Kai Cenat Is Playing Every GTA Before GTA 6

Published November 5, 2026.

REPORTED. Kai Cenat starts a five-game Grand Theft Auto marathon today, Thursday, November 5, at 3 PM Eastern, playing GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA 4 and GTA 5 back to back in one sitting, live on Twitch and YouTube. He announced the run on November 2, two weeks before GTA 6 launches.

What time does the Kai Cenat GTA marathon start?

REPORTED. The marathon starts today, Thursday, November 5, at 3:00 PM Eastern, which is 12:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM in London. Cenat announced it in an X post quoted by GTA BOOM: "PLAYING GTA 3, VICE CITY, SAN ADREAS, 4 & 5 ALL ON STREAM NOVEMBER 5TH 3PM EST," followed by a one-word correction of his own typo. AsiaOne reports he confirmed the plan on a November 2 livestream, and the stream runs on both his Twitch and YouTube channels. With nearly 22 million followers on Twitch, per Bomo News, his channel is the single biggest room in streaming going into launch season.

Which GTA games is Kai Cenat playing in the marathon?

REPORTED. Five mainline games, in release order:

1. Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
4. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
5. Grand Theft Auto V (2013)

REPORTED. That is the full 3D and HD era of the series, more than two decades of games, ending with the direct predecessor to GTA 6. GTA 6 itself is not part of this run.

How long will the Kai Cenat marathon take?

OUR TAKE. Nobody is finishing five GTA campaigns in a day. The five main stories together run to roughly 120 hours of play, so even played almost nonstop the marathon stretches across the better part of a week, and realistically longer once sleep and breaks count. REPORTED. Cenat has done this scale before: his 2024 Elden Ring marathon ran about 170 hours of broadcasting, per MrHella Media.

Why is Kai Cenat doing a GTA marathon two weeks before GTA 6?

OUR TAKE. Because the marathon is the warm-up lap for the biggest week in streaming history, and he intends to own it. Marathon streams are where subscriptions, donations and sponsorships concentrate, and a five-game run starting today keeps his channel at the center of the GTA conversation for the entire final stretch before launch, not just launch day. By the time November 19 arrives, his audience will have spent days inside GTA with him, and they will start launch day where they have been all week.

REPORTED. The bigger run is still to come. Cenat has said he plans to marathon GTA 6 itself from launch until he reaches 100% completion, per MrHella Media: "The day GTA VI comes out, I don't know when I'm ending stream. I'm doing a GTA VI marathon until it's 100% complete." Today's five-game run is the rehearsal. The full launch countdown shows what else lands between now and November 19.

Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Kai Cenat's GTA marathon start?

REPORTED. The marathon starts today, Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 3:00 PM Eastern (12:00 PM Pacific, 8:00 PM in London), live on his Twitch and YouTube channels, per his November 2 announcement covered by AsiaOne and GTA BOOM.

Which games is Kai Cenat playing in the GTA marathon?

REPORTED. Five games in release order: GTA 3 (2001), Vice City (2002), San Andreas (2004), GTA 4 (2008) and GTA 5 (2013), played back to back in one sitting, per his announcement.

Is GTA 6 part of Kai Cenat's marathon?

REPORTED. No. This marathon covers the five older games only. Cenat has separately said he plans a second marathon for GTA 6 itself, starting at launch on November 19 and running until he reaches 100% completion, per MrHella Media.

How long will the GTA marathon last?

OUR TAKE. The five main stories total roughly 120 hours of gameplay, so the run should last most of a week even at a marathon pace, and his 2024 Elden Ring marathon, at about 170 broadcast hours, shows he is willing to go that long.

Why is Kai Cenat playing old GTA games before GTA 6?

OUR TAKE. The run locks his audience into GTA content for the whole final stretch before launch, so when GTA 6 arrives on November 19 his channel is the default room for it. Marathon streams are also streaming's biggest earners in subscriptions, donations and sponsorships.

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