Star ratings for GTA 6 have surfaced on the PlayStation Store eight days before launch, and nearly all of them are five stars.
The ratings are bare stars with no written text; nobody knows who left them, and no critic has published a score yet. PS Store DB, a tracker that monitors the store’s backend, first found 11 entries rating the game 5/5. ScreenRant reports that a Reddit user then shared a screenshot of the GTA 6 store page showing the same 11 five-star ratings.
The count then grew. Notebookcheck reports that dataminer Cokymoky later found 12 ratings averaging 4.67 out of 5, with 92% at five stars. Notebookcheck also says one person first gave a single star, then changed it to five. Cokymoky hasn’t found any written text, and the ratings aren’t visible on the public store page.
It’s unclear how anyone could rate the game this early. ScreenRant says the store usually requires players to buy and play a game before rating it. PSN accounts can judge a digital purchase before launch, with no minimum playtime. Notebookcheck offers two possible explanations: the raters are sites or YouTube channels that Rockstar sent codes to, or starting the preload unlocked rating. Neither is confirmed, and we found no statement from Rockstar, Take-Two, or Sony.
Preloading opened on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on 10 November, and Rockstar’s open-world sequel launches on the same consoles on 19 November. Our UAE price, release time, and pre-load guide has the details. Store ratings aren’t Metacritic scores. Spoilers are a risk while the embargo is pending, and our piece on how Rockstar is handling GTA 6 videos and spoilers covers that.
In a May interview, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said critical reception still matters, and praised Rockstar’s work, noting that past titles scored in the mid-to-high 90s.
Insider NateTheHate posted on 26 October that Rockstar had begun sending review codes, and the embargo lifts on 18 November, the day before launch. Rockstar and Take-Two haven’t confirmed that date, but if it holds, the first written verdicts will land a day before players can start the game.
