GTA 6 PC in 2027

GamesBeat reported on October 13, 2026 that Rockstar Games plans to release Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first quarter of 2027, citing four industry sources familiar with the studio's plans. This is an unconfirmed report: Rockstar did not respond to GamesBeat's request for comment, and as of October 20, 2026 it has not announced a PC version or a PC date. The console launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S is still November 19, 2026.

What GamesBeat reported#

• The window: the first three months of 2027. The report gives no specific day, so the claim covers January to March.
• The sources: four industry sources, all of whom asked not to be named "to avoid damaging business relationships."
• Rockstar's response: none. A Rockstar representative did not respond before publication.
• The caveat: GamesBeat added that the PC version would still have to pass the same quality bar as the console version before Rockstar releases it.

Engadget and Vice both carried the story, attributing it to GamesBeat. Vice noted that the sources' identities, and how they learned about the window, are unclear.

GamesBeat also argued that an early PC version matters for roleplay: FiveM, the GTA V roleplay framework from Cfx.re, a team Rockstar acquired in August 2023, runs on the PC version of GTA V.

What Rockstar and Take-Two list today#

Rockstar's official GTA VI page lists two platforms, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, as of October 20, 2026. Take-Two's most recent earnings release, published August 7, 2026, lists Grand Theft Auto VI for "PS5, Xbox Series X|S" on November 19, 2026. The same lineup table names PC for other titles, such as NBA 2K27 and Ghost Story Games' Judas, so PC appears where it has been announced. It does not appear next to GTA VI.

Cloud streaming is not a shortcut either. Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said on X that the game will not stream to PCs, The Verge reported. We cover that episode in the Xbox cloud streaming story.

How the gap compares with GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2#

If the report is accurate, PC players would wait roughly two to four months after the console launch, as Vice calculated. That would be far shorter than the waits for GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2:

• GTA V launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 17, 2013 and reached PC in April 2015, about 19 months later, according to Engadget and GamesBeat.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 launched on consoles on October 26, 2018 and reached PC on November 5, 2019 through the Rockstar Games Launcher, before arriving on Steam on December 5, 2019, as Windows Central reported. That gap was just over a year.

What would confirm it#

Our analysis: the window is confirmed only when Rockstar or Take-Two announces it. Look for a Rockstar Newswire post naming PC, a PC store listing, or PC appearing next to GTA VI in the lineup table of a future Take-Two earnings release. Until then, treat Q1 2027 as a reported target that can still move. For the official position and what history suggests, see our GTA 6 PC release explainer.