Worth it for the right player.
At $59.99. It has been as low as $19.79.
- Story and characters: 103 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 59 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 16k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The story still holds up extremely well.
A wide variety of missions, an improved field of view, classic lighting, sprawling metropolis rich in detail and much more await you in a trilogy that improves the overall feel.
With its massive map, diverse cities and captivating storyline, it effortlessly embodies the essence of great gameplay from the early 2000s
A significant chunk of the original soundtrack has been removed due to expired licenses, and the absence of those songs is felt, especially if you remember cruising through San Andreas with the radio on full blast.
Controller Recommended?
The sense of progression, starting as nothing and slowly building CJ into a kingpin with skills, properties, weapons, and respect, is still incredibly satisfying.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.79.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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