Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The first GTA to cover a whole state, with three cities and the countryside between them. CJ returns home to Grove Street and is pulled back in.

Released: 26 October 2004 (PlayStation 2, North America)
Type: Main series
Platforms: PlayStation 2 (2004), Xbox and PC (2005), Mobile (2013–14), Xbox 360 (2014), The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (2021)
Developer: Rockstar North
Setting: The state of San Andreas: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas (Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas)
Story year: 1992
Protagonist: Carl “CJ” Johnson
Metascore: 95 (PlayStation 2)
Sales: 21.5 million units sold as of March 2008 (Take-Two).

What it is remembered for

IGN put its world at about five times the size of Vice City’s.
Sold more than 12 million copies on PS2 within roughly three months, according to Take-Two.
Its soundtrack was also released as an eight-CD box set of more than 80 tracks, with Interscope Records.
Its 2014 Xbox 360 HD release was a port of the mobile version.

GTA San Andreas compared with GTA 6
	GTA San Andreas	GTA 6
Released	2004	November 19, 2026
Setting	The state of San Andreas: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas	Vice City and the state of Leonida
Playable leads	Carl “CJ” Johnson	Jason Duval, Lucia Caminos
Launch platforms	PlayStation 2 (2004)	PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\|S

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas came out on 26 October 2004 (PlayStation 2, North America).

In the state of San Andreas: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas, the series’ take on Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas, in 1992.

Carl “CJ” Johnson.

PlayStation 2 (2004); Xbox and PC (2005); Mobile (2013–14); Xbox 360 (2014); The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (2021).