The Grand Theft Auto series is well known all around the world. First released in 1997 by a company called DMA Designs, now widely known as Rockstar Games. The series was originally called ‘race n Chase’ where you played as a police officer. Before changing the idea and almost canceling the series altogether. Excluding re-releases and remasters, there have been 15 games for the series in the last 21 years. Check out the timeline of the releases below. (Remasters and rereleases are excluded from this list)
You can see the release dates, developer and publishers, the main protagonist, game location and what Universe the game is part of.
Grand Theft Auto 1
Release Date: 21st October 1997
Developer: DMA Designs
Publisher: BMG Interactive
Protagonist: Players choice
Location: Liberty City, Vice City & San Andreas
Universe: 2D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
Release date: 29th April 1999
Developer: Rockstar Canada
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Players choice
Location: London
Universe: 2D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: London 1961
Release date: 1st July 1999
Developer: Rockstar Canada
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Players choice
Location: London
Universe: 2D Universe
Grand Theft Auto 2
Release date: 22nd October 1999
Developer: DMA Designs
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Claude Speed
Location: Anywhere city
Universe: 2D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: III
Release date: 22nd October 2001
Developer: DMA Design
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Claude
Location: Liberty City
Universe: 3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Release date: 29th October 2002
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Tommy Vercetti
Location: Vice City
Universe: 3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Release date: 26th October 2004
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Carl Johnson
Location: San Andreas
Universe: 3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: Advance
Release date: 26th October 2004
Developer: Digital Eclipse
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Mike
Location: Liberty City
Universe: 3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Release date: 25th October 2005
Developer: Rockstar Leeds & Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Toni Cipriani
Location: Liberty City
Universe: 3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Release date: 31st October 2006
Developer: Rockstar Leeds & Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Victor Vance
Location: Vice City
Universe: 3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto IV
Release date: 29th April 2008
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Niko Bellic
Location: Liberty City
Universe: HD Universe
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
Release date: 17th February 2009
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Johnny Klebitz
Location: Liberty City
Universe: HD Universe
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Release date: 29th October 2009
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Luis Lopez
Location: Liberty City
Universe: HD Universe
Grand Theft Auto V
Release date: 17th September 2013
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton & Trevor Phillips
Location: Los Santos
Universe: HD Universe
Grand Theft Auto: Online
Release date: 1st October 2013
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Protagonist: Players choice
Location: Los Santos
Universe: HD Universe
