GTA 6 costs $79.99 for the Standard Edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition. That is a lot of money, and there is one legitimate program that can chip away at that price without spending anything extra to join, no fake giveaways, no survey sites, no shady generator tools. For most people starting today, that means real, meaningful savings, not a free copy. A small number of long-time users have actually covered the entire price, and we will show you how they did it too.
| ⚠️Disclaimer: Microsoft Rewards works differently depending on where you live. Players in India have fewer gift card options than players in the US or UK. Before you spend months earning, check what is actually redeemable in your country at rewards.microsoft.com. |
Quick Answer: Get GTA 6 For Free Using Microsoft Rewards
Microsoft Rewards is a free program from Microsoft that gives you points for searching with Bing and completing small daily tasks. You swap those points for Xbox gift cards, then use the gift cards toward GTA 6. Fully covering the Standard Edition takes around 80,000 points, the Ultimate Edition around 100,000, and realistically that means months, sometimes a year or more, of consistent daily use.
Most people starting today will land somewhere between $15 and $40 off by November, not a free copy. A smaller group of long-time users have covered the whole price, and this guide shows you exactly how the program works either way.
Real Players Who Already Got GTA 6 for Free
These stories are the ceiling, not what most people starting today should expect. One Reddit user, going by HugoWheynow, posted what they described as their GTA 6 purchase confirmation and summed it up better than anyone:
“Thank you Rockstar for all the delays, which allowed me to have all these extra months to save my Microsoft points.”
Another poster, using the name CarolinaKing704, described covering the full $99.99 Ultimate Edition using points stacked for close to three years. Worth noting these are individual, self-reported accounts rather than something independently verified beyond the screenshots themselves, take them as representative of what is possible at the high end, not a guarantee.
Tom’s Guide writer Arif Bacchus did the same and documented exactly how he did it, saying he built nearly 2.5 million Microsoft Rewards points over the years and used them toward games, $200 toward a PS5, and $200 toward a MacBook Pro.
No hack. No loophole. Just a free program most people walk past. Here is how it works.
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What Is Microsoft Rewards?
Microsoft Rewards is a free points program that lives inside Bing, the Microsoft Store, and Xbox. You earn points for doing things you probably already do online, then trade those points for gift cards.
You do not pay anything to join. Instead you need a Microsoft account, which is free, and which you likely already have if you use Windows, Xbox, or a Hotmail or Outlook email address.
The main ways to earn are:
- Searching the web with Bing on PC
- Searching on the Bing mobile app
- Completing the Daily Set on the Rewards dashboard (three short tasks each day)
- Reading news in the Bing app
- Playing Xbox Game Pass games and finishing in-game quests
- Shopping through the Microsoft Store
If you are buying GTA 6 on Xbox digitally, Microsoft Store or Xbox gift cards are what you want. That is where your points go furthest.
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Can You Actually Get GTA 6 for Free?
Yes. But free here has a specific meaning, so it is worth saying clearly.
Microsoft is not handing out copies of GTA 6. Nobody is doing that. What happens is you build up enough points to redeem Microsoft gift cards, then use those gift cards at checkout when you buy the game. Your bank account stays untouched. The game is yours.
The players who covered the full price did not stumble into it. HugoWheynow and CarolinaKing704 both started earning months before GTA 6 pre-orders opened. The Reddit screenshots are real. Rockstar’s delays, which drove everyone furious for years, accidentally gave those players extra time to build their balance.
If you are starting today, you are not covering $80 by November. That window has mostly closed. But you can cover $35 to $40 of it, which takes that $79.99 price tag down to somewhere between $40 and $45.
When you consider that the method costs you nothing and takes a few minutes each morning, cutting the price nearly in half is worth paying attention to.
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Step 1: Switch to Bing and Search Every Day
This is where most of your points come from, and the bar to start could not be lower.
Go to bing.com, sign in with your Microsoft account, and use it for your daily searches. That is the whole step.
Is Bing as good as Google? For most everyday searches, it does the job. News, scores, quick facts, weather, looking something up that you are going to forget by tomorrow. The search results are fine. And you are getting paid in points for every search, which Google never does.
Here is what you earn each day:
| Activity | Maximum Daily Points |
| PC Bing searches | 150 points |
| Mobile Bing searches | 100 points |
| Daily cap across PC & mobile | 250 points |
Rates as of July 2026. Microsoft changes these from time to time, so check rewards.microsoft.com to confirm current limits.
Hit that cap every day and you are earning around 7,000 points per month from searches alone. Between now and November 19, that adds up to roughly 28,000 points, worth about $28 in Microsoft credit, for doing nothing other than changing which search bar you use.
Twenty-eight dollars off the price of GTA 6 just for searching. Without changing anything else about your day.
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Step 2: Download the Bing App and Spend Five Minutes on It Each Morning
The Bing mobile app sits on top of your PC earnings and adds a second stream of points that takes almost no time to collect.
What the app currently offers:
| Activity | Rewards |
| Reading daily news in the Bing app | 30 points per day |
| Maintaining a 7-day check-in streak | 50-point bonus per week |
| Puzzle Piece challenge | 1,000-point one-time bonus (limited-time offer, not a permanent reward) |
Microsoft rotates bonus challenges through the app regularly. Sometimes they are worth a lot of points for very little effort. The only way to catch them is to check the app each morning, which takes about as long as reading one news headline.
You are probably already scrolling through news on your phone first thing in the morning. Do it in the Bing app instead. Same content, same habit, points in your account.
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Step 3: Know What Your Points Are Actually Worth Before You Redeem
A lot of people earn points for months and then waste them on the wrong thing. Do not do that.
