- Developer
- Rockstar North; published by Rockstar Games.
- First release
- 17 September 2013, on PS3 and Xbox 360.
- Modes
- Story Mode for one player, and GTA Online for up to 30 players.
- Leads
- Michael, Franklin and Trevor, playable in turn.
What it is
🎭 Three leads
Rockstar sums it up as a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath pulling off heists to survive. They are Franklin, Michael and Trevor, and you switch between them in and out of missions.
🏙️ Los Santos and Blaine County
The whole map is open from the start. Side activities, properties and Strangers and Freaks missions open as the story moves on.
🌐 GTA Online
A separate online mode with its own character, rank and money. On PS5 and Xbox Series X|S it is also sold on its own; the full game includes both.
Habits that save trophies
- Each lead has activities only he can do: Trevor's Rampages and bail bonds, Michael's Epsilon story, Franklin's taxi company and Strangers and Freaks. Switch often instead of rushing one character.
- Save manually in safehouses and keep more than one slot, especially before the final mission.
- Missions can be replayed from the Game tab of the pause menu, which is how you chase gold medals without restarting.
- Do not use cheats in a session you mean to save: they disable trophies and achievements until you restart the game.
- The 100% Checklist in the Stats tab of the pause menu shows your completion as you go.
Your first hours
1 · Play the story
Nothing early is missable except the Altruist delivery: see the missable trophies page. Collect what you pass, but there is no rush.
2 · Start Michael's Epsilon story
It opens as soon as Michael is playable and is the longest side story, so starting early spreads it out.
3 · Clear Trevor's missables as they open
Rampages, the hangar runs, bail bonds and one Altruist delivery: see the missable trophies page.
4 · Leave Online for after the story
GTA Online does not affect Story Mode, and its trophies stay available.
Cross-checked
Cross-checked on 20 October 2026 against Rockstar's GTA V page and Newswire, the Steam store pages, and the guides of PowerPyx, PSNProfiles and IGN. Not from a playthrough: nobody here has played it.