You could explore the world and complete missions together with friends.

Criminal activities: The game lets players build their criminal life by completing jobs and earning money.

GTA V first-day sales: More than $800 million in retail sales during its first 24 hours, showing the enormous potential player base for GTA Online.

Important: 15 million+ concurrent GTA Online players is sometimes

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