Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Platforms

Android
iOS
PC
PS2
Windows Phone
Xbox
Xbox 360

Initial release Oct. 26, 2004

Developers

Rockstar
Rockstar North
War Drum Studios

Genres

Action Adventure
Racing
Shooter

Publishers

Rockstar Games
Take-Two Interactive

Franchise Grand Theft Auto

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Spotlight

Preview | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas August 2004 preview

It's the biggest game of the year by a mile. Rockstar invited us in to take a look. Who were we to turn them down?

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GTA: San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption 2, Kingdom Hearts and more leaving PS Plus next month

Last chance to play.

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GTA San Andreas cheats for PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Netflix

All cheat codes for all platforms.
GTA San Andreas girlfriends: Where to find girlfriends, their likes and rewards in GTA San Andreas

How to get the most out of every date in San Andreas.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Feed

Donald, Sora and Goofy looked shocked in Kingdom Hearts screenshot

News

GTA: San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption 2, Kingdom Hearts and more leaving PS Plus next month

Last chance to play.

Oct. 15, 2024 Ed Nightingale

18 comments

A screenshot from a dialogue moment in Baldur's Gate 3, in which the old and heavily armoured villain Ketheric Thorm points at lithe and more scantily clad villain Orin, whose back is turned, revealing her long, plaited hair.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Hair

Follicle suggestions, plus one.

Sept. 18, 2024 Robert Purchese

14 comments

News

GTA: San Andreas VR "on hold indefinitely" Meta confirms, nearly three years after it was announced

No way, CJ!

Aug. 16, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

14 comments

Carl Johnson from GTA San Andreas riding a motorcycle while surrounded by fire

Guide

GTA San Andreas cheats for PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Netflix

All cheat codes for all platforms.

July 11, 2024 Chris Tapsell

News

GTA trilogy reaches 30m downloads on Netflix

Reach for the cars.

June 17, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

24 comments

News

Ex-Rockstar North dev spills on Agent, abandoned zombie game, and more in fascinating new blog

UPDATE: Now offline, following contact by Rockstar itself.

Nov. 23, 2023 Matt Wales

42 comments

Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas

News

Meta staying quiet on status of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR

Keeping news eyes-olated for now.

Oct. 10, 2023 Victoria Kennedy

15 comments

Final Fantasy 7 hero Cloud Strife on the back of a bulky motorbike, sword drawn - and scraping along the floor. He's not wearing a helmet and I don't know how advisable it is to drive with that sword. It's an accident waiting to happen.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Mini-games

Micro machines.

May 3, 2023 Robert Purchese

23 comments

Feature

Top flight: what's the best video game jetpack?

Booster gold.

Sept. 24, 2022 Graeme Virtue

40 comments

Guide

GTA San Andreas girlfriends: Where to find girlfriends, their likes and rewards in GTA San Andreas

How to get the most out of every date in San Andreas.

Nov. 11, 2021 Santiago Leguiza

Guide

GTA San Andreas gym guide: How to increase stamina, muscle, lung capacity and other fitness stats in GTA San Andreas

How to gain muscle and other stats in San Andrea's unique stat system.

Nov. 11, 2021 Santiago Leguiza

Guide

How to leave Los Santos and fully explore the map in GTA San Andreas

How to fully explore the map - officially and unofficially.

Nov. 11, 2021 Santiago Leguiza

1 comment

News

GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas fans are using Steam reviews to encourage people to buy the originals before Rockstar delists them next week

Criminal.

Oct. 10, 2021 Wesley Yin-Poole

49 comments

News

Now the achievement icons have leaked for GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas remasters

Still not officially announced.

Oct. 6, 2021 Tom Phillips

25 comments

News

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition listed on Korean rating board

I'll Take-three.

Sept. 30, 2021 Ishraq Subhan

43 comments

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Makers of ambitious Rockstar '3D universe' GTA San Andreas mod cease development themselves "due to increasing hostility towards modding community"

"... and imminent danger to our mental and financial well-being."

Sept. 4, 2021 Wesley Yin-Poole

13 comments

News

Looking back at the GTA: San Andreas remade in Unreal fan trailer a year after Take-Two nuked it

Retrospect.

Aug. 14, 2021 Wesley Yin-Poole

10 comments

News

GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas remasters reportedly in the works for release this year

On Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, PC, and mobile.

Aug. 12, 2021 Matt Wales

85 comments

News

Makers of 14-year-old GTA San Andreas mod were so worried about a takedown, they pulled it offline themselves

"We opted ourselves to say goodbye on our own conditions."

July 27, 2021 Wesley Yin-Poole

2 comments

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The mystery of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas' mass grave

How a random email sent me on a whodunnit that's gone unsolved for 17 years.

July 15, 2021 Sahira Raja

29 comments

News

Take-Two nukes GTA: San Andreas fan remake trailer

Caught between Rockstar and a hard place.

July 27, 2020 Emma Kent

7 comments

Feature

Five of the Best: Bikes

Framed.

May 1, 2020 Robert Purchese

48 comments

News

Rockstar has announced its very own games launcher

Steaming ahead.

Sept. 18, 2019 Imogen Beckhelling

129 comments

News

Feminist Frequency's new miniseries examines queer tropes in gaming

Is Ghirahim gay or just coded that way?

March 6, 2019 Tom Phillips

85 comments

Feature

Rockstar's history of America

What do Rockstar games tell us about American history?

Nov. 7, 2018 Robert Whitaker

20 comments

Dark blue icons of video game controllers on a light blue background

Preview

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas August 2004 preview

It's the biggest game of the year by a mile. Rockstar invited us in to take a look. Who were we to turn them down?

June 24, 2005 Kristan Reed

40 comments

Preview

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Los Santos

More from our first look at Rockstar North's big one.

June 24, 2005 Kristan Reed

51 comments

Preview

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas October 2004 preview

It's a "Blowout!" - yes, our tyres have exploded and apparently this means we have lots of new information. Trailers (yes, plural), new shots, co-op details, voice cast exposed, big guns, pedestrian interactions, soundtrack line-up, and on it goes...

June 23, 2005 Tom Bramwell

66 comments

Review

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Xbox 360 review

Doesn't Mean Anything.

June 22, 2005 Tom Bramwell

45 comments

Review

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2 review

The biggest game ever. In oh so many ways.

Nov. 8, 2004 Kristan Reed

110 comments

Preview

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

It's a PS2 exclusive. Again. It's boasting a huge number of changes. Again. Whether it's a facility to rob houses, the chance to fatten up, or the addition of bicycles, it all sounds good. Best of all though, San Andreas is not a city - it's a state.

May 18, 2004 Tom Bramwell

64 comments