GTA 6 price by country runs from $58 in South Korea to more than $107 in Israel. Same game, same day-one build, an 84 percent gap in what two players pay for it. Rockstar confirmed one global number back in June, $79.99 in the US, but that number was never the whole story. Every PlayStation Store and Xbox Store country listing sets its own local price, and once you convert those prices to a common currency, GTA 6 turns out to be one of the more dramatic examples of regional game pricing in years.

This guide breaks down what GTA 6 actually costs everywhere it has a confirmed listing, why the gap exists, and whether trying to exploit it is worth the risk. If you have not locked in an edition yet, our pre-order guide covers what the Standard and Ultimate editions include.

Here is what we cover:

The short answer

South Korea has the cheapest confirmed GTA 6 price at roughly $58 for the Standard Edition. Israel has the most expensive at roughly $107. The US sits in the middle of the pack at $79.99, and most of Western Europe lands slightly above the US once value-added tax is factored in. The gap is not a glitch or a temporary sale price; it is how Rockstar and the console storefronts price every region, and it holds the same way for the Ultimate Edition.

GTA 6 price by country: the full list

These figures come from PlayStation Store and Xbox Store regional listings, cross-referenced by Beebom and GTA Boom. USD conversions are approximate and move with exchange rates, so treat them as a snapshot rather than a live rate.

Region Standard (local) Standard (USD) Ultimate (local) Ultimate (USD)
South Korea ₩89,800 ~$58 ₩112,800 ~$73
Japan ¥9,800 ~$61 ¥12,280 ~$76
India ₹5,999 ~$63 ₹7,499 ~$79
Indonesia Rp 1,190,000 ~$66 Rp 1,490,000 ~$83
Hong Kong HK$568 ~$72 HK$708 ~$90
Thailand ฿2,690 ~$80 ฿3,390 ~$101
Malaysia RM339 ~$82 RM419 ~$101
Singapore S$109 ~$84 S$136 ~$105
United States $79.99 $79.99 $99.99 $99.99
Saudi Arabia $79.99 $79.99 $99.99 $99.99
United Arab Emirates $79.99 $79.99 $99.99 $99.99
Ukraine ₴3,499 ~$78 ₴4,299 ~$96
Canada CA$109.99 ~$77 CA$139.99 ~$98
New Zealand NZ$139.95 ~$79 NZ$174.95 ~$99
Mexico MX$1,499 ~$85 MX$1,879 ~$107
Brazil R$449.90 ~$87 R$549.90 ~$106
Turkey ₺3,999 ~$86 ₺4,999 ~$108
South Africa R1,499 ~$90 R1,899 ~$114
Romania 399.90 lei ~$87 499.90 lei ~$108
Australia A$129.95 ~$90 A$159.95 ~$110
Denmark 599 kr ~$91 749 kr ~$114
Sweden 899 kr ~$92 1,149 kr ~$118
Poland 349 zł ~$92 429 zł ~$113
Eurozone (most of Western/Southern Europe) €79.99 ~$91 €99.99 ~$113
United Kingdom £69.99 ~$92 £89.99 ~$118
Czech Republic 2,009 Kč ~$94 2,499 Kč ~$117
Switzerland CHF 79.90 ~$98 CHF 99.90 ~$123
Hungary 31,990 Ft ~$102 39,990 Ft ~$127
Israel ₪319 ~$107 ₪399 ~$134

The eurozone row covers Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia, all listed at the same €79.99/€99.99 pricing on the PlayStation Store as of this writing. Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Sweden, and Denmark use their own currencies and end up priced above the eurozone once converted, which is a pattern that shows up across most European game releases, not just GTA 6.

Why the same game costs different amounts

Three things stack on top of each other to produce a gap this size, and none of them are Rockstar being arbitrary.

Currency-set pricing, not daily conversion. Rockstar and the platform holders pick a round number in each local currency, something like ₩89,800 or €79.99, and leave it fixed rather than re-pricing every region daily against the dollar. That means your USD-equivalent price drifts with the exchange rate over the following months, but the local-currency price you actually pay stays put. A won that strengthens against the dollar between now and November would make South Korea’s price look even cheaper in USD terms without Rockstar touching the listing.

Tax inclusion varies by region. Most European Union countries require VAT to be baked into the sticker price you see, and EU VAT rates run from about 17 percent up to 27 percent in Hungary. The US price, by contrast, excludes sales tax, which gets added at checkout and varies by state. So part of the reason Hungary and Switzerland look expensive is that their listed number already includes tax the US number has not accounted for yet.

