Best GTA Games Ranked: Which Grand Theft Auto Entry Tops the List?

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the best GTA game. It is the series’ most complete statement: big enough to feel mythic, sharp enough to satirize its era, and flexible enough to let players turn a crime drama into a motorcycle jump, a gang war, or a reason to burn down a police station for no clear reason.

Quick answer: the best GTA game is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, followed by Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. If GTA 6 ever tops that trio, it will need to be more than successful; it will need to feel like another genre-defining leap.