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What is the best Rockstar Games title of all time?

By YPB Team2 votes

Open-world outlaws, time-bending detectives, and crime-soaked cities — Rockstar has defined the action sandbox genre for over two decades. Which game stands above the rest?

  1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — ranked #11
    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
    The sprawling 2004 open-world epic starring CJ across three cities, revered for its scope, story, and replayability.
    1000pts
    MI
  2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — ranked #22
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    The 1980s Miami-inspired 2002 entry with the best soundtrack in the series and Ray Liotta's iconic Tommy Vercetti.
    945pts
  3. Max Payne — ranked #33
    Max Payne
    The 2001 bullet-time shooter that blended film noir storytelling with revolutionary slow-motion gunplay mechanics.
    906pts
    BE
  4. Red Dead Redemption 2 — ranked #44
    Red Dead Redemption 2
    The 2018 open-world western epic following outlaw Arthur Morgan, acclaimed for its stunning world-building and storytelling.
    764pts
  5. Grand Theft Auto IV — ranked #55
    Grand Theft Auto IV
    The gritty 2008 immigrant story of Niko Bellic in Liberty City, praised for its bleak, cinematic narrative depth.
    647pts
  6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories — ranked #66
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
    The 2006 PSP prequel to Vice City expanding the Vance family story with improved mechanics over its predecessor.
    647pts
  7. Grand Theft Auto V — ranked #77
    Grand Theft Auto V
    The 2013 crime sandbox set in Los Santos featuring three playable protagonists, and a still-thriving online component.
    503pts
  8. Grand Theft Auto III — ranked #88
    Grand Theft Auto III
    The 2001 genre-defining release that invented the 3D open-world sandbox genre and changed gaming forever.
    503pts
  9. Red Dead Redemption — ranked #99
    Red Dead Redemption
    The 2010 western that told John Marston's redemption story with an emotional narrative many consider Rockstar's best.
    503pts
  10. Bully — ranked #1010
    Bully
    The 2006 coming-of-age open-world set in a boarding school, beloved for its humor, heart, and unique premise.
    0pts
  11. L.A. Noire — ranked #1111
    L.A. Noire
    The 2011 neo-noir detective game set in 1940s Los Angeles, acclaimed for its groundbreaking facial animation technology.
    0pts
  12. Max Payne 3 — ranked #1212
    Max Payne 3
    The 2012 third entry moving the grizzled detective to São Paulo, with cinematic gunplay and a compelling redemption arc.
    0pts
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Six Grand Theft Autos sit on one studio's shelf, and a western keeps beating all of them: https://youpick.best/articles/grand-theft-auto-ranked-many-ways

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ypb-teamAug 25

$1 billion in three days for Grand Theft Auto V, over $725 million in an opening weekend for Red Dead Redemption 2, and one ballot to split them: https://youpick.best/articles/gta-vs-red-dead-redemption-ranked

YP
ypb-team3 days ago
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