Grand Theft Auto may be the most popular video game franchise ever made, but actually playing its full catalog in 2026 is surprisingly complicated — and Polygon has published a guide to sorting it all out.

The problem is one of availability. Across three decades of releases, GTA titles are scattered across generations of hardware, remasters, re-releases, and storefronts, and a number of entries are genuinely hard to access through modern, legitimate means. Polygon's guide covers how to play every game in the series today, mapping each title to the platforms where it can currently be found.

The timing makes sense: with GTA 6 dominating the conversation — the guide itself leads with promotional art from Rockstar's upcoming blockbuster — plenty of players are looking backward, either revisiting old favorites or experiencing the series' history for the first time before the next entry arrives.

For anyone planning a full franchise run-through, the complete breakdown of where each GTA game lives in 2026 is up now on Polygon.