Grand Theft Auto III

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Android

Genres

• action-adventure game

• action game^*

• sandbox game^*

• shooter game^*

• vehicle simulation game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Grand Theft Auto

Engines

• RenderWare

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  458^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  407^*

• Automobile Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  363^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  283^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  243^*

• Crime^*

  Votes · historical

  221^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  216^*

• Driving^*

  Votes · historical

  192^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  190^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  164^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  144^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  126^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  124^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  120^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  117^*

• Silent Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  114^*

• Mature^*

  Votes · historical

  100^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  90^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  61^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium III® 450 MHz CPU^*

  Memory

  96 MB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  16 MB Direct 3D Video Card DirectX Version: Microsoft DirectX® 8.1^*

  Storage

  500 MB uncompressed free hard disk space^*

  Audio hardware

  Fully DirectX compatible Sound Card^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  700 MHz CPU^*

  Memory

  128 MB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  32 MB Direct3D Video Card^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  148^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

Developers

• Rockstar Games^*
• Rockstar North^*

Publishers

• Capcom

• Rockstar Games^*

• 2001-10-23

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 2002-05-21 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2002-05-21^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jan 4, 2008^*

Detailed specifications