How much is Rockstar Games worth? — 2023 statistics

Rockstar Games’ net worth is $22.75 billion.

(Source: Growjo)

• Rockstar Games makes $1.4 billion a year.
• Rockstar Games’ estimated revenue per employee is $282,000.
• Their total employee count in 2022 is 5060.
• This is a 25% increase compared to 2021.

Given that Rockstar Games is a billion-dollar company, you can be sure that the demand for jobs is going to be high, something which the total number of employees and the average revenue imply. A large portion of Rockstar Games’ revenue comes from in-game purchases and general title sales, so you can understand why they are pushing constant updates into GTA Online. It also doesn’t hurt that Rockstar Games is owned by Take-Two Interactive, which ranks as the eighth biggest video game company.

Grand Theft Auto V sold over 170 million copies since its release.

(Sources: Statista, Sportskeeda, XFire)

• The game makes $15,000 every 10 minutes.
• This equates to $25 million a week and $1 billion a year.
• The game has made over $6 billion since its release.
• The game earned $1 billion in sales in its first three days of launch.

Grand Theft Auto V is the second highest-selling game of all time, just after Minecraft, which sold a total of 238 million copies. While the difference between the two is high, Grand Theft Auto V still has the reputation of being a timeless game that anyone can pick up and instantly enjoy. The financial numbers are astonishing as $15,000 every ten minutes is no joke and it paints a clear picture of the success of Rockstar Games.

The Grand Theft Auto series has sold over 380 million copies.

(Source: Statista)

• The highest-selling game is GTA V with over 170 million copies sold.
• GTA San Andreas sold 27.5 million copies.
• GTA IV sold 25 million copies.
• GTA Vice City sold 17.5 million copies.
• GTA III sold 14.5 million copies.
• GTA Liberty City Stories sold 8 million copies.
• GTA Vice City Stories sold 4.5 million copies.

We’ve taken a look at the sales stats for Grand Theft Auto V, but we can also see that it is the shining star of Rockstar Games, netting the vast majority of sales in the entire series. The second-highest-selling game of the series is Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, another hit title and one of the most popular games of all time. The rest of the series has posted some fairly impressive sales considering the time they were made.

The Red Dead Redemption series has sold over 67 million copies.

(Source: TweakTown)

• Red Dead Redemption has sold 23 million copies.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold 44 million copies.

Now, when it comes to the Red Dead Redemption series, it has accumulated noticeable fewer sales compared to the Grand Theft Auto series, but that is because the Grand Theft Auto series was always the pride and joy of Rockstar Games, so people were bound to gravitate to them instead. However, the popularity of Red Dead Redemption is nothing to scoff at, since they have one of the best stories and immersion you are going to find in any game today.

Red Dead Redemption 2 made $725 million in its opening weekend.

(Sources: ScreenRant, Games Stats)

• The game has made an estimated $310 million on Steam.
• It is the ninth best-selling game of all time.

Something that Rockstar Games always manages to do well is generating hype for their games months before they come out, so it is only natural for Red Dead Redemption 2 to have a fantastic release weekend, raking in nearly $1 billion. This is comparable to the performance GTA V had where it generated over $1 billion within the first three days of its release.

Rockstar Games user stats

Now that we have checked out the sales stats for the company, it is time to take a look at the community aspect of things and see how many people play the games and what their accomplishments have amounted to since they were released. As the second-highest-selling game of all time, you can be sure that the content that Grand Theft Auto provides is more than good enough to show some nice stats! The same goes for the Red Dead Redemption series and its fantastic storytelling.

Grand Theft Auto V had 17 million average monthly players in October 2022.

(Source: Fiction Horizon)

• The game had 15 million average monthly players in May 2022.
• It had 16-8 million average daily players in September 2022.
• From May to October, the game saw a 17.3% increase in the average monthly player count.

