# GTA V by Rockstar Games

5 Hacker News commenters recommended GTA V by Rockstar Games and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its technical work, such as many manually made level-of-detail models; critics mainly cite bugs, including framerate-dependent ones.

## Why people recommend it

- Manually made level-of-detail models (1 comments): "GTA V does this extremely well with many manually made LODs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555957))
- Helpful in-game control reminders (1 comments): "the popovers in GTA that remind you of what the left joystick does again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036932))

## What people warn about

- Framerate-dependent bugs (1 comments): "GTA V has several framerate dependent bugs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822720))
- Public lobbies do not work (1 comments): "GTA V public lobbies don't work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802095))
- Conflicts with Steam Deck sleep (1 comments): "constantly conflicts with the Steam Deck sleep mode and kicks you out of the game at random" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002677))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GTA V by Rockstar Games", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gta-v/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).