Free browser-based AI-generated Taipei GTA clone hits 1.2 million simultaneous players in three days – vibe-coded game costs $10,000 in AI tokens to build, is set on the streets of Taipei
The developers AICodeWith have released a browser-based game called e Taipei GTA. The name of the game could put the devs in hot water with Rockstar’s legal department, but at the time of writing it is online, free and completely playable. While it remains online, Taipei, with the not-so-secret ingredient of crime, maybe the diversion you are looking for while you wait for GTA 6. You can try this game that has $ 10,000 in tokens to create, where you can toggle language options in the upper right of the window.
Taipei GTA is here! Engineers burned more than 300,000 “it will be online in a month”, and 1.2 million people are playing it at the same time｜TVBS News @TVBSNEWS01 – YouTube
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The above Taiwan TV news report states that GTA Taipei has attracted 1.2 million concurrent users in just three days since its release (machine translation).
While we have only seen reports of Taipei GTA via media based in Taiwan and Hong Kong (in Chinese), luckily there is an English language wiki about the game in the absence of any official announcement(s).
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Taipei GTA was vibe-coded via the AICodeWith platform, which is described as a unified platform for developers. It provides access to DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, and 30+ models and is based on prepaid tokens. AICodeWith also appears to be the developer of this web-based game. So it might be safe to assume that it is some kind of demo/showcase for the platform. Certainly, not many hobbyists would spend the alleged USD $10,000 for coding tokens for a game like Taipei GTA. This looks like pretty good publicity for the development platform though.
If you follow the link to play this game, you will notice that it is a web app on the Vercel Cloud Platform. Currently, it has zones based on some famous areas of Taipei such as Ximending, Taipei Main Station, and Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. In addition, many features of Taiwan’s capital city life are represented. My quick test run allowed me to experience the busy modern city streets with neon signs, motor scooters, convenience stores, cram school ads, night markets, lots of policemen, and more.
Like seminal GTA titles that inspire it, Taipei GTA is a free roaming experience with the added spice of crime. Starting the game on foot with just the clothes on your back, your fists, and NTD$500 (about USD$16) in your pocket, you can basically do whatever you want in the city. For a more structured experience, there are currently 93 missions to work on in the game, when you can control your character and so on.
Taipei GTA is still under development/expansion. Media reports say that the devs are asking the community about any development direction they would like to see in updates.
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In my brief runaround, performance in this browser game seemed quite fast and responsive, even on a PC with integrated graphics. I gave the game a quick spin on my laptop without switching to the discrete GPU, but the action still runs at 100FPS+ on the Radeon 890M. This web app only uses low-poly models with simple lighting, but I thought it had some early-2000s style retrogaming charm. The closest real GTA comparison might be San Andreas, but Taipei offers a very different environment.
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