Grand Theft Auto 6 is the most anticipated game of 2026, and perhaps even of all time. It’s been 13 years since the last game in the series came out, with Rockstar raking in billions of dollars from its online component, as well as another blockbuster release, Red Dead Redemption 2.
And making these gigantic games is no small feat financially. According to some estimates, GTA 5 cost Rockstar a whopping $265 million, while approximations for Red Dead Redemption 2 range from anywhere between $350 and $550 million. Just paying out salaries to so many developers is bound to rack up quite a bill over a 10-year period or longer, so it’s safe to assume these estimates, while rough, are probably not far from the actual numbers.
But when asked about it directly, the chief of Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two Interactive refused to reveal just how much GTA 6 cost the company. In an interview with CNBC, Strauss Zelnick said the production costs for the game are “high” but said the company hasn’t disclosed the exact figures.
