If you count from Grand Theft Auto V’s launch on September 17, 2013, people have been waiting 12 years and 11 months for GTA 6 as of September 1, 2026. That is the long view. The shorter, fairer count starts at GTA 6’s official announcement: Trailer 1 dropped on December 4, 2023, promising a 2025 release. From that day to the confirmed launch on November 19, 2026, the wait is 2 years and 11 months.
Rockstar has never confirmed a development start date, but industry reports suggest active work began around 2015, after GTA Online became a cash machine. If those reports are right, the internal wait is even longer, over a decade. The public has only known about the game since late 2023, so most players have endured the hype cycle for roughly three years.
The delay history is short: the original 2025 window slipped to May 26, 2026, then pushed to November 19, 2026. No further delays have been announced, and preorders opened June 25, 2026. For context, GTA V reached PC 19 months after its console debut. If a PC port for GTA 6 follows a similar gap, PC players could wait until around mid-2028, but that is speculation, not fact.
So, the honest answer: over 12 years since the last numbered entry, but under 3 years since Rockstar actually told us GTA 6 exists.