Grand Theft Auto V is a game that you can easily play for over a hundred hours, not including multiple playthroughs, but every game is bound to get boring eventually since you can’t do much once you have achieved everything the game has to offer. However, the good thing about Grand Theft Auto V is the multiplayer mode where every single session brings something new to the table. That is the reason the game has so many players nearly 10 after it came out.

Grand Theft Auto V had 1.2 million average daily players in October 2022.

(Source: Fiction Horizon)

• The game had 1.064 million average daily players in May 2022.
• It had 1.18 million average daily players in September 2022.
• From May to October, the game saw a 17.3% increase in the average daily player count.

This line of statistics is basically the same, just a scaled-down version of the monthly player information. The interesting thing is that the game had nearly the same percentage increase in both daily and monthly active players over one year.

11.06% of the GTA V player base is from the United States.

(Source: Player Counter)

• 8.38% of players are from Brazil.
• 5.85% of players are from Russia.
• 5.25% of players are from Germany.
• 4.63% of players are from Poland.

It makes sense that the game would be the most popular in the United States because Grand Theft Auto V is mostly based on North America and the various stereotypes that come with big cities such as Los Angeles. The rest of the stats, while limited, show that the distribution of players is from all around the world and is generally less than 10%.

32.8% of players still play GTA V on the Playstation 3.

(Source: Fiction Horizon)

• 2.1% of players play the game on PC.
• 25.5% of players play on the Xbox 360.
• 12.12% of players play on the Xbox One.
• 27.4% of players play on the Playstation 4.

The stats surrounding platform distribution might be a bit dated, but it still gives us a good view of the distribution of players that play the game regularly. It is very difficult to gauge how many players truly play the game on consoles, but we can be sure that the real numbers are staggering.

GTA Online had over 33 million players in the first year of release.

(Source: Rockstar Games)

• 3,776,134 crews were formed.
• 2,330,825,301 hours were logged.
• 224 countries were reached.
• 5,925,761,013 jobs were played.
• 9,881,536 jobs were created.
• 245,682,615 Snapmatics were taken.
• 432 Snapmatics were taken per minute.
• 422,124,680 vehicles owned.
• 341,913,222 weapons were owned.

Rockstar Games is not as popular for keeping track of global stats through infographics as other companies do, but through the ones we have, we can see that 2013 was a productive year for GTA Online as players raked in the stats and showed us just how fun GTA Online can be.

Red Dead Online had 1,500 average monthly players in October 2022 on Steam.

(Source: Steam Charts)

• The peak number of players for the same month was 2,924.
• The highest average monthly player count was in December 2020 with 11,324.
• This equates to an 86.4% decrease in the average monthly player count.

This is the point where we have to face the reality of some situations. Red Dead Redemption, while a great game on its own, simply could not keep up with the quality and replayability of other Rockstar games, so it has been in a steady player decline for quite a few years. Of course, this is completely normal as the usual thing that happens is that the new games will overshadow the originals, leading to them having fewer players as a result.

Red Dead Redemption 2 had 15,831 average monthly players in October 2022 on Steam.

(Source: Steam Charts)

• The peak number of players in the same month was 31,593.
• The higher average monthly player count was in December 2019 with 28,626.
• This equates to a 45% decrease in the average monthly player count.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a fantastic game but it has been experiencing the same decrease in concurrent players as Red Dead Redemption, albeit much slower than the latter. Red Dead Redemption 2 still has a very healthy concurrent player count, at least as far as Steam is concerned.

Players spent 156,945 years playing Red Dead Redemption in its first two weeks.

(Source: Visual.ly)

• 5,614 years were spent in jail.
• 14 million hours were played.
• Horse theft was committed 1,877,655 times.
• Arson was committed 808,664 times.
• Robberies were committed 861,998 times.
• Murder was committed 131,904,068 times.
• 15,072,596 humans were executed.
• 13,250,327 U.S. soldiers were killed.
• 12,571,407 characters were trampled by horses.
• 8.6 liters of alcohol were drunk by the residents of New Austin annually.
• 5,773,917 hats were shot off in duels.
• 300,000 miles were traveled by trains.
• 2,105,315 cows were killed.
• 7,771,916 bears were killed.
• 9,292,359 cougars were killed.
• 28,215,951 deer were killed.
• 55,813,649 wolves were killed.

