How long is GTA 6?
Rockstar has not published a GTA 6 main-story length. Rockstar’s Rob Nelson told The New York Times his own playthrough ran about 80 hours including optional goals. For scale, HowLongToBeat puts the GTA 5 main story at about 32 hours and RDR2 at about 50.
There is no official GTA 6 length, and there cannot be a reliable one yet, because the game is not out. It releases November 19, 2026, and until verified players finish it, the only hour counts are one on-record figure from Rockstar’s Rob Nelson and the measured figures for Rockstar’s past games.
Around the release of An Extended Look, Rockstar’s Rob Nelson told The New York Times that his own playthrough ran about 80 hours including optional goals. That is a single developer run rather than a measured average, and it folds in side content, so it is not a main-story number.
The solid ground is the historical baseline, and here the source matters. According to the community tracker HowLongToBeat, the GTA 5 main story runs about 31 to 32 hours, main-plus-extras about 48 hours, and a completionist run roughly 80 hours. Red Dead Redemption 2 is longer: about 50 hours for the main story, around 80 for main-plus-extras, and well over 150 hours to fully complete. Those are averages from thousands of logged playthroughs, not Rockstar figures, but they are real measured data on the two games GTA 6 most resembles.
A world packed with side activities lengthens completion time far more than the main story, which is why 100 percent times vary so wildly, from about 80 hours for GTA 5 to over 150 for RDR2. GTA 6 has two playable leads and a large state to explore, Leonida, with no published length yet.
We will add the measured figure once verified playthroughs and HowLongToBeat data land after the November 19, 2026 launch.
GTA 6 playtime vs GTA 5 and RDR2
GTA 5 and RDR2 figures are average completion times from the community tracker HowLongToBeat, based on thousands of logged playthroughs. The GTA 6 row stays open until verified playthroughs exist.
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| Game | Main story | 100 percent completion |
|---|---|---|
| GTA 5 (HowLongToBeat) | About 31 to 32 hours | About 80 hours |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 (HowLongToBeat) | About 50 hours | Over 150 hours |
| GTA 6 | Not published | Not published |
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How long is GTA 6?
Rockstar has not given an official main-story length, because the game is not out yet. Rockstar’s Rob Nelson told The New York Times his own playthrough took about 80 hours including optional goals. For measured context, HowLongToBeat puts GTA 5 at about 31 to 32 hours and Red Dead Redemption 2 at about 50 hours for their main stories.
Is there an official GTA 6 story length?
No. Rockstar has not published a main-story length, and no verified playthroughs exist because it releases November 19, 2026. The one figure on record is Rob Nelson’s roughly 80-hour personal playthrough including optional goals, as reported by The New York Times. We will post the real number once measured data lands after launch.
How long to 100 percent GTA 6?
Unconfirmed. There is no official or measured figure and no sourced estimate yet. For reference, HowLongToBeat lists GTA 5 full completion at about 80 hours and Red Dead Redemption 2 at over 150, driven by how much side content each open world holds.
Is GTA 6 longer than GTA 5?
Not confirmed. GTA 5’s main story is about 31 to 32 hours per HowLongToBeat, and Rockstar has published no GTA 6 length. Rob Nelson’s own playthrough ran about 80 hours including optional goals. The actual figure only arrives with verified post-launch playthroughs.