2D Era

Grand Theft Auto 2

October 1999DMA DesignAnywhere City

The last top-down entry, set in a near-future Anywhere City. Its distinguishing idea was rival gangs whose respect for the player rose and fell independently, so working for one cost standing with another.

The record

Released: October 1999
Developer: DMA Design
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Setting: Anywhere City
Era: 2D Era (1997–2000)
Type: Main title

Platforms

Windows
PlayStation
Dreamcast
Game Boy Color

Every platform the title has been released on. We record which, not when — a port’s own release date is a separate fact and we have not established one for each.

The story

Missions

66missions

The complete GTA 2 story catalogue — 66 missions.

Open the full campaign

Every mission in order.

Enter the world

Anywhere City

The places, the people and the weapons of Grand Theft Auto 2. Follow any of them in.

Locations

The places

All 4 places

City

Anywhere City

The setting of Grand Theft Auto 2, and the only city in the series built to resemble no particular real one — a near-future metropolis assembled out of several at once. It is played as three separate districts rather than as one continuous map, each opened in turn.

Characters

The cast

All 10 characters

Protagonist

Claude Speed

The protagonist of Grand Theft Auto 2, named by the game's own live-action promotional film rather than by anything in its missions. He works every gang in all three of Anywhere City's districts, which is the point of the game: standing gained with one is standing lost with its rivals. Nothing in the series connects him to Grand Theft Auto III's Claude.