Nostalgia and a timeless classic
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Playing this as a kid made you feel like an adult. Playing this as an adult makes you feel like a kid again.”
Steam review · 98.7 h played ↗
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 80%Very Positive · 80%Rockstar Games2023Third-Person Shooter · Action · Adventure
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
San Andreas's huge open world, story and freedom still shine, but this remaster has plastic-looking characters, bugs and bad flight controls. Skip it if you want the original or hate launchers.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and newcomers wanting San Andreas with achievements and checkpoints, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Buggy, unpolished remaster with awful flight controls and a mandatory Rockstar launcher account
What players love
Memorable story, characters and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The storyline is incredible and kept me interested the whole way through.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“GTA San Andreas has everything. Gym, Dating, Body changes, Tattoos, Haircuts, Fighting styles, Car customization, Gambling, Basketball, Planes, Bikes, Swimming, Multiple cities”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
Improved graphics and Classic Lighting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Feels like Minecraft with shaders – a good old time-worn game that feels fresh and interesting to play again.”
Steam review · translated · 5.2 h played ↗
Much more stable after patches
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Had no bugs or crash in 75h of gameplay.”
Steam review · 74.9 h played ↗
Checkpoints, weapon wheel and other quality-of-life
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Playing the classic GTAs can be a bit rough nowadays given that there are no checkpoints or autosave and definitive edition adds both of these so that's great.”
Steam review · 40.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Original delisted, remaster worse than it
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This "definitive edition" is worse than the original game, and Rockstar delisted the original version from Steam because of pure greed.”
Steam review · 40.8 h played ↗
Lots of bugs and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“San Andreas is still ABSURDLY buggy. Like constantly.”
Steam review · 132.7 h played ↗
Forced Rockstar launcher and account login
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Why the heck does a single player game require an account and active network connection to your services? Just no.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Ugly character models and soulless look
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“fix the plastic characters, not realistic faces at all, like toys!!!”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗
Awful flight controls on keyboard and mouse
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the controls, especially for flying, are simply unusable for PC players. You are FORCED to use a controller for the flying in these games.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Crashes and corrupted saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“I can't even go on with the main story without the game crashing randomly.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support19 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8GB GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage19 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
Storage19 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8GB GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage19 GB available space
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