Purchasing power adjustment. This is the biggest lever. Console makers and publishers set prices lower in markets where the local average income is lower relative to the US, on the theory that a flat dollar price would put the game out of reach for most of that market’s players. $58 is a much bigger ask in South Korea than $80 is in the US, even after adjusting for the exchange rate, so the local price gets pulled down to keep the game accessible. It is the same logic Apple, Netflix, and Spotify use for regional pricing, applied to a $79.99 game.

None of this is unique to GTA 6. Regional pricing gaps this size show up for most major game releases; GTA 6 just gets more attention because of how closely every number attached to it gets tracked.

Can you actually buy from a cheaper region?

Technically, yes, in the sense that the PlayStation Store and Xbox Store let you browse regional pricing and, in some cases, purchase digital content tied to an account registered in that region. In practice, we would not recommend it.

The two platforms do not even work the same way here. PlayStation accounts are tied permanently to the region set at signup, with no official way to change it, so the only route in is falsifying your billing address or routing through a VPN, both of which violate Sony’s terms. Xbox does let you change your account region officially, but only once every three months through account settings, and Microsoft has banned accounts caught using a VPN to fake a cheaper region rather than going through that legitimate channel. Either way, it is not a cosmetic setting you flip back later without consequence. A botched or fraudulent region change can affect your existing purchased library, your wallet balance, your subscription pricing, and which storefront listings you see going forward, and a $20 to $40 saving on one game is a bad trade against risking a library that may represent hundreds or thousands of dollars in purchases.

There is also a payment problem. Most regional storefronts expect a local payment method or a regional gift card, not a foreign credit card, specifically to prevent this kind of arbitrage. Buying a South Korean or Indian gift card as a foreign resident to redeem in a region you are not otherwise active in is exactly the kind of workaround platform holders actively try to close, and doing it around the biggest game launch of the year is likely to draw extra scrutiny. It runs into the same territory as the grey-market codes we warn about in our pre-order scam guide: a discount that looks too easy usually costs more than it saves.

If you are a resident of one of the lower-priced regions, none of this applies to you. Buy at your local price the normal way, no workaround needed. If you are not, our honest read is that the discount is not worth the account risk, and the money saved is smaller than it looks once you account for currency conversion fees on a foreign gift card.

How GTA 6’s pricing spread compares to other AAA games

GTA 6’s regional spread is wide, but it is not an outlier. The same PS Store and Xbox Store pricing structure applied to Spider-Man 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and every other recent AAA release, and the South Korea-versus-Israel-style gap shows up across most of them once you convert to a common currency. What makes GTA 6’s version get noticed is the base number itself. At a $79.99 US price, an 84 percent regional swing works out to roughly $49 in absolute dollar terms, more than the entire cost of a budget game. At GTA 5’s $59.99 launch price in 2013, the same percentage gap would have been a smaller number in absolute terms, so it drew less attention even though the underlying pricing logic was identical.

The other thing worth knowing: this is not new territory for Rockstar specifically. GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 both carried regional pricing spreads on digital storefronts once those existed at scale, they just launched before regional price-tracking became the mini-genre of gaming content it is today. GTA 6 is getting the spreadsheet treatment because it is the biggest release in the platform era, not because Rockstar did anything unusual with the pricing model.

FAQ

What is the cheapest country to buy GTA 6?

South Korea has the lowest confirmed price, with the Standard Edition listed at 89,800 won, which converts to roughly $58. Japan and India are close behind at around $61 and $63.

What is the most expensive country for GTA 6?

Israel has the highest confirmed price, with the Standard Edition listed at 319 shekels, which converts to roughly $107. Hungary and Switzerland follow at around $102 and $98.

Why does GTA 6 cost different amounts in different countries?

Rockstar prices the game in local currency rather than a fixed dollar conversion, then adjusts for local purchasing power, and in many regions the listed price already includes value-added tax while the US price does not. All three factors stack together to create the gap.

Can I buy GTA 6 from a cheaper region to save money?

PlayStation accounts cannot officially change region at all, and Xbox only allows it once every three months through account settings, so faking a cheaper region generally means a VPN or false address, both of which risk a ban. Most players are better off paying their home region price.

Does the regional price gap apply to the Ultimate Edition too?

Yes, the same pattern holds. Ultimate Edition runs about $73 in South Korea versus roughly $134 in Israel, tracking the Standard Edition gap almost exactly.

Prices are approximate USD conversions of local-currency listings as of July 2026 and will shift with exchange rates between now and the November 19 launch. Always check your own region’s storefront for the exact current price before buying. For the full edition breakdown and what each price tier includes, see our pre-order guide; for the complete release timeline, see our release date guide.