Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 developed by and published by . It is the seventh main entry in the , following 2008's , and the fifteenth instalment overall. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on , the story follows three —retired Michael De Santa, street Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and —and their attempts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. The design lets players San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on .
The game is played from either a or perspective, and its world is navigated on foot and by vehicle. Players control the three lead protagonists throughout single-player and switch among them, both during and outside missions. The story is centred on the heist sequences, and many missions involve shooting and driving gameplay. A "wanted" system governs the aggression of law enforcement response to players who commit crimes. , the game's mode, lets up to 30 players engage in a variety of different and competitive game modes.Grand Theft Auto V is an played from either a or . Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. Outside of the missions, players may the . Composed of the San Andreas open countryside area, including the fictional Blaine County, and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world is much larger in area than earlier entries in the series. It may be fully explored after the game's beginning without restriction, although story progress unlocks more gameplay content.