GTA 6 Online: when it comes out and what to play now
There is no GTA 6 Online yet. Rockstar calls GTA 6 a single-player experience at its November 19, 2026 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, has not dated an online mode, and has no phone or PC version. To steal cars with friends on an iPhone now, Roam has a free top-down GTA-style game, and you can make your own.
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Is there a GTA 6 Online at launch?
No. Rockstar's pre-order announcement calls Grand Theft Auto VI "a single-player experience". No online mode, beta or date has been announced.
That does not mean there will never be one. GTA Online came out on October 1, 2013, about two weeks after GTA V. Rockstar also gives digital GTA 6 pre-orders a free month of GTA+, its GTA Online membership. Treat any online date you see as a rumor until Rockstar posts it.
Where you can play GTA online today
The online GTA that runs right now is GTA Online for GTA V. Rockstar has not said it will close when GTA 6 launches, and Take-Two plans to keep supporting it.
- PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. GTA V with GTA Online. This is also where GTA 6 will launch, so it is the platform to be on in November.
- PC. GTA V and GTA Online, with the Enhanced version on PC since March 2025. GTA 6 has no PC version or date.
- PS4 and Xbox One. GTA V and GTA Online came out on these consoles too, but GTA 6 is not coming to them.
- iPhone and Android. No GTA 6 and no GTA Online. Older single-player GTA games, such as San Andreas, are sold on the app stores.
A free GTA-style game on Roam
Roam is a free iPhone app where you play small games and make your own. One of them is close to the GTA loop. What is the same: you take cars that are not yours and drive them around a city. What is different: it is a top-down phone game, not a 3D open world, it has no story campaign, and it has nothing to do with Rockstar.
- Steal Every Car. A top-down car-theft sandbox with one rule: if it has wheels, it can be yours. Play it solo, or with friends in the same city.
Make your own GTA 6-style game
If you would rather build your own Vice City, keep the parts that make GTA feel like GTA and describe them to Roam in one sentence. It comes back playable, with a world, art, characters, sound and rules. Then change it by talking: "more cops", "add a boat", "make it two-player". Friends join from the app, or you play solo first and send it when they are on.
- Any car is yours. Walk up, take it, drive. The fun is grabbing whatever is closest when things go wrong.
- Heat that rises. Cops show up, then more cops. Losing them is a game of its own.
- Jobs that pay. Deliver a car, rob a shop, escape a chase. Money gives every run a goal.
Play it on Roam
More on Roam
Make your own GTA-style game with Roam
Describe the city, the cars and the cops in one sentence. Play it solo, or put your friends in it and run from the police together. Roam is rated 13+ on the App Store.
Try: "top-down Vice City at night, steal any car, cops chase you at 3 stars, my friends are the rival crew, cash for every car we deliver"Roam ("Roam - Make Games" on the App Store) is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own by describing them or from a photo. It is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play.
Questions people ask
When does GTA 6 Online come out?
Rockstar has not announced a date. GTA 6 launches on November 19, 2026, as a single-player game.
Can you play GTA 6 on phone or PC?
No. It launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only. No PC or mobile version has been announced.
Can I play GTA 6 with friends?
Not at launch, as far as Rockstar has said. For GTA with friends today, use GTA Online for GTA V on PS5, Xbox Series X|S or PC.
Sources, checked November 3, 2026
- Nov 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S; $79.99 / $99.99; single-player; pre-load Nov 12; Vintage Vice City Pack before Nov 20; GTA+ month for digital pre-orders: gamedeveloper.com
- Xbox listing: coming November 19, 2026: xbox.com
- GTA Online: 30-player sessions, PS5/Xbox Series standalone (March 2022), A Safehouse in the Hills (Dec 2025), The Kortz Center Heist (July 2026): en.wikipedia.org
- GTA V release dates by platform; free PC Enhanced update March 4, 2025: en.wikipedia.org
- Take-Two plans to keep supporting GTA Online; no non-console GTA 6 plans confirmed: noobfeed.com
- Delayed from May 26, 2026 to November 19, 2026: purexbox.com