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Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
It all starts in Liberty City. With revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The year was 2001, friend had PS2. Every day after school we would sink hours into the magical 3D world of chaos that was emerging in front of our eyes for the first time. We certainly broke at least two dual shock controllers inputting the cheats :D Action is fast for todays…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Enjoyed getting all the achievements in this one. Some of the side stuff can get a bit annoying, but finishing everything in GTA 3 always feels good. A solid and satisfying 100% overall. 🏆”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Hit the Portland Pay'n'Spray bug which meant I couldn't complete the game as objectives stopped appearing in missions. I looked it up and this bug is 4 years old. It's embarrassing that it hasn't been fixed and seemingly never will be.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-16 07:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Title Update Notes 1.112
General - PC • Numerous fixes and improvements • Added Classic Lighting mode which restores the look and feel of the sky in the original games
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Open World · Third-Person Shooter · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Third Person · Crime · Singleplayer · Violent · Combat · Sexual Content · Classic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible