How long have we waited for GTA 6?

How do you work out the gap exactly?

Count whole years first: September 17, 2013 to September 17, 2026 is 13 years. From there to November 17 is 2 months, and to November 19 is 2 more days. In plain days it is 4,811: 13 years of 365 days is 4,745, plus 3 leap days (February 29 in 2016, 2020 and 2024) makes 4,748, plus 63 days from September 17 to November 19 (13 left in September, 31 in October, 19 in November). That is 687 weeks and 2 days.

The start is GTA V’s original PS3 and Xbox 360 launch, which Rockstar and Take-Two announced on September 17, 2013. The end is the November 19, 2026 date on Rockstar’s newswire.

What happened between GTA V and GTA 6?

Rockstar’s other big release in the gap was Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4 and Xbox One, on October 26, 2018, which Take-Two announced. That was 5 years, 1 month and 9 days after GTA V. Rockstar then confirmed on February 4, 2022 that the next Grand Theft Auto was well underway, 8 years, 4 months and 18 days after GTA V, per TechRadar.

Trailer 1 arrived on December 4, 2023, 10 years, 2 months and 17 days after GTA V, with a 2025 window; see our Trailer 1 report. On May 2, 2025 Rockstar moved the game to May 26, 2026 (11 years, 7 months, 15 days after GTA V), and Trailer 2 followed on May 6.

On November 6, 2025 came the second move, to November 19, 2026, which is 177 days after the May date. The first delay and second delay pages have the statements. From Trailer 1 to release is 2 years, 11 months and 15 days (1,081 days).

Is this the longest gap between GTA games?

By our count, yes, for new numbered main-series games. Early dates vary by platform and region, so the older gaps are rounded. GTA reached PC on November 28, 1997, per Time Extension, and GTA 2 came in 1999, per PC Gamer, about two years on. IGN confirmed with Rockstar that GTA III shipped on October 22, 2001. Take-Two said Vice City shipped on October 29, 2002, 372 days later.

San Andreas followed in October 2004, which IGN reviewed that month, and GTA IV debuted on April 29, 2008, per a Reuters report of Take-Two’s launch-week figures, roughly three and a half years later. GTA IV to GTA V was 5 years, 4 months and 19 days (1,967 days). The GTA 6 wait of 4,811 days is about 2.4 times that.

Spin-offs, remasters and ports aren’t counted, because none is a new numbered game. Rockstar hasn’t called this a record.

What we don’t know yet

The “longest gap” is our arithmetic from release dates, not an official claim. We rounded the gaps before GTA IV because the early games launched on different days by platform and region. When we checked in early November 2026, we found no announcement moving the November 19 date since November 6, 2025, but Rockstar hasn’t said anything beyond that date, and the launch day and time can differ by region.