From top-down to a 3D city
The first two games were played from a bird's-eye view. The breakthrough came in 2001 with GTA III: a whole 3D Liberty City to drive around freely and do whatever the player wanted. Vice City (1980s Miami style) and San Andreas with three cities followed.
The games
- 1997Grand Theft Auto
- 2001GTA III, the first 3D city
- 2002GTA: Vice City
- 2004GTA: San Andreas
- 2008GTA IV
- 2013GTA V and GTA Online
- 2026GTA VI
GTA V and Online
GTA V came out in September 2013 and still sells across three console generations. GTA Online earned billions from microtransactions and kept the game alive for more than ten years while fans waited for GTA 6.