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By[Luis Andrade](https://en.viciados.net/author/luis-andrade/)
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Last updated: 27 de April de 2026 às 11:00

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At a time when the gaming industry is seeing many players complain about "fatigue" from overly long campaigns and beg for shorter experiences, **Rockstar Games**, with **GTA 6** (**Grand Theft Auto VI**), seems ready to swim against the tide.

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Having followed [Rockstar Games’ development](https://viciados.net/viciados-em-gta/gta-6/)
 cycles [for years here on Portal Viciados](https://viciados.net/viciados-em-gta/gta-6/)
, I see that the current community debate about the game’s length is focusing on the wrong metric.

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## The Evolution of Playtime in the GTA Franchise

To establish a solid basis for comparison, fans have compiled the average time it takes players to complete just the **main story** in previous installments. The pattern of growth is evident:

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- **Grand Theft Auto (1997):** ~13 hours
- **Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999):** ~12 hours
- **Grand Theft Auto III (2001):** ~15.5 hours
- **Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002):** ~19 hours
- **[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas](https://viciados.net/games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/) (2004):** ~31 hours
- **[Grand Theft Auto IV](https://viciados.net/games/grand-theft-auto-iv/) (2008):** ~28 hours
- **[Grand Theft Auto V](https://viciados.net/games/grand-theft-auto-v/) (2013):** ~31 to 32 hours

Many are looking at **Grand Theft Auto**V’s 31-hour story and projecting something similar. However, the true benchmark for the company isn’t its latest **GTA**, but rather **Red Dead Redemption 2**.

The [internet fears](https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA/comments/1oz5yyh/in_your_opinion_what_should_be_the_perfect_length/)
that a **GTA 6** with over 50 hours of main campaign could become tedious. In our view, this fear overlooks the immersion engineering that the developer has perfected.

Likewise,[Rockstar Games doesn’t fill the map with generic missions](https://viciados.net/gta-6-vazamento-rockstar-games-grand-theft-auto-vi/)
 like other studios do. The focus isn’t on artificially stretching out the story, but on enriching the experience.

## GTA 6 will be massive!

Let’s be realistic about the data we’ve analyzed. After more than a decade of development and an astronomical budget from **Take-Two**, delivering a story of just 30 hours would be a step backward.

Our prediction is very clear: get ready for the studio’s biggest campaign yet, which will easily require over a hundred hours to fully enjoy. The market’s fast-paced consumption pattern doesn’t apply to the biggest release of the decade.

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