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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

Rockstar North · Rockstar Games · 2020-03-24

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Grand Theft Auto · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition is an Action, Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (83% of 203474 reviews) sentiment.

2,646
playing now
83%
positive of 206k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
690
twitch viewers (latest)
36.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,646 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 2,646 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17,557 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,195/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 4.1M–9.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 206,274 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 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20182026Week 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: 1,670 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,269 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 101 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.0k2.6k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,819 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 4,628 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,262 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,494 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 7,978 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 4,253 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,898 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5,813 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 4,547 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4,311 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 5,495 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4,589 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2,837 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4,899 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 6,699 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,091 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,173 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 5,433 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,103 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 4,676 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 7,014 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,382 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,646 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.6k599Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2,937 · peak 6,904Dec 2012 — avg 1,504 · peak 4,781May 2013 — avg 2,797 · peak 7,812Oct 2013 — avg 2,236 · peak 5,097Mar 2014 — avg 2,333 · peak 7,403Aug 2014 — avg 1,658 · peak 2,720Jan 2015 — avg 2,360 · peak 5,105Jun 2015 — avg 1,346 · peak 3,050Nov 2015 — avg 1,045 · peak 2,675Apr 2016 — avg 654 · peak 1,242Sep 2016 — avg 742 · peak 1,829Feb 2017 — avg 876 · peak 1,615Jul 2017 — avg 1,042 · peak 2,098Dec 2017 — avg 898 · peak 2,007May 2018 — avg 734 · peak 1,410Oct 2018 — avg 637 · peak 1,254Mar 2019 — avg 697 · peak 1,307Aug 2019 — avg 704 · peak 1,224Jan 2020 — avg 777 · peak 1,386Jun 2020 — avg 1,223 · peak 2,707Nov 2020 — avg 1,092 · peak 2,787Apr 2021 — avg 1,854 · peak 3,888Sep 2021 — avg 1,369 · peak 2,394Feb 2022 — avg 1,708 · peak 3,332Jul 2022 — avg 2,362 · peak 4,305Dec 2022 — avg 1,940 · peak 3,002May 2023 — avg 2,145 · peak 4,550Oct 2023 — avg 2,503 · peak 5,321Mar 2024 — avg 2,237 · peak 4,238Aug 2024 — avg 2,356 · peak 4,205Jan 2025 — avg 3,091 · peak 7,610Jun 2025 — avg 2,779 · peak 5,153Nov 2025 — avg 2,704 · peak 5,446Apr 2026 — avg 2,729 · peak 5,255Aug 2026 — avg 3,139 · peak 6,730
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1811812026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 74 new positive2026-09-22: 10 new negative2026-09-23: 80 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 92 new positive2026-09-24: 10 new negative2026-09-25: 65 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new negative2026-09-26: 83 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 104 new positive2026-09-27: 13 new negative2026-09-28: 181 new positive2026-09-28: 20 new negative2026-09-29: 81 new positive2026-09-29: 13 new negative2026-09-30: 66 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 80 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new negative2026-10-02: 90 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 94 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new negative2026-10-04: 121 new positive2026-10-04: 13 new negative2026-10-05: 86 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 73 new positive2026-10-06: 12 new negative2026-10-07: 79 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 79 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 71 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 68 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new negative2026-10-11: 71 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new negative2026-10-12: 105 new positive2026-10-12: 12 new negative2026-10-13: 110 new positive2026-10-13: 16 new negative2026-10-14: 40 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2,300 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,954 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,910 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,809 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3,814 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6,698 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5,002 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3,739 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3,041 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2,795 pageviews2026-07-15 — 2,494 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2,787 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2,352 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2,484 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2,137 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2,259 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2,272 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2,064 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2,505 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3,011 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3,047 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11,218 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5,937 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4,936 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3,610 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3,551 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3,037 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2,720 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2,665 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2,373 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2,475 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2,122 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2,514 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.2k132026-09-30 21:34 — 579 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 223 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 2,107 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 2,075 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 401 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 359 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 378 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 646 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 5,206 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 740 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 732 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 570 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 301 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 555 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 844 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 172 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 351 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 593 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 376 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 304 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 381 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 729 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 690 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.

Recent updates

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