Will GTA 6 Beat San Andreas to Become the Longest Campaign in Rockstar’s Open-World Franchise? Here’s What to Expect

GTA San Andreas may not be the GTA title with the longest campaign for long now. GTA is known for its immersive experience and engaging single-player story missions. It’s one of the many reasons millions of players have spent countless hours investing their time in different games from Rockstar Games‘ open-world saga. With GTA 6 set to release n 2025, how will Rockstar Games keep that going?

GTA 6 has an uphill task ahead. While players will have high expectations considering the success of its predecessor, it will also be competing with GTA San Andreas. GTA 6 will have a much larger map than GTA V. So with a much bigger open world, will it also have a bigger story to go with it? There’s a solid reason to believe that Rockstar’s next will not only have the biggest map but also the longest single-player story mode too.

GTA 6 has major potential to hit 40 hours of Campaign

For the uninitiated, San Andreas has got the longest GTA campaign in the franchise. In total, it consists of 101 missions (including the opening sequence) – the most compared to any other game in the series. Players are put into the shoes of CJ after he comes back to the place where he grew up. Eventually, he gets indulged in crimes by associating with local gangs.

To have a better clarity, here are the Top 5 GTA games in terms of duration to complete the campaign missions:

1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – 31.5 hours
2. Grand Theft Auto V – 31.5 hours
3. Grand Theft Auto IV – 28 hours
4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – 19.5 hours
5. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City – 19.5 hours

So the main question is: will GTA 6 beat San Andreas to have a bigger single-player campaign? Well, the answer is yes. And there’s a key reason the most expensive game from Rockstar is expected to have the longest story in the GTA series.

It’s no secret that GTA 6 will have the biggest map yet across all GTA games. Even something as big as GTA V’s sandbox experience will look tiny in front it.

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Considering an enormous size, one can expect that Grand Theft Auto 6 will eventually have more content to play. A huge world could translate into more main story missions and ultimately a very-very lengthy campaign duration in general. On average, it could end up being close to or more than 40 hours of story to finish. In the process, it may also have a higher number of total missions as well compared to San Andreas.

What to expect from the story of Grand Theft Auto 6?

The record breaking trailer released last week to endless praise from hardcore fans of the long-running series. At the time of writing, it has already reached nearly 150 million views. Sadly, though, the story is something Rockstar Games hasn’t shared yet.

The trailer showed that Lucia and Jason are the two main protagonists. But more than that, there’s hardly anything available regarding the overall plot details. However, several fan-theories have claimed that Lucia will get betrayed by Jason in the story. In the trailer, we see Lucia in prison uniform. And according to a theory, Jason may be an undercover cop. But it’s just a theory. For now, one should take all kinds speculations and theories with a grain of salt.

Only when the game finally releases or when we get close to a release date, will we know how long the game will be. The trailer shared 2025 as the release year, so for now, we wait.

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