FAQ

These are the games in order by their release dates:

Grand Theft Auto - (PC - Oct. 1997, PlayStation - May 1998, Gameboy Color - 1999)

Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 - (PlayStation - Apr. 29, 1999, PC - May 25, 1999)

Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961 - (PC - Dec. 31, 1999)

Grand Theft Auto 2 - (PlayStation - Oct.22, 1999, PC - Oct. 7, 1999, Dreamcast - May 2, 2000, Gameboy Color - Dec. 25, 2000)

Grand Theft Auto III - (PlayStation 2 - Oct. 22, 2001, PC - May 21, 2002, Xbox - Oct. 31, 2003)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - (PlayStation 2 - Oct. 29, 2002, PC - May 13, 2003, Xox - Oct. 31, 2003)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - (PlayStation 2 - Oct. 25, 2004, Xbox - Jun. 6, 2005, PC - Jun. 6, 2005, Xbox 360 - Oct. 20, 2008)

Grand Theft Auto Advance - (Gameboy Advance - Oct. 25, 2004)

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - (PSP - Oct. 24, 2005, PlayStation 2 - Jun. 6, 2006)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories - (PSP - Oct. 30, 2006, PlayStation 2 - Mar. 5, 2007)

Grand Theft Auto IV - (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 - Apr. 29, 2008, PC - Dec. 02, 2008)

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned - (Xbox 360 - Feb. 17, 2009)

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - (PSP - Oct. 20, 2009, Nintendo DS - Mar. 17, 2009, iPhone - Jan. 18, 2010)

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony - (Xbox 360 - Oct. 29, 2009)

Grand Theft Auto V - (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 - Sep. 17, 2013, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One - Nov. 18, 2014, PC - Mar. 24, 2015)

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Compilations

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City - (Xbox 360 - Oct. 29, 2009)

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These are the games listed chronologically:

1961 - GTA: London, 1961

1969 - GTA: London, 1969

1984 - GTA: Vice City Stories

1986 - GTA: Vice City

1992 - GTA: San Andreas

1997 - Grand Theft Auto

1998 - GTA: Liberty City Stories

2000 - GTA Advance

2001 - Grand Theft Auto III

2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV (with The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony)

2009 - GTA: Chinatown Wars

2013 - Grand Theft Auto 2 and Grand Theft Auto V

...though "technically" the GTA games are split into separate "series" or maps. With each series being a new start and separate from the previous one.

Each series chronology works thus...

The first:

1961 - GTA: London, 1961

1969 - GTA: London, 1969

1997 - Grand Theft Auto [ft. the original Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas]

The second:

2013 - Grand Theft Auto 2 [ft. the one and only Anywhere City]

The third:

1984 - GTA: Vice City Stories [ft. Vice City redux I]

1986 - GTA: Vice City [ft. Vice City redux I]

1992 - GTA: San Andreas [ft. San Andreas redux I, incl. the original Los Santos]

1998 - GTA: Liberty City Stories [ft. Liberty City redux I]

2000 - GTA Advance [ft. Liberty City redux I 2D]

2001 - Grand Theft Auto III [ft. Liberty City redux I]

The fourth:

2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV (with The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony) [ft. Liberty City redux II and the original Alderney]

2009 - GTA: Chinatown Wars [ft. Liberty City redux II 2D]

2013 - Grand Theft Auto V [ft. Los Santos redux I and the original Blaine County]