Recent data from YouGov indicates that one in three Britons has played a Grand Theft Auto game at some point. Among the titles that shaped the franchise's nearly three-decade history, Grand Theft Auto V, Vice City, and San Andreas stand out as the most widely experienced across the UK.
The milestone emerges as the franchise approaches the November 19, 2026 launch of Grand Theft Auto VI on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Created originally by Scottish developers at DMA Design in 1997, the series has evolved from a top-down police-chase experiment into a cultural touchstone spanning multiple generations of hardware.
