The GTA 6 review embargo date will be seismic. Years of Rockstar’s hard work have gone into Grand Theft Auto 6, and the game’s reviews won’t make or break it, but we get to see how it compares to other great GTA games.
It’s been said a million times at this point, but Grand Theft Auto 6 is the biggest video game of all time. A Rockstar Games reputation built up over many years, the expectation, the mystery surrounding the title. Everything leads to one huge moment before the game’s launch: GTA 6 Review embargo day.
When is the GTA 6 Review Embargo Date?
It’s been confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 reviews go live on November 18.
As revealed by leaker NateTheHate, and Insider Gaming can also independently verify these reports, GTA 6 reviews will go out on November 18, which, if you’re keeping track, is the day before the game’s November 19 launch day.
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Review copies allegedly went out at the end of October 2026, giving everyone lucky enough to get a code a three-to-four-week turnaround. Chances are, anyone who has gotten a GTA 6 code will be doing what they were going to do anyway—play GTA 6 like their life depends on it.
But on November 18, Grand Theft Auto 6 reviews are actually going to drop. What a time to be alive.
How Could GTA 6 Compare Against Other Grand Theft Auto Games?
Grand Theft Auto 6 will need to get mostly perfect reviews across the board to be in with a chance of matching or even topping previous GTA games.
I whipped up a handy little table showing you how other GTA games have fared on Metacritic—which aggregates officially submitted review scores for outlets to give a definitive average total at the end.
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I’ve taken the platform with the most reviews for the best sample size.
| GTA Game Name | Metacritic Score (Out of 100) | Reviews | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | 70 | Based on 15 reviews | PlayStation |
| Grand Theft Auto 3 | 97 | Based on 56 reviews | PlayStation 2 |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 95 | Based on 62 reviews | PlayStation 2 |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 95 | Based on 80 reviews | PlayStation 2 |
| Grand Theft Auto Advance | 68 | Based on 33 reviews | Game Boy Advance |
| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | 88 | Based on 65 reviews | PlayStation Portable |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | 86 | Based on 50 reviews | PlayStation Portable |
| Grand Theft Auto 4 | 98 | Based on 86 reviews | XBOX 360 |
| Grand Theft Auto 4: The Lost and Damned | 90 | Based on 79 reviews | XBOX 360 |
| Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony | 89 | Based on 67 reviews | XBOX 360 |
| Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars | 93 | Based on 85 reviews | Nintendo DS |
| Grand Theft Auto 5 | 97 | Based on 66 reviews | PlayStation 4 |
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