The game is based on an open world environment where you're free to explore the game's vast map as you want and interact with it at your leisure. GTA San Andreas is made on RanderWare game engine. The game was released in October 2004, for Sony PlayStation 2 and for Microsoft Windows and Xbox in June 2005. This is the seventh game of the series and a follow up on the 2002 released game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is published by Rockstar Games and developed by Rockstar North it is an action-adventure type video game that is a part of the famous GTA (Grand Theft Auto) series.