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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition

Rockstar Games · 2023-01-19

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Grand Theft Auto · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 14, 2023 (iOS), Nov 11, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 11, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.

310
playing now
83%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
21h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

310 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 310 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,568 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~321/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 184k–415k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,215 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41841820232026Week of 2023-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5181592026-08-07 00:00 — 277 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 210 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 378 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 256 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 285 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 440 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 269 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 349 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 518 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 296 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 238 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 386 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 259 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 246 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 377 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 213 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 209 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 423 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 278 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 206 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 311 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 239 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 198 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 398 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 272 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 183 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 227 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 381 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 310 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

30702026-08-26 20:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 303 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 144 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 20 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
52.2%
earned "Legal Counsel"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller support

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)28,10817%34
PS5 (PlayStation)18,72524%34
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)9,65314%33
Switch (Nintendo)8620%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

1980sCrimeActionCombatMatureClassicViolentAdventureOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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