GTA games

This collection gathers the Grand Theft Auto classics you can launch in a browser tab, plus a few fan projects built around the series, from the overhead-view 1997 debut to a tribute to the sequel everyone is waiting for. Playing them in order is a quick lesson in how the franchise evolved: missions handed out over ringing payphones, the first step into a 3D Liberty City, the pastel neon of 1986 Vice City and a whole state to roam in San Andreas.

Four Stages of the Franchise

• The overhead years: Grand Theft Auto laid down the rules, with score goals, a handful of lives and three cities viewed from the sky
• The jump to 3D: GTA 3 on Browser puts a mute gangster on the streets of a Liberty City you can explore at ground level
• Bigger and bolder: GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas bring property you can buy, stats you can train and entire regions to cross
• What comes next: GTA 6 Browser is a fan-made salute to Grand Theft Auto VI, which Rockstar has set for November 19, 2026

A Good First Pick

Coming from the recent games? Begin with GTA 3 on Browser. That is where the structure you already know came together: a main storyline, odd jobs on the side, radio to sing along to and police who get angrier the more you misbehave. Then head to Vice City for its mood and to San Andreas for its scale. Leave the 1997 game for a day when you want a look at the roots, because its strict lives and points chasing play like a different genre.

The Thread That Runs Through Them

Each title here makes the same offer: a living city that carries on around you while you choose how to spend your time. Grab a car, accept a job, stir up trouble and handle the cops when they show up. The hero changes from Claude to Tommy Vercetti to CJ, yet that blend of criminal drama and open sandbox stays constant, and it is exactly the blend that turned Grand Theft Auto V into the yardstick every open-world game is measured against.