Here are the best GTA 5 mods to play while you wait for GTA 6

GTA 6 is permanently mere months away, but that’s ok. There are many games to try out in the meantime, and one of them is GTA 5, or at least a side of it that you don’t know of yet. Here are the best GTA 5 mods in 2026.

Map Editor

The GTA 5 map editor is considerably old, but it remains one of the most fun mods ever made for the game due to all the liberty its sandbox bestows upon players.

Map Editor doesn’t allow players to remove pre-existing roads or buildings to reshape the city as they see fit, so this isn’t exactly SimCity or Cities: Skylines, but the Map Editor mod allows players to add a wide range of existing structures to the city. Like, say, create a skate park atop a tall building, which is likely the coolest thing imaginable. Players will also be able to populate their areas with NPCs of their choosing, which allows them to play out any skirmish that they can come up with.

Liberty City in GTA 5

Nostalgia is a big driver for gamers, and though it’s just one mainline entry away, most players haven’t visited GTA 4’s Liberty City in over 20 years. The Liberty City V remix fixes that by creating a very useful connection between Liberty City and Los Santos, one that allows players to visit the old area for what’ll likely be an incredibly nostalgic little drive, walk, or drive-by.

Enable all interiors

Even though GTA 5 lets players enjoy one of the richest and largest play areas in AAA games set in the modern world, it can feel a bit empty because most buildings in the game are inaccessible.

Whereas the enable all interiors mod still doesn’t allow players to enter every building, it works for most of them, and it even allows players to customize a lot of said inner areas. If you’re looking for a mod that expands your GTA 5 experience inward, look no further.

King Kong mod

One of the coolest ways to play GTA back in the old days was just to insert one (or many) cheat codes and go on an absolute rampage. That was cool, but none of these games ever filled the wish many players had of becoming a Kaiju-level threat to Los Santos. The King Kong script mod fixes that, and then some. Players get to become a big beast, and they also get Kong’s signature abilities, climbing buildings, throwing vehicles, and pounding the ground to create mini earthquakes. Ok, that last one probably isn’t in any of the movies, but it’s a damn great addition.

Mission Creator

You can only play so much GTA until you decide you want to create your own GTA. Especially after GTA 5, a game that gives players a taste of what it would be to plan an elaborate heist, players will naturally want more, and the Mission Creator mod allows them to create their own elaborate heists, or basically any other fun scenario.

Super punch mod

GTA 5 is arguably the best game of the franchise, but it doesn’t have all the features that made the previous titles amazing. For one, it doesn’t feature super strength abilities that you could get in the previous games via special missions or cheats. The super punch mod fixes that and brings back the ability to One Punch Man their way out of most situations by landing punches that have enemies flying hundreds of feet away to their deaths. This is one of the most satisfying mods out there.

Visual V

Maybe it’s the nostalgia speaking, but I still think of GTA 5 as an incredibly gorgeous game. That’s not everyone’s opinion, though, and I get it. Those who think V already needs a bit of a facelift should look no further than Visual V, the most complex visual overhaul mod for the game, which features new weather effects, clouds, volumetric fog effects, better draw distance lighting, improved lens flares, chromatic aberration removal, and many other small fixes.

GTA 5 goes Just Cause

Ever since its release, GTA 5 has been inspiring many other games of its kind. While none have achieved anywhere near its level of success, some have come up with mechanics that should totally be in GTA games, like the Just Cause series, with its amazing aerial mechanics. The Parachute Thrusters mod does a great job of emulating that, and allows GTA 5 players to get a lot more fun out of aerial gameplay than they’d have even with GTA’s classic jetpack.

Gangsta Rats

I wasn’t joking when I talked about experiencing GTA 5 from entirely new angles. The Gangsta Rats mod took inspiration from Squirrel with a gun and has players see the world of GTA 5 through the eyes of a rat. Not a mob rat, mind you, but an actual rat with guns.

This one is probably not the most elaborate mod out there, but I guarantee you it’s one of the most immediately hilarious mods you can encounter, as well as one of the best for players interested in creating fun non-AI-generated content for social media.

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Crimson Desert is a single-player game but you don’t have to enjoy your adventures alone. While you can complete all the quests and content on your own, you can do so with your beloved pet. Obtaining your animal companion takes a bit of time when you begin your adventures, and there are two choices to consider.

But first, let’s find out how pets work in Crimson Desert.

Update: Added a table for all types of pets and their favorite food items (offers biggest boost to trust).

How pets work in Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert has a trust system that works between your character and animals. The trust mechanic begins at zero and goes up to 100. This system is universal for all pettable animals, which are two in the current version of the game.

• Cats
• Dogs

The process of getting a pet varies slightly based on your choice.

• If you want to pet a dog, walk up to the animal, and press the applicable button for the interaction prompt.
• If you want to pet a cat, pick it up by getting close to it. Then, select the carry prompt to pet the creature.

When you pet a creature, you gain +5 trust. You can gain up to 25 trust with an animal companion in a single day from this method.

Pets are immensely helpful when they’re active, as they help bring back the loot you get from defeated enemies. However, they will loot everything they can as there’s no filter available in the current build of Crimson Desert. However, it’s still beneficial to have them active; otherwise, you’ll be spending a lot more time getting different loot.

All pets and their favorite foods in Crimson Desert

The table below has a list of all the pettable animals I have found, along with their favorite food items.

Name	Type	Favorite Meat
Cat	Cat	Squid
Short-Haired Kitten	Cat	Small Gudgeon
Fat Cat	Cat	Sockeye Salmon
Long-Haired Cat	Cat	Mackerel
Kitten	Cat	Fish Fillet
Desert Cat	Cat	Egg
Slim Cat	Cat	Pond Loach
Short-Haired Cat	Cat	Egg
Saluki	Dog	Fine Meat
Pointy-Eared Bulldog	Dog	Egg
Shepherd	Dog	Bird Meat
Floppy-Eared Bulldog	Dog	Cheese
Boarhound Puppy	Dog	Lean Bird Meat
Husky	Dog	Bird Meat
Jindo	Dog	Sweet Potato
Greyhound	Dog	Fine Meat
Boarhound	Dog	Lean Bird Meat
Beagle	Dog	Sweet Potato

How to add more pets in Crimson Desert

The key to gaining a pet is to take your trust to 100. Once that’s achieved, hold the selection button and press the Claim option. This will register the dog/cat as your pet. You can have up to 30 pets for your adventure, but only one can be active at any given moment.

How to use food to gain trust in Crimson Desert

While playing with cats/dogs helps to gain trust, there’s a daily cap on that. A better way is to use food items. Feeding also helps to improve your trust with them, but there’s a daily cap as well.

• Tough Meat (Feed to a Dog for 10 trust)
• Fine Meat (Feed to a Dog for 35 trust)
• Bird Meat (Feed to a Cat for 10 trust)
• Fish (Feed to a Cat for 10 trust)
• Milk (Feed to a Cat for 10 trust)

Food items have a cap of three per day. In simple words, you can feed a creature at most three times in a given day. If you max out the daily caps, you’ll be able to gain a new pet every two days. The only exception to this is Fine Meat, which allows you to gain a new pet in a single day. However, you’ll have to spend coins at a vendor to get the item.

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