Once you reach Level 2 in Microsoft Rewards (which just means staying active and earning at least 500 points per month), you unlock the best redemption rates. New accounts get slightly worse rates, but hitting Level 2 is easy and usually happens within your first month of regular use.
Microsoft Store and Xbox gift card rates at Level 2:
| Gift Card Value | Points Needed |
| $10 | 10,000 points |
| $25 | 25,000 points |
| $50 | 50,000 points |
| $100 | 100,000 points |
For GTA 6 on Xbox, always go for Microsoft Store or Xbox gift cards. They give you the best value per point across every redemption option available.
Buying GTA 6 on PS5 instead?
Xbox gift cards do not work on PlayStation. Through Microsoft Rewards, your next best option is Amazon gift cards, which you can use toward PlayStation Store credit or a physical copy of the game. They cost a few more points per dollar though:
- $10 Amazon card: 10,500 points
- $25 Amazon card: 26,250 points
- $50 Amazon card: 52,000 points
Amazon cards also go out of stock on the Rewards platform sometimes, so do not wait until the last minute to redeem.
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Step 4: Run Every Earning Method at Once
Searches alone will get you partway there. The players who covered the full price of GTA 6 got there by running searches, daily tasks, app bonuses, and Game Pass quests all at the same time.
Here is what a consistent month looks like across all methods:
| Method | Estimated Monthly Points |
| PC and mobile Bing searches (daily maximum) | 7,000 |
| Daily Set activities (Microsoft Rewards dashboard) | 900 |
| Bing app news reading and weekly check-in streaks | 1,100 |
| Xbox Game Pass quests (Game Pass subscription required) | 1,200 |
| Microsoft Store purchases (Level 2: 10 points per $1 spent) | Varies |
| Estimated Total (excluding Store purchases) | Around 10,000 points |
PC Gamer confirmed that combining these methods puts you at close to 10,000 points per month. That is also what the Reddit players who pre-ordered GTA 6 for free reported earning over their months of saving.
From today to November 19 is around four months. At 10,000 points per month, that is 40,000 points. Forty dollars off an $80 game. For free. Because you used Bing.
Step 5: Stay at Level 2 or You Lose Your Best Rates
This catches a lot of people who start strong and then go quiet for a few weeks.
Level 2 gives you the redemption rates in the table above. To keep Level 2, you need at least 500 points per month. If your account goes cold and drops below that, you lose those rates and have to earn them back.
Five hundred points is three days of Bing searches. That is not much. But if you take a month off completely, you pay the price in worse redemption rates when you come back. Set a reminder on your phone if that helps. Do not lose what you earned.
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One Thing That Surprised a Lot of Gamers
This is worth knowing before you get to the checkout screen.
When you pay for a pre-order using Microsoft account balance or gift cards, the charge happens the moment you click confirm, not when the game ships in November.
Normal pre-orders usually do not charge you until release day. Microsoft balance payments are different. The money leaves immediately.
This is not a problem as long as you know it is coming. Your pre-order is confirmed and your points are safe in gift card form. But if you were expecting the charge to come in November, it will not. It comes now. Plan your redemption timing around that.
What Can You Realistically Earn Before Launch?
Here is a clear picture depending on where you are starting from:
| Your Situation | Estimated Points by November | Approximate GTA 6 Savings |
| Starting fresh today and using all available earning methods consistently | 35,000-40,000 points | $35-$40 off |
| Already have a Microsoft Rewards account and use it occasionally | 50,000-60,000 points | $50-$60 off |
| Active Microsoft Rewards user for six months or longer | 80,000+ points | Enough for the Standard Edition (around $79.99) |
Remember that taxes may apply depending on your country, so your points might not stretch to exactly the dollar amount you calculated. Factor that in when you are deciding how much to redeem.
If you are in the “starting fresh today” group, $20 to $25 off a game that was going to cost you $80 is not nothing. That is a real dent in the price, earned by changing your search engine and spending five minutes each morning on an app. It is a smaller number than the pre-overhaul guides promise, but it is the accurate one under the current system, and most people would still take a free $20 to $25 without a second thought.
FAQs
You can earn points anywhere you have a Microsoft account. The problem is on the redemption side. India has fewer gift card options than the US, and Xbox gift cards are not always available in the Indian Rewards catalogue. Log into rewards.microsoft.com and check what is currently listed for your region before spending months earning toward a redemption that might not be available to you.
At around 10,000 points per month using all methods, about eight months. Using only Bing searches and nothing else, closer to eleven or twelve months. The gap between those two numbers is why stacking methods matters.
Yes, through Amazon gift cards rather than Xbox ones. Redeem your points for Amazon cards, then use those toward PlayStation Store credit or a physical copy of the game. It costs slightly more points than Microsoft cards, and the Amazon cards are not always available on the Rewards platform, so check stock before you need them.
Microsoft Rewards points expire after eighteen months of complete account inactivity. As long as you earn at least one point before that window closes, your balance stays alive. Gift card balances after redemption do not expire.
The fastest route without spending money is combining all five methods at once: PC and mobile Bing searches at the daily cap, all three Daily Set tasks, Bing app news and streaks, and Xbox Game Pass quests. On top of that, Microsoft runs periodic bonus challenges through the app and dashboard that can add large chunks of points quickly. Check both regularly.
This guide is based on verified Microsoft Rewards earning rates, confirmed GTA 6 pricing, and real player experiences as of July 2026. Rates and redemption values change periodically so the key numbers here get updated whenever Microsoft makes adjustments before launch.
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