GTA 6 on PC: release date and system requirements
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Straight to it: on November 19, 2026 GTA 6 launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S only. There is no PC version at launch — Rockstar has confirmed the platforms more than once, and PC is absent from the pre-order page too. The full platform list is on its own page.
When to expect the PC port
There is no official announcement, so the only honest way to estimate is to look at how Rockstar has behaved before:
| Game | Console release | PC release | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| GTA 4 | October 2008 | December 2008 | ~2 months |
| GTA 5 | September 2013 | April 2015 | ~19 months |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | October 2018 | November 2019 | ~13 months |
The pattern is not subtle: consoles collect the full launch take first, then an improved PC version arrives and the game sells all over again. With GTA 5 that worked so well there is no reason on earth to change it.
A realistic window for the GTA 6 PC version is late 2027 to 2028. That is extrapolation, not an inside line; the moment there’s an official announcement I’ll break it down in a news issue and update this page.
GTA 6 system requirements
There are no official requirements: the PC version has not been announced, and Rockstar publishes specs together with the announcement. Every “minimum and recommended for GTA 6” table in the search results was invented for traffic.
What is known for certain is the console hardware the game is built for:
| Part | PS5 | Xbox Series X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8-core Zen 2, 3.5 GHz | 8-core Zen 2, 3.8 GHz |
| GPU | RDNA 2, 10.3 TFLOPs | RDNA 2, 12.2 TFLOPs |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Storage | NVMe SSD, 825 GB | NVMe SSD, 1 TB |
Those are console specs, not game requirements. But Rockstar’s PC ports have always started from the console baseline: the minimum spec landed roughly at that level, the recommended one noticeably above it. Hence an estimate, not an announcement: by the time the port arrives, a sensible target is an eight-core CPU, 16 GB of RAM, a mandatory NVMe SSD and a GPU around an RTX 2070 Super or Radeon RX 6700.
Official numbers will appear the day the PC version is announced — on the Steam page and in the Rockstar Store. This page gets updated then.
What PC players should do right now
Three options: buy a console for launch, wait a year or two for the port, or watch someone else play it. I recommend the third, obviously — I’ll be playing through GTA 6 live from launch day, so follow below if you don’t want to miss it. What you definitely shouldn’t do is download a “PC version” or “launch fixes”: there is no game on PC, so there are no PC errors to fix; why any fix right now is a scam.
If you’re leaning toward a console, the date and platforms are here and the editions and prices are here.
Frequently asked questions
Is GTA 6 coming to PC at all?
There is no official announcement, but over the past 15 years Rockstar has ported every one of its big games to PC: GTA 4, GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption 2. The question isn’t whether, it’s when.
What are the GTA 6 system requirements?
They don’t exist. The PC version hasn’t been announced, so there are no official system requirements — every spec sheet you find online is invented. This page gets updated when there’s an official announcement.
Should I wait for the PC version or buy a console?
If you want to play on November 19, 2026, it’s PS5 or Xbox Series X|S. Going by Rockstar’s track record, the PC port arrives one to two years after the console release.
Will GTA 6 run on my PC?
There is nothing to check against yet: no official requirements exist. The reference point is the consoles the game is built for — eight cores, 16 GB of memory, an NVMe SSD and a GPU around an RTX 2070 Super. Anything weaker will almost certainly need an upgrade by the time the port lands.