Nostalgia and historic classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Revisiting GTA III felt like opening a time capsule.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 66%Mixed · 66%Rockstar Games2023Third-Person Shooter · Action · Adventure
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A historically important but very dated 2001 open-world game in a patched, playable remaster. Skip it if you dislike clunky driving, brutal missions and fragile cars, or expect a real remake.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and series completionists who accept old-school jank and buy on sale
Main risk
Dated, frustrating missions and aggressive AI, plus remaster visuals and bugs that lose the original's feel
What players love
Stable and patched after rocky launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“now everything runs super smooth, no issues with glitches or crashing at all!!”
Steam review · 19.6 h played ↗
Improved graphics and lighting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The addition of the classic lighting helps a lot.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Fun missions, atmosphere and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the gameplay loop, which mainly consists of doing different short missions, was super fun.”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
Helpful quality-of-life upgrades
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“you have the retry option when fail or die in a mission you don't have to respond at the hospital or drive a long ways back”
Steam review · 120.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs and mission-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Hit the Portland Pay'n'Spray bug which meant I couldn't complete the game as objectives stopped appearing in missions.”
Steam review · 8.1 h played ↗
Fragile cars and bad driving physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“All the vehicles have the health of a fruit fly.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
Brutal difficulty and unfair missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The Mafia, for instance, can blow up your vehicle within a few seconds, making their territory practically inaccessible.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
Aggressive, dumb traffic and NPC AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“EVERY SINGLE CAR IN THE GAME IS TRYING TO PIT MANOUVER YOU”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
Performance problems and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the micro-stutters and sudden hitching (especially noticeable when driving) are built directly into the game's core.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Forced Rockstar Launcher and login
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“You need to rockstar social to even play this game.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage5 GB available space
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