How cheats worked in every GTA game

From button combos on PS2 to dialing numbers on a phone: how cheats worked in GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA IV and GTA V, and what that hints for GTA 6.

By the Codebook teamUpdated 1 November 20261 min read

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GTA cheats moved from controller button combos in the PS2 era to phone numbers in GTA IV, and GTA V offered both. GTA 6’s method is not confirmed.

Game	Main cheat method
GTA III / Vice City / San Andreas	Controller button combos (typed words on PC)
GTA IV	Numbers dialed on the in-game phone
GTA V	Button combos, phone numbers and a PC console
GTA 6	Not confirmed