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The GTA 6 PC release tracker

Is GTA 6 on PC?

No.

No. GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. There is no PC version — not at launch, and none announced for later either. This page exists so you find out the day that changes.

Last news entry · every claim below links to its source

What has Rockstar actually said about GTA 6 on PC?

Every platform announcement so far, in one place. Notice what's missing from all of them.

  1. Pre-orders opened for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. $79.99 standard, $99.99 Ultimate. Ctrl+F the announcement for "PC": zero results. [Rockstar Newswire]

  2. Delayed a second time, to November 19, 2026. Same two consoles listed. PC: still not a word. [Rockstar Newswire]

  3. First delay. Fall 2025 slipped to May 26, 2026. Platforms unchanged, PC unmentioned. [Rockstar Newswire]

  4. Trailer 1. "Coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S." PC has not appeared in a single official announcement since this day. [Rockstar Games — Trailer 1]

When will GTA 6 come to PC? What 25 years of history says

Rockstar has never launched a mainline game on PC day one. Not once, going back to 2001. The full record:

GameConsolePCThe wait
GTA IIIOct 2001May 20027 months
GTA: Vice CityOct 2002May 20036.5 months
GTA: San AndreasOct 2004Jun 20057.5 months
GTA IVApr 2008Dec 20087 months
GTA VSep 2013Apr 201519 months
Red Dead Redemption 2Oct 2018Nov 201912.5 months

(Not counting the original Red Dead Redemption, which took 14 years. Let's agree that one's not the precedent.)

Speccing a build anyway? The honest requirements estimate →

Six games, six late ports, zero exceptions. Apply that pattern to a November 19, 2026 console launch and you get a PC release somewhere between mid-2027 (GTA IV pace) and mid-2028 (GTA V pace). That's an estimate — the moment Rockstar gives a real date, it replaces this paragraph and the email goes out.

Why isn't GTA 6 on PC at launch?

Rockstar has never explained it publicly, and they've never needed to. Two reasons cover most of it.

The engineering one: a console launch means optimizing for exactly two fixed hardware targets. PC means thousands of GPU, driver, and Windows combinations, and Rockstar ports have historically shipped with extras that take real time — first-person mode and the Rockstar Editor arrived with GTA V's re-releases, not its original launch.

The money one: the staggered rollout worked embarrassingly well last time. GTA V sold to PS3 owners in 2013, PS4 owners in 2014, and PC players in 2015, and a lot of people paid twice. Take-Two gets asked about a GTA 6 PC version on basically every earnings call, and the answer has never gone further than a variation of "nothing to announce today."

Can you play GTA 6 on PC right now?

No — and this is the part worth being careful about. There is no PC beta, no early access, no press build, no "leaked port." Anything calling itself a GTA 6 PC download today is malware, a survey scam, or both, aimed precisely at people impatient enough to click. When the real PC version happens, you'll hear it from Rockstar and buy it on Steam, Epic, or the Rockstar Store. Not from a Discord DM.

GTA 6 PC questions, answered straight

Is GTA 6 on PC?

No. GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Rockstar has not announced a PC version, and there are no PC pre-orders anywhere. Yes, we check daily.

Will GTA 6 be on PC at launch?

No. Launch day is console-only. If a store is offering you a PC copy for November 19, it is not a real store.

When will GTA 6 come to PC?

Rockstar hasn't said a word. Going by their track record — GTA IV took 7 months, Red Dead Redemption 2 took 12, GTA V took 19 — the realistic window is mid-2027 to mid-2028. That's an estimate based on history, not news.

Will GTA 6 be on Steam?

There's no Steam page yet, and that absence is informative. Rockstar's PC ports announce themselves through store listings first — GTA V and RDR2 both did. The day a GTA 6 Steam or Epic page appears is the day this whole page changes.

What are the GTA 6 PC system requirements?

There aren't any, because there's no PC version to have requirements. Every spec sheet currently floating around is made up. When Rockstar publishes real ones, they'll be here the same day.

Will GTA 6 run on Steam Deck?

Today the answer is simply no, since no PC version exists. For whenever one does: GTA V's story mode runs fine on Deck, so there's precedent. But that's speculation stacked on speculation.

How much will GTA 6 cost on PC?

Unannounced, like everything else PC-related. Console pricing is $79.99 standard and $99.99 Ultimate, and Rockstar's past PC releases matched console pricing at launch.

Are the GTA 6 PC release date leaks real?

So far, none have been. The only sources that count are Rockstar Newswire and Take-Two's earnings calls. Everything else — insider tweets, datamined dates, YouTube thumbnails with red arrows — has a perfect record of being wrong.