The Game Census
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition cover art

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

Rockstar North · Rockstar Games · 2020-03-24

SteamXboxAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Grand Theft Auto · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 29, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Dec 02, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 29, 2008 (Xbox 360)

Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.

4,251
playing now
83%
positive of 202k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
224
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (1890 ratings)
55h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 50h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4,251 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and the eleventh entry overall. Set in the fictional Liberty City, based on New York City, the single-player story follows Eastern European war veteran Niko Bellic and his attempts to escape his past while under pressure from high-profile criminals. The open world design lets players freely roam Liberty City, consisting of four boroughs across three islands, and the neighbouring state of Alderney, which is based on New Jersey.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,251 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17,605 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,201/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 4.0M–9.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 202,289 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.55 at Nuuvem (2014-11-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,628 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 497 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,532 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,503 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,770 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,799 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,419 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,077 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,605 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,233 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,358 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,723 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,082 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,991 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,305 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,551 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,524 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,546 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,417 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,924 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,455 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,524 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,723 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,246 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,833 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,402 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,890 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,082 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,111 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,430 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,572 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,214 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,954 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,844 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 379 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,333 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,473 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,831 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,785 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,721 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,415 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,266 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,552 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,831 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,140 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,193 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,845 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,192 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,888 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,629 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,888 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,795 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,391 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,225 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,911 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,785 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,238 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,944 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,469 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,731 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,818 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,835 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,434 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 268 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.5k1.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 3,591 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,113 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,988 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 3,703 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,415 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 3,500 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4,098 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,691 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3,800 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,222 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,103 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,903 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3,356 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,009 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,927 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,148 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,092 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 3,049 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 4,385 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2,291 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,282 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 3,565 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,728 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 3,115 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,693 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,887 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,091 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,222 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 4,251 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$36.98$4.252015-01-012026-07-232015-01-01 — best price $4.252015-03-17 — best price $30.952015-04-18 — best price $6.472015-06-12 — best price $29.992015-09-28 — best price $29.992015-12-07 — best price $29.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-03-01 — best price $32.642016-05-16 — best price $5.992016-07-07 — best price $29.992016-09-09 — best price $8.992016-11-22 — best price $8.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-03-20 — best price $9.002017-06-22 — best price $6.992017-08-14 — best price $7.602017-11-01 — best price $29.992017-12-05 — best price $29.992018-02-01 — best price $8.392018-03-05 — best price $9.842018-04-08 — best price $29.992018-06-04 — best price $8.992018-07-18 — best price $9.002018-08-18 — best price $29.992018-10-11 — best price $25.192018-12-21 — best price $8.922019-02-22 — best price $7.602019-03-29 — best price $29.992019-05-20 — best price $8.992019-12-18 — best price $29.992021-04-01 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992024-04-11 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $6.992026-02-05 — best price $19.992026-07-23 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11k1.8k2026-06-01 — 2,108 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2,001 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2,374 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,896 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,910 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,826 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4,610 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3,323 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6,698 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5,481 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4,138 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3,987 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3,041 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2,826 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2,721 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2,822 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2,787 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2,424 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2,525 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2,301 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2,137 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2,259 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2,332 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2,597 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2,064 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2,374 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2,300 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2,912 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3,047 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5,451 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11,218 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.0k202026-08-28 22:34 — 3,004 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 564 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,310 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 1,363 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1,464 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 94 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 126 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 224 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
54.8%
earned "Off The Boat"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)68,4135%55

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CrimeActionClassicPhysicsSandboxShooterModdableAdventureOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Watch_Dogs™Grand Theft Auto V LegacyWatch_Dogs® 2Days Gone

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Wikipedia ↗Reddit ↗