One prompt · One HTML file · One afternoon

Gran Theft Otto

GTA-style games built entirely by AI models from a single prompt — each one a self-contained HTML file. Pick a game, see what its model could do.

What is this?

After a tongue-in-cheek claim that AI could "generate GTA V in an afternoon", this became an experiment: give several frontier models the same brief — build a GTA-style game in a single HTML file, from one prompt — and compare what comes back. No frameworks, no build steps, no follow-up fixes.

The results range from basic prototypes to a genuinely impressive open-ish-world game with missions, carjackings and police chases. This site is becoming a running benchmark: as new models arrive, new games will appear here. The takeaway so far — turning instructions into code is no longer a moat for software engineers. Knowing what should be built, and recognising when the result is rubbish, still is.

The prompt

Please create me GTA V. Make it one single HTML file. Loop and test until it’s perfect. Make no mistakes.

Anthropic

5 games · 4 models

OpenAI

4 games · 2 models

DeepSeek

2 games · 1 model