Furthermore, Epic Games announced that users would be able to keep the game forever at no additional cost. GTA 5, released in 2013, still remains the Rockstar juggernaut it was back in the day. I Despise Forknight I prefer Steam because it's simply better overall and it has Garry's Mod, TF2, Half-life,LFD2, and Portal. [deleted] • 4 yr. ago. Same game, other than the Epic Games version coming with a Starter Pack for online. Steam has better servers, customer support and a better interface though. So i don't think steam is really worth it since it won't make a difference once rockstar games launcher takes over. Please note that i figured that to be true by using control panel to kill epic games off as soon as rockstar games launcher initiated, and it worked completely fine. 1. r/GTAV. Whenever you finish witcher 2 you should definitely buy W3 Goty at the first sale, $15 isn't that much to argue about. Witcher 3 was just given away 'freeish' on GOG last week (if you had played it on console), and they clearly didn't like Epic lowering the price to $5 with coupon and changed that - CDPR whats to push GOG and witcher still sells based on the new tv series. However, strategic limited-time free access is likely in the future to promote Grand Theft Auto 6 closer to release. Read on for a detailed analysis of if and when GTA 5 could be free again. When was GTA 5 free before? GTA 5 was available as a free download exclusively through the Epic Games Store for one week in May 2020. Grand Theft Auto Online - Rockstar's ongoing ever expanding multiplayer system, introduced with Grand Theft Auto V. Not affiliated with Rockstar Games or TakeTwo. 1.5M Members. 4K Online. r/gtaonline. Epic games make a lot of different normally paid games, free, for a short period of time to probably promote their store. They most likely talked to rockstar about making GTA 5 free for a short period of time and rockstar agreed because that will bring more people to online and it will also promote the epic games store, considering that GTA 5 GTA 5 is free on the Epic Games Store this week, with the classic 2013 sandbox from Rockstar now available to download from the online storefront. This gives you access to everything you have. This means if you own it on Steam, link to the social Club account, and got GTA V again on Epic games, and link it to same social Club account they both have access to the same account. it should be fine but do remember you can only swap once kinda like going from xbox to pc you can only have Epic Games Launcher GTA 5 Free Download Guide. Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) is always one of the best games in the world for years. The game publisher Rockstar is still working hard to bring gamers the best gaming experience with a lot of enhancements and updates. NTTghV.