How Many Copies Has GTA 5 Sold? Every Official Figure
GTA 5 has sold-in over 230 million units worldwide. That is the latest official figure, from Take-Two Interactive’s quarterly report for the three months ended June 30, 2026, published in August 2026. The same filing puts the whole Grand Theft Auto series at over 470 million units. The game has now been on sale for 13 years, across three console generations and PC.
The latest official figure
Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, updates GTA 5’s lifetime number in its quarterly filings and earnings calls. The figures to know, all from the report covering April to June 2026:
| Title | Units sold-in (Take-Two) |
|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto V | over 230 million |
| Grand Theft Auto series | over 470 million |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | more than 85 million |
Two things to keep in mind when reading those numbers.
Sell-in, not sell-through. Take-Two counts units sold into the market, including digital sales, rather than copies registered by players. It is the standard measure for publishers, and it is the only one Take-Two publishes for GTA 5.
“Over” is a floor. Take-Two reports round milestones, so a move from “over 225 million” one quarter to “over 230 million” the next tells you the game crossed 230 million in between, not that it sold exactly five million.
The next chance for an update is Take-Two’s fiscal second-quarter report, covering July to September 2026. Updated October 21, 2026: Take-Two announced on October 13 that it will report those results on Monday, November 9, 2026, ten days before GTA 6 launches.
The launch: records that still stand out
GTA 5 launched on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on September 17, 2013. Take-Two announced the next day that first-day sell-through had passed 800 million dollars worldwide. On September 20, it announced more than 1 billion dollars in retail sales in three days, which it described as the fastest any entertainment property, games and films included, had reached that milestone.
Guinness World Records confirmed the numbers on October 8, 2013: 11.21 million units and 815.7 million dollars in the first 24 hours, and 1 billion dollars by September 20. The game took six sales records, plus a seventh for its trailer:
- best-selling video game in 24 hours
- best-selling action-adventure video game in 24 hours
- highest grossing video game in 24 hours
- highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours
- fastest video game to gross 1 billion dollars
- fastest entertainment property to gross 1 billion dollars
- most viewed trailer for an action-adventure video game
Milestones since 2013
Every figure below was reported by Take-Two in a quarterly report or earnings call. The date is the month it was announced.
| Announced | GTA 5 units sold-in | Context |
|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | 1 billion dollars in 3 days | Launch on PS3 and Xbox 360 |
| November 2018 | 100 million | Fiscal Q2 2019 results |
| May 2021 | 145 million | Fiscal 2021 results |
| August 2021 | over 150 million | Fiscal Q1 2022 results |
| May 2022 | over 165 million | Fiscal 2022 results, after the PS5 and Xbox Series release |
| May 2024 | about 200 million | Fiscal 2024 results |
| February 2025 | over 210 million | Fiscal Q3 2025 results |
| August 2025 | over 215 million | Fiscal Q1 2026 results |
| November 2025 | over 220 million | Fiscal Q2 2026 results |
| February 2026 | over 225 million | Fiscal Q3 2026 results |
| May 2026 | nearly 230 million | Fiscal 2026 earnings call, as reported by the press |
| August 2026 | over 230 million | Fiscal Q1 2027 report |
From August 2025 to August 2026, the figures rise by about five million units per quarter, a pace few games reach in their launch year, let alone their thirteenth.
Why it keeps selling
It was re-released three times, then upgraded for free. After PS3 and Xbox 360, GTA 5 came to PS4 and Xbox One on November 18, 2014, to PC on April 14, 2015, and to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on March 15, 2022. On PC, the free Enhanced upgrade followed on March 4, 2025 (see our Enhanced vs Legacy guide). Each release brought in new buyers and, often, returning ones. The full timeline is in our GTA 5 release date guide, and our PS5 vs PS4 comparison explains what the last console upgrade changed.
GTA Online comes with it. Take-Two describes GTA 5 as including access to GTA Online. A copy of GTA 5 is the entry ticket to a mode Rockstar has updated with new heists, businesses and vehicles for over a decade, and Take-Two again listed the Grand Theft Auto series among the largest contributors to its net bookings in its August 2026 results.
How it compares
- Within the series: at over 230 million out of over 470 million, GTA 5 accounts for roughly half of all Grand Theft Auto sales.
- Within Rockstar: Red Dead Redemption 2, released in 2018, stands at more than 85 million.
- Across the industry: on Wikipedia’s list of best-selling video games, GTA 5 is second, behind Minecraft.
What it means for GTA 6
GTA 5’s sales set the scale for its successor. Take-Two’s fiscal 2027 outlook of 8.0 to 8.2 billion dollars in net bookings, reiterated in August 2026, was built around the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19, 2026, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Our GTA 6 release date guide tracks every dated commitment, and the editions and pre-order guide covers what is on sale.
We will update this page each time Take-Two publishes a new figure.
Frequently asked questions
How many copies has GTA 5 sold?
Over 230 million units sold-in worldwide, according to Take-Two's quarterly report for the three months ended June 30, 2026, filed in August 2026. That is the latest official figure.
Is GTA 5 the best-selling game of all time?
Not quite. On Wikipedia's list of best-selling video games it ranks second, behind Minecraft. It is by far the best-selling Grand Theft Auto game, accounting for roughly half of the series' sales.
How much money did GTA 5 make at launch?
Take-Two reported more than 800 million dollars in first-day retail sales on September 17, 2013, and more than 1 billion dollars in its first three days, the fastest any entertainment property had reached that mark.
How many copies has the GTA series sold?
Over 470 million units sold-in worldwide across the whole Grand Theft Auto series, according to the same Take-Two filing from August 2026.