Nostalgia and timeless replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This game stands up after 20 years, still one of the best made.”
Steam review · 330.2 h played ↗
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Rockstar Games2008Shooter · Driving · Action
The verdict
A beloved, massive open-world classic with great story, music and freedom, but the Steam port is buggy and delisted, so it needs a downgrade and mods to run well. Skip it if you won't tinker.
Great for
Nostalgic players and open-world fans willing to downgrade and mod the game
Main risk
The Steam port is buggy and crash-prone on modern PCs and needs fan patches to work.
What players love
Huge, varied open world and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it easily has the best map - 3 major cities (all of them with industrial areas, rich neighbourhoods, suburban zones and airports) forests, mountains, the desert, beaches, countryside”
Steam review · 190.6 h played ↗
Iconic story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The story is iconic, The characters legendary, The map you can remember like the back of your hand.”
Steam review · 1062.8 h played ↗
Legendary radio and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“GOATed radio stations, def the best in the series and prob never gonna be topped.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
RPG progression and deep customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I like all the skills and how "Fat" and "Strength" actually affect CJs looks and in some cases movements.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗
Great once modded and downgraded
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“With the combination of Downgrader, SilentPatch and WidescreenFix, it ran really well on a stable 60FPS however.”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy, unplayable Steam port without mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I cannot recommend something that does not work on modern pc, you either turn off frame limiter which breaks half the game or turn it on and the game is unplayable”
Steam review · 257.2 h played ↗
Delisted and replaced by the Definitive Edition
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Delisted so they can charge you full price again.”
Steam review · 29.1 h played ↗
Crashes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game stutters then crashes. Relaunch the game, it's wiped all my save data.”
Steam review · 42.9 h played ↗
Cut music and removed features after patch
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Rockstar removed a ton of stuff from the game (including loads of music that they were to lazy to relicence) and made it run worse”
Steam review · 108.6 h played ↗
Broken mouse and controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“No controller support for a game that came out on the PS2. How do you even pull that off?”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Frustrating missions, especially flying
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“it hosts some of the most cancerous frustrating missions ever placed into a videogame ever.”
Steam review · 28.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3.6 GB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 2000/XP
Processor1Ghz Pentium III or AMD Athlon Processor
Memory256MB of RAM
Graphics64MB Video Card (Geforce 3 or better)
Storage3.6GB of free hard disk space (minimal install)
Recommended
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP Processor
Memory384MB of RAM (the more the better!)
Graphics128MB (or greater) Video Card (Geforce 6 Series Recommended)
Storage4.7GB of free hard disk space (full install)
OSMicrosoft® Windows® 2000/XP
Processor1Ghz Pentium III or AMD Athlon Processor
Memory256MB of RAM
Graphics64MB Video Card (Geforce 3 or better)
Storage3.6GB of free hard disk space (minimal install)
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