GTA 6 file size

GTA 6 needs up to 212GB of storage depending on your console, Rockstar Games said on November 3, 2026 in its pre-load announcement: "The pre-load file will require up to 212 GB depending on your device." That is the first official figure, and it sits close to the 210GB PS5 download reported from PlayStation backend data on October 27. Rockstar did not give separate PS5 and Xbox Series X|S numbers.

The first store figure arrived on November 7: Microsoft's public store catalog now lists the Xbox Series X|S package at 225,336,918,016 bytes, 225.3GB, in our daily read of 12 store regions (224.1GB in Japan). The PlayStation Store still shows no size.

How many GB is GTA 6?#

Xbox Series X|S: 225.3GB, listed by the store. At 17:42 UTC on November 7, 2026, the download size in Microsoft's catalog for the base game changed from a placeholder of about 345MB to 225,336,918,016 bytes in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the UK, France, Germany, India and South Korea. Australia and New Zealand list 225,336,053,760 bytes, also 225.3GB, and Japan lists 224,136,269,824 bytes, 224.1GB. Microsoft does not say why the Japanese package is 1.2GB smaller, and the catalog shows no separate Series S package.

Our reading of the gap with Rockstar's figure: 225,336,918,016 bytes is 225.3 gigabytes when a gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, and 209.9 when it is 1,073,741,824 bytes (a gibibyte, the binary unit). In binary units the Xbox package fits under Rockstar's "up to 212 GB"; in decimal units it is 13GB over. Rockstar did not say which unit it used, so plan for the larger number.

Up to 212GB, official. Rockstar's November 3 post gives the size as "up to 212 GB depending on your device", alongside the pre-load start of November 10. "Up to" means the largest version needs 212GB; Rockstar did not say which console that is or how much smaller the other versions are.

Before that: 210GB on PS5, reported. On October 27, 2026, the PlayStation Game Size account on X, which tracks PlayStation backend listings and which Insider Gaming describes as "a popular datamining profile", posted that the Standard Edition ($79.99) has a download size of 210 GB, with pre-load on November 12, release on November 19 and a "Midnight" release time. Insider Gaming reported the post the same day and wrote that it "can corroborate this information", while adding that the figure is the size "at the time of writing" and could change, and that a day-one patch may come on top. TwistedVoxel reported the same figure and noted that the Xbox store does not list a confirmed size.

What we checked ourselves: on October 27, 2026, the PlayStation Store listing still showed the editions, the "7-Day Pre-load" and the November 19 release date, but no size, and the Xbox store page showed none either. Sony and Rockstar have not commented. So the 210GB figure comes from backend data, not from a public store page or a Rockstar statement, and there is no reported figure at all for Xbox Series X|S yet.

Our analysis: 210GB is close to the "just under 200GB" figure that has circulated since March 2024, and it fits a game with no disc and a very dense map. Rockstar's official "up to 212GB" a week later confirmed the range.

What changed on this page#

• November 7, 2026: the Microsoft Store now lists the Xbox Series X|S download, 225.3GB (224.1GB in Japan), read from Microsoft's catalog at 17:42 UTC. The PlayStation Store still lists no size.
• November 5, 2026: both stores re-read in 12 countries: the PlayStation Store lists no size, and the Microsoft Store still returns only a placeholder package of about 345MB.
• November 3, 2026: Rockstar gave the official size, up to 212GB depending on your device, and moved the pre-load start to November 10.
• November 3, 2026, earlier: US, UK and New Zealand PlayStation Store listings re-checked for our GTA 6 release date guide: still no size listed.
• October 27, 2026: 210GB on PS5 reported from PlayStation backend data and corroborated by Insider Gaming. Store pages re-checked: still no size listed.
• October 24, 2026: PlayStation Store and Xbox store pages re-checked: no size listed.
• October 9, 2026: page published; no official figure had been published.

