Till Rockstar reveals something official about the way it will ultimately work together with the Grand Theft Auto On-line expertise, Grand Theft Auto 6 is a completely single-player sport, with that being all followers can realistically sit up for within the close to future.
In actual fact, with GTA On-line launching solely a few weeks after the discharge of Grand Theft Auto 5, it’s anybody’s guess how quickly it’ll be earlier than we get our first particulars about an on-line element for Grand Theft Auto 6 (which, like Grand Theft Auto 5, additionally isn’t out there on PC at launch).
As for the story marketing campaign itself, we’ve solely acquired imprecise teases of a “legal conspiracy” and loads of Grand Theft Auto 6 rumors masquerading as potential leaks. All followers can appear to agree on is how lengthy they imagine Rockstar’s upcoming blockbuster epic can be, even when they aren’t essentially pleased with how lengthy or brief they understand its hypothetical size to be.
On Reddit, followers are discussing how lengthy they anticipate Grand Theft Auto 6 to be, reflecting on how lengthy Rockstar’s most up-to-date video games are so as to decide an approximation of what Grand Theft Auto 6 would possibly hope to attain. Total, the consensus is that, unsurprisingly, followers are positive it’ll be an extended sport.
That mentioned, consumer Phos-Lux makes some extent by asking, “What even counts as ‘lengthy’ these days,” and it’s attention-grabbing as a result of one gamer’s concept of an extended sport might not be the identical as another person’s. For a lot of players, Grand Theft Auto 5’s 30-hour story size is greater than sufficient, whereas consumer Waste-Expertise-381 is happy about the potential for Grand Theft Auto 6 being longer as a result of they have been dissatisfied that Grand Theft Auto 5 wasn’t.
Equally, consumer smackchice will not be alone once they argue that Crimson Useless Redemption 2 was too lengthy: “By the tip I used to be exhausted and able to by no means contact it once more.” Consumer HearTheEkko predicts that, whereas the primary story might or might not be longer than Crimson Useless Redemption 2’s, its elective aspect content material may far eclipse that of Crimson Useless Redemption 2’s: “Possibly related marketing campaign size however far more aspect missions since Leonida isn’t simply woods and mountains.”
When it’s lastly revealed or decided how lengthy it takes to beat Grand Theft Auto 6’s story marketing campaign, there’ll solely be two responses: followers will both want it was longer or shorter, whether or not it’s as lengthy or longer than Grand Theft Auto 5 and Crimson Useless Redemption 2, averaging at roughly 30–50 hours or extra. The key, far rarer third possibility can be that gamers are completely content material with nonetheless lengthy Grand Theft Auto 6 is.
What number of of these hours are devoted to padding, corresponding to having it take endlessly to get from one aspect of the open-world map to the opposite, is one other query solely. Plus, most followers genuinely adore doing ‘nothing’ and being leisurely in Grand Theft Auto video games, with the story in all probability being inconsequential to them.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is scheduled to be launched for PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S on November 19, 2026.
- Launched
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November 19, 2026
- ESRB
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Ranking Pending – Possible Mature 17+
- Engine
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Rockstar Superior Sport Engine (RAGE)
- Multiplayer
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On-line Multiplayer