# Grand Theft Auto III

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Grand Theft Auto III and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for memorable savehouses and its impact on players as young teens. Critics cite missing patches and its listing as unsupported on current systems.

## Why people recommend it

- Memorable savehouses and early-teen impact (2 comments): "Savehouses in GTA III, VC and SA are very memorable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512728)) "having my early teenage mind absolutely blown" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46940919))

## What people warn about

- Missing patches and unsupported platform status (2 comments): "Decided to skip GTA III completely after seeing the reviews and lack of unofficial patches" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49474918)) "It is now, as of today, listed as unsupported." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987322))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Grand Theft Auto V](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto-v.md): 21 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas.md): 10 recommend
- [Hedra](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hedra.md): 7 recommend
- [Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shadow-of-mordor.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Grand Theft Auto III", https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto-iii/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).