What is confirmed#

• The game requires an internal SSD. Both consoles run current-generation titles of this type from their internal storage.
• Up to 212GB. Rockstar's figure, "depending on your device", from its November 3, 2026 Newswire post.
• Pre-load opens November 10, 2026, nine days before launch: midnight local time on PS5, 12 a.m. GMT on Xbox. See the pre-load guide.
• There is no disc. The boxed version is a download code, so the download is the same size as a digital copy. See the physical edition guide.
• The Microsoft Store lists 225.3GB for Xbox Series X|S (224.1GB in Japan) as of November 7, 2026. The PlayStation Store lists no PS5 size.

What is not confirmed#

The PS5 size: Rockstar gives one ceiling, 212GB, for every device, and Sony's store shows no number yet. Before October 27 you would also have seen 150GB, 175GB, 200GB and larger quoted as if they were official. None of them was. They were extrapolations from Rockstar's previous titles (Red Dead Redemption 2 on console was around 100 to 150GB) and from the confirmed scale of the Leonida map, and some were outright fabrications.

Likewise, there are no published system requirements, because no PC version has been announced. Any "GTA 6 PC requirements" list you see is speculation.

"Just under 200GB" (unconfirmed, and now superseded)#

Before October 27, the figure you saw most often was "just under 200GB" on PS5. Upcomer, reporting on June 8, 2026 that the number was circulating again, traced it to the GTA 6 Intel account, which posted it in March 2024, and called it an unofficial leak that is not confirmed. Rockstar never confirmed it, and the 210GB backend figure reported on October 27 is slightly higher.

"200GB+" for a leaked development build (unconfirmed)#

In October 2026, an anonymous leaker calling itself Cyberleek, which has been posting gameplay footage from what it claims is a playable build, listed a "Full 200GB+ playable build" as the top tier of a leak "roadmap" tied to a meme coin, Kotaku reported on October 12. 3DM described it as a development build. Rockstar has not confirmed the build or its size. Our analysis: even if the number were accurate, a development build is not the retail game, so it says little about how much space the download will need. For the wider leak story and what is confirmed, see our GTA 6 leaks explainer.

The 676.7GB screenshot is fake#

A screenshot claiming the Xbox store listed GTA 6 at 676.7GB spread on X on December 24, 2025. It was doctored: it showed Xbox One compatibility, although GTA 6 is not coming to Xbox One, and the real Xbox listing showed no such figure, IBTimes UK and Screen Rant reported. Screen Rant said the post drew nearly 10 million views.

How to prepare#

You now have two numbers: Rockstar's "up to 212GB" and the Microsoft Store's 225.3GB for Xbox, plus whatever the day-one update adds.

1. Check your free space now, not on November 10. On PS5, the base console has roughly 660GB usable; on Xbox Series X, roughly 800GB; on Series S, roughly 364GB.
2. Clear at least 228GB, ideally around 250GB. 228GB covers the Xbox package as the store counts it (225.3GB) and Rockstar's 212 if it is counted in binary units (227.6GB in decimal). The extra margin is our suggestion, to cover a day-one update whose size nobody has reported yet.
3. Move, do not delete. An external drive can store games you are not playing so you can move them back later.
4. Do not plan to play from an external HDD. GTA 6 will need the internal SSD.
5. Watch the store page in the pre-load week. The Microsoft Store already shows the Xbox size; the PlayStation Store may show the PS5 size when pre-load opens.

Series S owners, read this#

The Xbox Series S has the tightest storage of the supported consoles, at around 364GB usable. Microsoft's catalog lists the same 225.3GB package for Xbox with no separate Series S size, so GTA 6 alone would take more than 60 percent of a Series S, and freeing space now matters most. The Series S is also the most likely to see the smallest graphical configuration, though Rockstar has announced nothing about how the game runs there.

Where the numbers came from#

Rockstar kept the install size quiet until two weeks before launch, and this game has no disc to anchor a printed requirement. The 210GB figure surfaced the way such numbers usually do before release: from the PlayStation backend, where trackers read listing data before the public store page shows it. Rockstar then gave its own figure, up to 212GB, on November 3, and the Microsoft Store listed the real Xbox package, 225.3GB, on November 7. Treat any other number posted on a forum or aggregator as unofficial.

Where to check next#

The pre-load guide covers when the download opens, the PS5 Pro explainer covers performance, and the release time guide covers when the game unlocks. This page will be updated if the store pages list a different size for your console.