These statistics were accumulated within the first two weeks of Red Dead Redemption’s release, and through them, the enthusiasm and curiosity of its player base are shown very well. They raked up significant numbers in various fields, similar to how GTA Online performed in its first year.

Rockstar Games Twitch stats

There you go, those were some of the stats that the community surrounding Rockstar games racked up over the years, and you can be sure that those numbers are only going to increase from there. However, the fans that actively play the games are not the only ones that we have to consider when it comes to these games. Another very important aspect of any game franchise is the fans that tune in to Twitch every day to just relax and watch the game. We are now going to be taking a look at some of the most relevant Twitch stats for the GTA series as well as Red Dead Redemption.

Grand Theft Auto V had 1.48 billion hours watched on Twitch in 2022.

(Source: SullyGnome)

• GTA V had 24 million broadcasting hours on Twitch in 2022.
• The average viewer count was 169,290.
• The average number of channels streaming the game was 2,744.
• The game had a viewer ratio of 61.7.
• The max number of viewers in a day was 727,079.
• There were 1.4 million GTA V broadcasters displaying the game in 2022.
• Based on average viewers, the game is ranked 3rd on Twitch.

Grand Theft Auto is by far one of the most popular games Twitch has ever seen. People love watching GTA Online roleplay, heists, jobs, and so much more, but they also just love watching Grand Theft Auto V because the gameplay is fun and quite easy to watch. We are expecting the stats to increase even more the closer we get to the release of Grand Theft Auto VI.

Red Dead Redemption had 261,935 hours watched on Twitch in 2022.

(Source: SullyGnome)

• Red Dead Redemption had 37,511 broadcasting hours on Twitch in 2022.
• The average viewer count was 29.
• The average number of channels streaming the game was 4.
• The game had a viewer ratio of 7.
• The max number of viewers in a day was 12,568.
• 8,337 broadcasters were displaying the game in 2022.

Since these stats are displayed throughout most of 2022, we can see that the game still saw some considerable broadcasting hours and especially the total hours watched. While the stats are impressive, we are still expecting them to decrease the more time goes on. Until then, if you’re a fan of the original Red Dead, watch as much as you can!

Red Dead Redemption 2 had 48.9 million hours watched on Twitch in 2022.

(Source: SullyGnome)

• Red Dead Redemption 2 had 2,915,881 broadcasting hours on Twitch in 2022.
• The average viewer count was 5,589.
• The average number of channels streaming the game was 332.
• The game had a viewer ratio of 16.8.
• The max number of viewers in a single was 101,851.
• 265,593 broadcasters were displaying the game in 2022.

The final line of stats we have for you is the same as the previous two, where we can see some very solid broadcasting hours as well as hours watched for Red Dead Redemption 2. The reason people love watching this game is that it is massive and playing it yourself can get quite exhausting, so being able to sit back and watch someone else explore it in its entirety is much more manageable.

To sum up

Online play is a massive aspect of Rockstar Games and it is a core part of their identity. You are completely free to enjoy their epic games through the single-player mode, but when you want to interact with other players and have fun online, the transition is seamless, and you can expect the highest quality. We have analyzed Rockstar Games in depth to give you all of the information about it you can need, and we have established that it is a billion-dollar company that does what it does masterfully, bringing us awesome games with infinite replayability and a multiplayer scene worthy of envy. While certain games like Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne have been fading over the years, they were still epic when they were just released, and we will cherish those memories for sure. We sincerely hope that you are happy with the information we’ve provided and that you have learned something new!