The complete chronology of Grand Theft Auto: from London 1961 to Leonida, the order of the story and the release order of all games in the saga.
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Free PC expansion returning to London at the start of the decade. It is one of the franchise's few detours off the American axis.
The franchise tries out British crime, 1960s pop culture, period cars and London gangster slang.
Vic Vance, a soldier trying to support his family, is pulled into trafficking, corruption and a dispute with Jerry Martinez and the Mendez family.
After 15 years in prison, Tommy is sent by Sonny Forelli to Vice City. The drug deal is ambushed, he loses money and product, takes down Ricardo Diaz and builds his own empire.
CJ returns to Los Santos after his mother's death. Grove Street is broken, C.R.A.S.H. manipulates him and the betrayal by Big Smoke and Ryder expands the war across the whole state.
The first version of the formula: rising through the criminal underworld by completing missions for bosses and causing chaos across three cities.
Toni returns and works for Salvatore Leone during a war among the Leone, Sindacco, and Forelli.
Mike sets out to avenge his partner Vinnie in Liberty City. The plot works as a handheld prequel to GTA III.
Anywhere City mixes retrofuturism, cartoonish gangs and a deliberately ambiguous timeline.
Catalina betrays Claude during a heist. He survives, escapes with 8-Ball and cuts through Leone, Yakuza, Yardies and the Colombian Cartel until he confronts her.
Niko arrives in Liberty City chasing the American dream, but finds Roman's debts, mafias, war trauma and a city driven by corruption.
Johnny tries to keep The Lost MC standing while Billy Grey drives the motorcycle club toward self-destruction.
Luis protects Tony Prince amid clubs, celebrities, diamonds, mafias, and high-level crime.
Huang arrives to deliver the Yu Jian sword to his uncle Kenny, and ends up robbed, betrayed and plunged into Triad disputes.
The North Yankton prologue comes back to haunt Michael and Trevor. In Los Santos, Franklin crosses paths with Michael and the three are pulled into heists, FIB, IAA, Merryweather and Devin Weston.
Los Santos becomes a living platform: heists, businesses, motorcycle clubs, bunkers, nightclubs, casino, Cayo Perico, agencies, drug wars, mercenaries and money laundering.
Lucia and Jason get caught in a criminal conspiracy that spreads across Leonida after a seemingly simple job goes wrong.