The game is Grand Theft Auto V's online component. Grand Theft Auto Online allows up to 30 players to explore its open world environment and participate in cooperative or competitive game matches in the fictitious state of San Andreas, which is modelled after Southern California.
Players are free to travel San Andreas, which features an expansive countryside and the made-up city of Los Santos, thanks to the game's open-world concept (based on Los Angeles). Players take control of a mute protagonist who can be customised as they progress through progressively challenging tasks on their way to becoming a powerful criminal.
Grand Theft Auto Online features cooperative missions where numerous players execute objectives to advance the plot. These cooperative missions are set both months before and years after the single-player campaign. The game also includes a tonne of side missions and events, such the trickier "Heists," as well as different businesses that players may buy and manage to make money.