Several years after Rockstar Games revolutionized video games with the Grand Theft Auto series – a franchise immersed in contemporary, urban crime – the studio applied its unique craftsmanship for open-world immersion to a completely different era: the American Old West.
Thus birthed the Red Dead Redemption series, beginning with 2004’s Red Dead Revolver and continuing through the sequels Red Dead Redemption (2010), Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018), and Red Dead Online (2019). Not unlike Grand Theft Auto, the Red Dead games allow players to explore an intricately-detailed sandbox mimicking the sights and sounds of the American frontier. Only the skyscrapers, sports cars, and machine guns of GTA are traded in for saloons, steeds, and revolvers, but the blistering action and high-stakes drama are all the same.
