One-off purchase
Grand Theft Auto IV cost to play
What Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition costs on Steam UK, its PEGI 18 rating and Steam player numbers.
Grand Theft Auto IV gameplay, images and trailer
© Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto IV trailer “Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £16.99: Cheapest standard price: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 30.5 h to beat: Main story: 30.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- 56p an hour: £16.99 ÷ 30.5 hours (main story)
- 8,281 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 29 April 2008
- Developer
- Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Platforms
- PS3, PC, Xbox 360
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action, Shooter
- Modes
- Single-player, Multiplayer
On this page
Grand Theft Auto IV player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 8,099
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 8,281
- 4,375 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +23%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 11,696
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Is Grand Theft Auto IV dead?
No. Grand Theft Auto IV peaked at 8,281 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 4,375 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 41% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Xbox 360 or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4,375 | 8,281 | +23.0% |
| August 2026 | 3,139 | 6,730 | −20.5% |
| July 2026 | 4,607 | 8,465 | +31.5% |
| June 2026 | 2,982 | 6,436 | +30.8% |
| May 2026 | 2,474 | 4,919 | −6.4% |
| April 2026 | 2,729 | 5,255 | +27.9% |
| March 2026 | 2,318 | 4,109 | −45.9% |
| February 2026 | 3,388 | 7,600 | −13.2% |
| January 2026 | 3,469 | 8,757 | +72.6% |
| December 2025 | 2,605 | 5,073 | −6.8% |
| November 2025 | 2,704 | 5,446 | +45.9% |
| October 2025 | 1,980 | 3,732 | – |
What Grand Theft Auto IV costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition (Steam UK, standard price) | £16.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Grand Theft Auto IV?
Grand Theft Auto IV takes about 30.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 100 hours to complete everything.
- Main story30.5 h
- Main + extras52 h
- Completionist100 h
Cost per hour (main story)
56p
£16.99 on Steam UK ÷ 30.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 5 Nov 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Grand Theft Auto IV is rated
GamesChart Score
86.1, #72 of 3,236 rated games
#1 of 2008 · #15 of the 2000s · #4 in Racing · #44 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 205,502 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #71
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater2004 · Konami Computer Entertainment Japan86.1 - #72
Grand Theft Auto IV2008 · Rockstar North86.1 - #73
Slay the Spire2019 · Mega Crit Games86.1
Grand Theft Auto IV questions
How much does Grand Theft Auto IV cost in the UK?
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition (Steam UK, standard price): £16.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Grand Theft Auto IV free to play?
No. Grand Theft Auto IV is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Grand Theft Auto IV?
Main story: about 30.5 hours. Main + extras: about 52 hours. Completionist: about 100 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £16.99, that's 56p per hour (main story).
What age rating is Grand Theft Auto IV?
Grand Theft Auto IV is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play Grand Theft Auto IV?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 8,281, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 11,696.
What is Grand Theft Auto IV's all-time Steam peak?
11,696 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Grand Theft Auto IV (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 8,099. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Grand Theft Auto IV dead?
No. Grand Theft Auto IV peaked at 8,281 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 4,375 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 41% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Xbox 360 or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Grand Theft Auto IV player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS3, Xbox 360, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Grand Theft Auto IV?
Grand Theft Auto IV is developed by Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto and published by Rockstar Games.
Grand Theft Auto IV is a crime action game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It first came out in 2008 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and PEGI rated the PC version in December 2008. Today Steam sells it as Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, which Steam lists with a release date of 24 March 2020. It is sold at a one-off price. It ranks #72 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition brings together Grand Theft Auto IV and its two episodes, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. All three are set in Liberty City, which Rockstar describes as a city that worships money and status and is torn apart by violence and corruption.
Each part has its own lead character. In the main game the player is Niko Bellic, who has come to the city from Europe hoping to escape his past and make a new life, while his cousin Roman hopes the two of them can find fortune there. In The Lost and Damned the player is Johnny Klebitz, a veteran member of The Lost biker gang caught in a turf war with rival gangs. In The Ballad of Gay Tony the player is Luis Lopez, assistant to nightclub owner Tony Prince, who is torn between family and friends. Their stories cross with devastating consequences.
On Steam the Complete Edition is listed as single-player with partial controller support.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition costs £16.99 at standard price. Steam lists no separate extra content for it.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 8,281 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. The all-time peak on Steam is 11,696. Steam doesn't count console players.
Age rating
Grand Theft Auto IV is rated PEGI 18 for violence, bad language and drugs. pegi.info shows the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions rated on 29 April 2008 and the PC version on 3 December 2008. Steam UK also lists PEGI 18 and BBFC 18.
How we checked
The price is the Steam UK listing, read on 21 October 2026. The player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day, and the rating is from pegi.info. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and Rockstar Games' official Grand Theft Auto IV page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV Steam store page. © Rockstar Games. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Rockstar Games.
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Grand Theft Auto IV Steam store screenshots (Rockstar Games), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Grand Theft Auto IV, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Grand Theft Auto IV, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Grand Theft Auto IV, published by steamcharts.com
- Rockstar Games – Grand Theft Auto IV official page, published by rockstargames.com
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