Summary
- Grand Theft Auto 5 is once again topping the sales charts in Europe, sitting as the best-selling game in the region during the month of August.
- GTA 5's success saw the game beat out multiple new releases in Star Wars Outlaws and Concord, as well as ongoing mainstays like Hogwarts Legacy.
- Grand Theft Auto 5's sustained success comes as Rockstar has slowly begun to reveal more information about GTA 6.
Even more than a decade after its initial release, Grand Theft Auto 5 is still managing to top the sales charts, sitting as the best-selling game in Europe in August. The beloved open-world game has seen monumental success for the already massive crime action series, becoming an iconic part of the modern gaming industry. GTA 5 sits just behind Minecraft as the second best-selling video game of all-time, selling over 200 million copies since its 2013 debut. Now, the game has once again topped sales charts in Europe.
Grand Theft Auto 5's sustained popularity over a decade after its launch owes both to its robust campaign and its expansive online mode. GTA 5 was the first Grand Theft Auto game to allow players to control multiple characters during its story mode, allowing fans to play out the stories of Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. GTA Online has also become a staple of modern online gaming, with many popular online servers and a thriving role-playing community. GTA 5's universal popularity has now led to the game becoming August's best-selling game in one region of the world.
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As reported by VGC, a new report from popular gaming sales aggregator GamesIndustry confirms that Grand Theft Auto 5 was the best-selling game in Europe last month. GTA 5's success saw the game beat out a pair of notable new releases in Star Wars: Outlaws and Concord, though the latter has seen significant controversy. However, digital sales data was not available for the European release of another major August debut in Black Myth: Wukong. Hogwarts Legacy, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and EA Sports FC 24 also finished in the top 5 best-selling games for August.
GTA 5 Topped Europe Sales Charts in August
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- EA Sports FC 24
- Borderlands 3
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Grand Theft Auto Online
- Titanfall 2
- It Takes Two
The report also shares more information about sales throughout the gaming industry from the month of August. According to the report from GamesIndustry, Europe saw 300,000 consoles sold throughout the region during the month of August, a notable drop of 42% from last year but an improvement from July. The report also confirmed the PS5 as the best-selling console throughout August in Europe, with the Nintendo Switch following behind in second place.
Grand Theft Auto 5's continued relevance in the gaming industry comes as Rockstar has recently begun to give fans more information about the long-rumored GTA 6. Rockstar confirmed earlier this year that it is aiming for a Fall 2025 release for Grand Theft Auto 6, following the blockbuster reveal of the game's first trailer in December. Many fans and critics have already speculated that GTA 6 is poised to break records following its release, owing to the immense amount of hype from the GTA fanbase. GTA 5 continues to be a mainstay for many gamers as more information begins to surface about the franchise's next entry.
Grand Theft Auto 5
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 92 /100 Critics Rec: 92%
- Released
- September 17, 2013
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
- Developer(s)
- Rockstar North
- Publisher(s)
- Rockstar Games
WHERE TO PLAY
When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. Government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC offers players the option to explore the award-winning world of Los Santos and Blaine County in resolutions of up to 4k and beyond, as well as the chance to experience the game running at 60 frames per second.
The game offers players a huge range of PC-specific customization options, including over 25 separate configurable settings for texture quality, shaders, tessellation, anti-aliasing and more, as well as support and extensive customization for mouse and keyboard controls. Additional options include a population density slider to control car and pedestrian traffic, as well as dual and triple monitor support, 3D compatibility, and plug-and-play controller support.
- Engine
- Rockstar Advanced Game Engine
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- no
- Cross Save
- yes
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- yes
- Platform(s)
- Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Action
- How Long To Beat
- 32 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- Extra & Premium
- File Size Xbox Series
- 84 GB (July 2023)
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
