Every Rockstar Game Ever Released: A Full History
Now revered for creating some of the most detailed, vast and chaotic open-world action games ever made, Rockstar has walked a particularly unique path to becoming a household name. While plenty of players are used to hijacking cars and robbing banks on the streets of their famed Grand Theft Auto games, what many don’t know is that Rockstar has made everything from licensed Austin Power tie-ins to an intricate table tennis simulator.
It’s a large publisher that’s explored a lot of different avenues over the years, so let’s take a deep dive into Rockstar’s history and look at all the games its various teams have released so far.
In total, there have been 47 games released by Rockstar. While the label wasn't formed until December 1998, technically its first game launched in 1997, and its most recent hit shelves in 2018. The list below runs through all of these games. It’s worth noting that the list won’t include any DLCs or remasters, although standalone expansions will make the cut.
Although technically releasing before the studio was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1998 and slotted beneath the Rockstar Games banner, DMA Design Limited (which would go on to become Rockstar’s core studio, Rockstar North) dropped arguably one of the most important games of all time: Grand Theft Auto.
A top-down action game where players attempt to make a name as a criminal on the streets of various fictional cities, Grand Theft Auto planted the seeds for one of the industry’s most important franchises. Rockstar Games eventually re-released this crime simulator several times, cementing it within their portfolio and definitively making it Rockstar’s flagship franchise.
A stop-gap for DMA Design Limited between Grand Theft Auto and its
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