In what has to be the least surprising way someone has made up to people they hurt and disappointed, Rockstar Games is giving away access to Grand Theft Auto 5 for free to its users on its best-performing platform.
According to reliable industry leaker Billbil-kun writing for Dealabs, GTA 5 will be returning to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers later this month. This comes after Rockstar announced another six-month delay for Grand Theft Auto 6. If this isn’t part of their attempt to do damage control, we don’t know what is.
Billbill-kun claims that Sony will reveal the full lineup of games joining PS Plus Extra and Premium on Wednesday, November 12.
This isn't GTA 5's first appearance on PlayStation's subscription service. The game has developed a pattern of rotating in and out of the catalog at roughly six-month intervals. It was most recently removed in May 2025. Previous appearances occurred in November 2024 and December 2023.
As the second-highest-selling video game of all time behind only Minecraft, GTA 5 has transcended typical sales cycles to become a sustained cultural phenomenon. Grand Theft Auto Online’s business model of continuous content updates and microtransactions has kept players engaged and spending money for over a decade, generating billions in revenue beyond initial sales.
If, for some reason, you haven’t played GTA 5 yet, now’s a great time to jump in on the action, especially if you’re gaming on modern hardware. Grand Theft Auto V: Expanded and Enhanced is the game’s best version on consoles yet, with PC gamers also getting access to the new and improved Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced. Of course, the core single-player experience with Michael, Trevor, and Franklin remains just as compelling as ever, even if without the canceled Trevor DLC that we now know what happened.
We know this isn’t enough to make the wait for GTA 6 any shorter, and Rockstar knows that too. But free access to GTA 5 for at least the next six months with your monthly PS Plus subscription provides you with something familiar to return to while counting down the months until November 2026.
Going back to the topic of GTA V, we have a full library of guides to help you get started with the game, especially if you’re new to GTA Online, including everything from DLC history to how to make money, and so much more.
