Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cost to play

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an open-world action game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was first released in 2004 on PlayStation 2. The original PC version on Steam no longer has a price on its store page; today the game is sold as San Andreas – The Definitive Edition, which comes inside Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition alongside GTA III and Vice City. The Trilogy first came out on 11 November 2021 and reached Steam on 19 January 2023.

How it plays

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas follows Carl 'CJ' Johnson, who left Los Santos five years earlier and comes home in the early 1990s after his mother is murdered. His family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are heading for trouble, and soon after he returns two police officers frame him for murder.

That sets up a story that takes CJ across the whole state of San Andreas as he tries to save his family and take control of the streets. The publisher describes Los Santos as a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption.

The Definitive Edition sold today is an updated version with new lighting, environmental upgrades, higher-resolution textures, a longer draw distance, and controls and targeting in the style of Grand Theft Auto V. It was adapted by Grove Street Games. Steam lists it as single-player with full controller support.

What it costs

At standard price the Trilogy costs £59.99 on Steam UK, £54.99 on the PlayStation Store UK (PS4 and PS5) and £49.99 on the Nintendo eShop UK for Switch. Steam doesn't list San Andreas – The Definitive Edition on its own, only inside the Trilogy. Steam also offers it through GTA+, Rockstar's subscription, at £6.99 a month; the PlayStation Store mentions GTA+ but showed no price. The PlayStation Store had the Trilogy on sale on the day we checked; we record the standard price.

Age rating

The Trilogy is rated PEGI 18 for violence and bad language on the PlayStation Store UK, and the Nintendo UK listing also shows PEGI 18. We couldn't find a separate current PEGI entry for San Andreas on its own.

It ranks #48 in our best games of all time ranking.

How we checked

We read the Steam UK, PlayStation Store UK and Nintendo eShop UK listings on 21 October 2026, at standard price. Steam Charts had no usable data for the original Steam version on that day, so this page has no player count. The age rating is from the PlayStation Store UK listing. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page for San Andreas – The Definitive Edition.

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