One-off purchase
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City cost to play
What Grand Theft Auto: Vice City costs in the UK today through The Trilogy on Steam, its PEGI 18 rating and its Steam player count.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City gameplay, images and trailer
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The short version
- From £59.99: Cheapest standard price: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 16.5 h to beat: Main story: 16.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £3.64 an hour: £59.99 ÷ 16.5 hours (main story)
- 206 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 27 October 2002
- Developer
- Rockstar Games
- Platforms
- Xbox, PS3, PC, Mac, PS2, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Android, iOS, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action, Shooter
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 188
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 235
- 125 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- −2%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 1,212
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Is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City peaked at 235 players at once in September 2026, with 125 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 29% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Xbox, PS3, Mac, PS2, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Android, iOS, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 125 | 235 | −1.7% |
| August 2026 | 114 | 239 | −6.3% |
| July 2026 | 130 | 255 | +7.1% |
| June 2026 | 103 | 238 | +44.2% |
| May 2026 | 91 | 165 | +1.9% |
| April 2026 | 88 | 162 | −2.4% |
| March 2026 | 93 | 166 | −9.3% |
| February 2026 | 101 | 183 | −3.2% |
| January 2026 | 101 | 189 | +8.0% |
| December 2025 | 98 | 175 | −1.1% |
| November 2025 | 97 | 177 | +7.9% |
| October 2025 | 88 | 164 | – |
What Grand Theft Auto: Vice City costs to play
| Item | Price | Per |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (Steam UK, standard price) | £59.99 | game |
| GTA+ (Steam UK, standard price) | £6.99 | subscription |
Source for every row: store.steampowered.com · checked 21 Oct 2026
How long is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City takes about 16.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 37 hours to complete everything.
- Main story16.5 h
- Main + extras23.5 h
- Completionist37 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£3.64
£59.99 on Steam UK ÷ 16.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is rated
GamesChart Score
87.8, #35 of 3,236 rated games
#2 of 2002 · #6 of the 2000s · #1 in Racing · #8 on Mobile
Critics
Players
Built from 49,949 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Includes Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - The Definitive Edition (2021). Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #34
Super Mario Galaxy2007 · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development87.9 - #35
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City2002 · Rockstar North87.8 - #36
BioShock2007 · 2K Boston87.7
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City questions
How much does Grand Theft Auto: Vice City cost in the UK?
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (Steam UK, standard price): £59.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City free to play?
No. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Main story: about 16.5 hours. Main + extras: about 23.5 hours. Completionist: about 37 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £59.99, that's £3.64 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 206, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 1,212.
What is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's all-time Steam peak?
1,212 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 188. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City peaked at 235 players at once in September 2026, with 125 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 29% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Xbox, PS3, Mac, PS2, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Android, iOS, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Grand Theft Auto: Vice City player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on Xbox, PS3, Mac, PS2, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Android, iOS, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is developed by Rockstar Games.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an open-world crime action game from Rockstar Games, first released in 2002 on PlayStation 2. The PC version came to Steam on 4 January 2008, but that original Steam release no longer has a purchase option. Today the game is sold as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition, a remastered version that reached Steam on 19 January 2023. On Steam it is sold as part of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, with Grand Theft Auto III and San Andreas. It ranks #35 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is set in the 1980s in Vice City, a large city that stretches from the beach to the swamps. The publisher describes it as combining open-world play with a character-driven story, in a city you are free to take over as you choose.
You play Tommy Vercetti, just out of a long stretch in maximum security in Liberty City. His old boss, Sonny Forelli, sends him south to Vice City, but Tommy is set up on arrival and left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, biker gangs, Cuban gangsters and corrupt politicians stand in the way, and much of the city wants Tommy dead.
His answer is to fight back and take over the city himself. Steam lists the original PC release as single-player with partial controller support.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition costs £59.99 at standard price. The Vice City Definitive Edition page offers no single-game option, so the Trilogy is the only one-off purchase there. The same Steam page also lists GTA+, Rockstar's subscription, at £6.99 a month as another way to get it.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 206 concurrent players on 21 October 2026, and the all-time peak is 1,212. These figures are for the original 2008 Steam release only; they don't include The Definitive Edition or console players.
Age rating
Vice City is rated PEGI 18. Steam's store data gives PEGI 18 for the original release, and PEGI 18 for violence and bad language for The Definitive Edition.
How we checked
We read the Steam UK listings for the original game and The Definitive Edition on 21 October 2026 and recorded standard prices. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The rating is from Steam's UK store data. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page for the original PC release.
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Official links: Steam
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Steam store screenshots (Rockstar Games), published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam Charts – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, published by steamcharts.com
- Steam UK – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition, published by store.steampowered.com
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