Grand Theft Auto 2
Hacker ApprovedRanked 13 of 78 video games by recommenders
Fans praise its distinctive top-down city, fun cars and sneaking tactics, and many call it the turning point for the series. Some say the top-down view has not aged well.
Fans praise its distinctive top-down city, fun cars and sneaking tactics, and many call it the turning point for the series. Some say the top-down view has not aged well.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 95%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 18 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun to replay for years
“GTA II is still fun for me, I try it about every third year for a week.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” “I later got my hands on a copy of GTA2 and played that a lot”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” “played GTA2 until my eyes bled, amazing games”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” - Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck”
Distinctive top-down city design
“GTA II was great. The top-down view didn't age well I guess but made it feel quite distinctive.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” “The whole city also truly felt like it was designed around the birds-eye view”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “2D Vehicles” “felt like a mischievous schoolboy's notebook come to life”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 on Hacker News Fun cars, sneaking and flamethrowers
“I had a lot of fun attempting to mod the textures to get my favorite cars in the game.”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser” “I loved getting invisibility and trying to sneak up behind them with a flamethrower.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” “GTA I and II had really fun car physics.”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “2D Vehicles” Favourite game in the series
“I absolutely adored the first 2 games, especially GTA2.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” “GTA2 was the turning point for the entire series.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck” “GTA II is still my favourite GTA.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck”
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The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Grand Theft Auto 2This page | 18 | 1 | 95% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
18 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“felt like a mischievous schoolboy's notebook come to life”
“The whole city also truly felt like it was designed around the birds-eye view”
“GTA I and II had really fun car physics.”
“GTA 1 & 2 were really amazing.”
“GBC had GTA2 port which wasn't half bad”
“GTA2 was the turning point for the entire series.”
“I really loved GTA1+2 and played them a lot”
“I loved getting invisibility and trying to sneak up behind them with a flamethrower.”
“GTA II is still my favourite GTA.”
“played GTA2 until my eyes bled, amazing games”
“GTA II is still fun for me, I try it about every third year for a week.”
“They're great on XP-era machines!”
“I absolutely adored the first 2 games, especially GTA2.”
“GTA II was more polished, but I still didn't love it.”
“I later got my hands on a copy of GTA2 and played that a lot”
“GTA II was great. The top-down view didn't age well I guess but made it feel quite distinctive.”
“I had a lot of fun attempting to mod the textures to get my favorite cars in the game.”
“one of my childhood favourites”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.