Take-Two’s official announcement lists four places: the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store, the Rockstar Games Store, and global retailers and storefronts.
Official starting points
Buy in the same region as your platform account, especially on PlayStation, where download codes are grouped by country lists. Rockstar Support recommends buying and playing from a retailer in the country of your platform account. Xbox codes, according to the same support article, are not region-locked — but a too-good price from an unknown seller is still a warning sign.
US list prices, from Take-Two’s June 2026 announcement, are $79.99 for Standard and $99.99 for Ultimate. Your store may show a different local-currency price. This site does not currently earn a commission on these official links.
What we will not recommend
Grey-market key shops, unofficial “CD key” storefronts, social-media sellers, and forum accounts offering cheap regional codes. Those keys are where people run into region mismatches, revoked licenses, and no refund. If a deal is far below the official store price, assume the risk is the reason.
We also will not walk you through VPN or foreign-account methods to pay a lower regional price or to play earlier. The honest path is the official store attached to the account you already use.
After you pay
Confirm the order on the same account you will play on, start or finish pre-load, and if you bought digitally before 20 November, decide whether to claim the GTA+ month.
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