Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- All time rank:
- 93
- 2000s rank:
- 28
- 2002 rank:
- 3
- Developers:
- Rockstar North , TransGaming Inc.
- Platforms:
- PC , PS2
- Year of release:
- 2002
- Genres:
- Action , Adventure , Arcade , Open world , Racing , Sandbox , Shooter
- IGDB Link:
- https://www.igdb.com/games/grand-theft-auto-vice-city
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s.
Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss, Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself.
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City is an open-world sandbox satire of '80's Miami.
from IGDB.comAll Time Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edge | The 100 Best Games To Play Today | 2009 | 22 |
| Esquire | The (Real) Greatest Video Games of All-Time | 2018 | 1 |
| Stuff | Stuff's Best Games Ever: The 50 greatest games of all time | 2017 | 31 |
| Countdown of top 100 games | 2011 | 5 | |
| The Age | The 50 best games | 2005 | 18 |
| Game Informer | The Top 300 Games of All Time | 2018 | 28 |
| The Top 200 Games Of All Time | 2009 | 98 | |
| Gamereactor | Gamereactor's Top 100 bedste spil nogensinde | 2017 | 10 |
| Gameswelt | Gameswelt Top 100 | 2016 | 69 |
| Gameswelt Top 100 | 2012 | 1 | |
| GQ Spain | Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia | 2020 | 38 |
| IGN | Top 100 Games of All Time | 2015 | 88 |
| Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2018 | 82 | |
| Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2019 | 79 | |
| Polygon | The 500 best games of all time | 2017 | 105 |
| Power Unlimited | Top 100 Beste Video Games Aller Tijden | 2015 | 5 |
| Power Up Gaming | The 100 Greatest Games Ever | 2016 | 23 |
| Slant Magazine | 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time | 2014 | 49 |
Decade Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| The A.V. Club | The 15 best videogames of the ’00s | 2009 | 8 |
| Complex | The 100 Best Video Games and PC Games From the 2000s | 2009 | 48 |
| Fellowship of the Screen | The Best Video Games of the 2000s | 2017 | 41 |
End of Year Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | Game of the Year 2002 | 2003 | 2 |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | GDCA Game of the Year 2002 | 2003 | 2 |
| Goomba Stomp | The Best Games of the 2000s (2002) | 2021 | 2 |
| IGN | Best of the Decade (2002) | 2013 | 4 |
| Spike Video Game Awards | Game of the Year (2003) | 2003 | 2 |