Kai Cenat Completes Five GTA Games in 130-Hour Marathon

On Nov. 5, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat started a marathon on Twitch to clear five mainline Grand Theft Auto titles before the launch of the next installment.

By Monday night, Nov. 6, he reached the final game on his list, as Mashable reported.

The Tech TL;DR:

• Kai Cenat cleared GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, and GTA IV in under 100 hours.
• The complete five-game marathon ran for just over 130 hours, according to reporting by Beebom.
• GTA 6 launches Nov. 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Cenat has 22 million followers on Twitch, where the marathon was broadcast. He kicked off the challenge on November 5, playing through the storylines in release order, Beebom reported.

Along the way, the games crossed into real life. In a video with over 500,000 views on his YouTube channel, Cenat dressed as GTA IV protagonist Niko Bellic. He took a performer dressed as Big Smoke to a drive-thru, where Big Smoke tried to place his famously huge San Andreas order, Mashable reported.

During the marathon, Cenat spoke about how the series changed with each entry, offering particular praise for the fourth installment.

“GTA 4 feels like a movie. It feels like they took a whole different approach with the coloring and everything,” he said during the marathon before GTA 6, as reported by Beebom. “It feels darker, it feels more gritty. It feels like a movie. I feel like I’m watching an entire movie as I’m playing it.”

Cenat eventually switched to Full Assisted Aim, according to Beebom.

Cenat cleared the first four titles in under 100 hours. Beebom reported that he officially completed all five mainline entries in just over 130 hours.

Some viewers on X were hyped as he returned to Los Santos, with one user saying, “Let’s gooo,” and another joking that he was “warming up like it’s a preseason game” ahead of GTA 6, Mashable reported.

For GTA 6, Cenat plans to take his time. As previously documented by Mashable, his intention is to spend time exploring between story missions, and he also advised supporters to carve out time for their own playthroughs. Furthermore, Beebom pointed out that he cautioned viewers who intend to experience the narrative themselves to steer clear of his broadcast unless they don’t mind having his playthrough running in the background.

Cenat has already shared plans to stream GTA 6 until he reaches 100 percent completion. GTA 6 launches Nov. 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, bringing the series back to Vice City.

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