GTA V trophies & achievements guide
Grand Theft Auto V has 78 trophies including a single platinum, and its list is split between the single-player story and GTA Online, so the platinum requires both a full story playthrough with heavy gold-medal grinding and substantial online play.
| Total trophies / achievements | 78 |
| Platinum | 1 (awarded automatically once every other trophy is earned) |
| Breakdown | 1 platinum, 3 gold, 15 silver, 59 bronze |
| Difficulty (community estimate) | Approximately 8.5/10 — long and grind-heavy rather than mechanically punishing; almost nothing is skill-gated, but the sheer time commitment (and dependence on GTA Online) is what earns the high rating |
| Time to 100% / platinum | Approximately 150-200+ hours for most players (some completionist guides estimate up to 400 hours). Roughly 60-80 hours covers the single-player story, 100% completion and gold-medal grind; the remainder is GTA Online progression |
| Missable | Honest note — several single-player trophies are effectively missable in a first run: individual mission gold-medal objectives (needed toward the 70-gold-medal grind) and the pilot-skill challenges such as flying under all of Los Santos's bridges (Under the Bridge) and completing every knife-edge flight (Knife Flights). Most mission objectives can be recovered afterward via Mission Replay, so nothing is permanently lost, but they are easy to overlook the first time through |
| Online required | Yes — this is a correction to a common misconception: GTA V's platinum CANNOT be earned from the single-player story alone. Roughly 18 of the 78 trophies require GTA Online, including Above the Law (reach Rank 100), Decorated (earn 30 Platinum Awards), Numero Uno (finish first in every competitive game type), Enjoy Your Stay (reach Rank 10 and try everything online) and many others. GTA Online is a large, mandatory part of the platinum, not a trophy-free mode |
| DLC trophies | No separate paid-DLC trophies — all 78 trophies belong to the base game and are split between the single-player story and the built-in GTA Online mode |
Sources · Last verified: July 12, 2026.
The single-player half of the list is where most of the memorable grinding lives. Beyond finishing the three-protagonist story, the platinum leans on 100% completion and a large gold-medal push: earning gold on story missions plus Strangers and Freaks tasks means replaying many missions to satisfy their optional objectives, since a rushed first attempt rarely nails every requirement. On top of that sit fiddly, skill-flavoured challenges most players deliberately mop up at the end, such as flying a plane or helicopter under every bridge in Los Santos and clearing all of the knife-edge flight challenges. None of it is brutally hard, but these objectives are easy to miss on a casual playthrough and account for the 'missable' reputation.
The online half is what turns a manageable trophy list into a genuine time sink, and it is worth being blunt about because it is often misremembered: GTA Online absolutely does have trophies here, and the platinum is impossible without them. Around eighteen trophies are online-only, and two of them dominate the schedule — reaching Rank 100 (Above the Law), which demands accumulating well over a million RP, and earning 30 Platinum Awards (Decorated). Others, like winning first place in every competitive game type (Numero Uno), can be awkward if you are matchmaking with strangers, so many hunters coordinate with friends or a crew to speed things up.
Overall the platinum is best described as long rather than difficult. Sitting around 8.5/10 on popular guides, it asks for patience and consistency far more than raw skill: a complete story run, a completionist sweep of collectibles and gold medals in single-player, and then a lengthy online grind for Rank 100 and the platinum awards. Budget well over a hundred hours, plan the online portion around the RP and award grind, and the trophy itself is very achievable for a dedicated solo player.
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Sources
- Rockstar Support — GTA V PC System Requirements
- Steam — Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
- Charlie INTEL — Does GTA Online have crossplay?
- HowLongToBeat — Grand Theft Auto V
- Dexerto — Is GTA 5 & GTA Online cross-platform?
- Last verified: July 12, 2026. Sizes and specs can change with patches — tell us if something is out of date.