GTA 6 File Size

How many GB is GTA 6?

The GTA 6 pre-load needs up to 212 GB, and that ceiling is the only size Rockstar has given.¹ The wording in its pre-load announcement is "up to 212 GB depending on your device," so the download on your console could come in under that.

Rockstar has not published a final installed size either. It hasn't said what any day-one patch adds, so clear at least 212 GB before pre-load starts.

GTA 6 size on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

GTA 6 size on PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S has not been split out. Rockstar gives one pre-load figure for all consoles, up to 212 GB, rather than a number for each.¹

The store pages don't fill the gap either. Neither the PlayStation nor the Xbox game page showed a file size when checked on November 7, 2026.³⁴ Which consoles get the game at all is on the GTA 6 platforms page.

GTA 6 physical copies still need the full download

GTA 6 physical copies still need the full download, because the box holds a download code instead of a disc.² Rockstar Support says the code is what you use to download the game.

Code-in-box copies should reach retailers from November 12, and the codes work as soon as you receive them, so a boxed copy can pre-load like a digital one.¹² How boxed and digital editions differ is on the GTA 6 editions page.

When GTA 6 pre-load starts

GTA 6 pre-load starts on Tuesday, November 10, two days earlier than the November 12 date Rockstar first gave in June, and some guides still repeat the old date.⁵¹ The start time depends on your console:

• PS5: Tuesday, November 10 at 12 a.m. local time in your time zone.
• Xbox Series X|S: one worldwide start, Tuesday, November 10 at 12 a.m. GMT. In the US that is Monday, November 9 at 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT, 5 p.m. MT or 4 p.m. PT, and in the UK it is simply 12 a.m.

The PlayStation Store calls this a 9-day pre-load, running until launch on November 19.³ The game unlocks at 12 a.m. local time that day, according to Rockstar Support, and the GTA 6 release time guide explains how the rollout works.⁶

How GTA 6 pre-load works

GTA 6 pre-load works the same way on both consoles: buy the game digitally on the PlayStation Store or Microsoft Store, or redeem the code from a boxed copy, and the download opens at the times above.²

Sony's GTA 6 page lays it out in four steps for PS5 owners: set up a PlayStation account, pre-order, get ready to pre-load and finish setting up the console.³ Once the files are on your console, the game itself unlocks at launch.