Groundbreaking open-world classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It basically set the foundation for modern open world games, and you can feel that even today.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Grand Theft Auto III
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Rockstar Games2008Driving · Sandbox · Action
The verdict
A groundbreaking, atmospheric 3D open-world classic that is now delisted and, in its Steam form, needs community patches to run. Skip it if you dislike dated design: no map, no autosave, harsh timed missions.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and GTA history buffs who don't mind installing fixes and tolerating clunky old design
Main risk
Needs community patches to run on modern PCs, and its dated, punishing design can frustrate newcomers
What players love
Gritty, atmospheric Liberty City
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“primarily, I suppose, because of its cold, oppressive atmosphere.”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Great with community mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I love the mods people are still making for this that make it feel just like the PS2 days, except now in ultrawide 4k 60fps”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Great radio and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Listening to the radio is awesome!”
Steam review · 23.3 h played ↗
Fun sandbox chaos and freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“the best part for me is just running about causeing chaos for half a hour”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Better than the Definitive Edition
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“compared to the "definitive edition" this game is like a glass of fine champagne”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Needs community patches to run on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I had to spend a couple hours finding user made patches to make the game playable.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Aged badly, clunky controls and shooting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Everything is jank and hard to control”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Frustrating, tedious, unfair missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“janky in all the wrong ways, becoming extremely frustrating as mission timers get more and more strict as the game goes on”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Mute protagonist and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“most part in this game is just claude being a lapdog.”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
No map, no autosave, no checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“No autosaves or checkpoints, so if you do fail a mission”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Crashes and instability
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“I play the same couple of missions as it crashes in between them and never saved.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown500 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 2000/XP
ProcessorPentium III® 450 MHz CPU
Memory96 MB RAM
Graphics16 MB Direct 3D Video Card
Storage500 MB uncompressed free hard disk space
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 2000/XP
ProcessorPentium III® 450 MHz CPU
Memory96 MB RAM
Graphics16 MB Direct 3D Video Card
Storage500 MB uncompressed free hard disk space
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