GTA 6 Reviews — Press Scores Roundup

On the morning of 16 September 2013 half the internet sat refreshing Metacritic. GTA V was out the next day, the pre-orders were long paid for, and still people watched the number shift with every new review. That is the weird ritual of a Rockstar launch: you know you’re buying it, and you still need the world to tell you it’s good. GTA 6 gets the same morning. This page is where the scores will land, one table, every major outlet, the Metacritic and OpenCritic averages in one line.

When GTA 6 reviews are expected

Rockstar runs its launches the same way every time. GTA V reviews went live on 16 September 2013, one day before the game. Red Dead Redemption 2 followed the same script in 2018: reviews on 25 October, launch on the 26th. Two releases, two embargoes exactly one day out. If GTA 6 keeps the pattern, the scores land on 18 November, the eve of launch. Your local unlock time is in our release time by country guide.

A day is not much, and that is the point. By the time the reviews are out, the preload is finished on most consoles and nobody is cancelling anything. Rockstar doesn’t need reviews to sell GTA 6. Reviews matter for something else: the first honest read on how the game actually plays, from people who’ve had it for a week or two rather than three minutes of trailer.

What the last two Rockstar games scored

Both of the studio’s last big releases sat at 97 on Metacritic, which puts them among the highest-rated games ever. That is the bar GTA 6 walks into, and it is a brutal one. A 94 would be a triumph for almost any other game. For this one, people will call it a disappointment by lunchtime.

GTA 6 review scores

This is the table that fills up on review day. Each row gets the outlet’s score and our own one-line summary of what the reviewer liked and what bugged them. No copied paragraphs, just the gist, so you can scan ten reviews in a minute and then go read the ones that grabbed you in full.

Aggregates: Metacritic — · OpenCritic — · number of reviews —

We’ll fill the table within hours of the embargo lifting and add the second wave of reviews within 24 hours of the 19 November launch. As a tech artist I’ll be reading the Digital Foundry piece first, because a score tells you whether a game is good and a frame-time graph tells you whether it holds together on your console. For what each console runs, see graphics modes.

What I’m actually waiting for is the paragraph in some review where the writer forgets to be a critic for a moment and just describes driving home at sunset. That’s when you know.

FAQ

When do GTA 6 reviews come out?
Expect them on 18 November 2026, the day before launch. That is when reviews went live for both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2.

What did GTA V and RDR2 score on Metacritic?
Both scored 97: GTA V on PS3 in 2013 and Red Dead Redemption 2 on PS4 in 2018.

Where can I see all GTA 6 review scores in one place?
On this page. Every major outlet’s score goes into the table above with a short summary, together with the Metacritic and OpenCritic averages, as soon as reviews are live.

Will GTA 6 reviews have spoilers?
Rockstar has set spoiler rules for launch coverage, and big outlets traditionally keep story twists out of reviews. Our summaries in the table stay spoiler-free.

Everything here comes from official Rockstar materials. Analysis is labeled. We don’t publish leaks.