Will there be a Red Dead Redemption 3?

The Red Dead Redemption games are rightly regarded as two of the greatest games of all time, so it's no surprise that Red Dead Redemption 3 rumours are never far from the spotlight.

It's now been more than seven years since Red Dead Redemption 2 told us the tale of the Van der Linde gang, blowing everyone away in the process.

With Rockstar hard at work on next year's GTA 6, it feels unlikely that a new Red Dead game is coming anytime soon.

But could we get a Red Dead Redemption 3? Here's what you need to know.

Will there be a Red Dead Redemption 3?

As of the time of writing, Red Dead Redemption 3 hasn't been confirmed.

Arthur Morgan's voice actor, Roger Clark, has said that he is "certain we will see RDR3 one day," in a Tweet from December 2023.

However, he makes clear that he has "no idea" when that could arrive, and explains that it would be unlikely that Arthur Morgan would make a return because "his story has been told."

Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser recently spoke about the possibility on the Lex Fridman Podcast, confirming that he thinks that there will be a third game simply due to how popular the series is.

He does say, however, that it would be "sadder" if a third game was made, because of how fulfilling the two existing Red Dead games are as a two-part story arc.

We'll update this page as soon as anything more pops up – but in the meantime, let's do a little more digging...

When could Red Dead Redemption 3 be released?

If we look at the time between Red Dead Redemptions 1 and 2, we see the unfortunately large distance of eight years.

So, if we base our judgement on that, we won't see a Red Dead Redemption 3 until 2026 at the earliest.

However, there have been a few hints and teases from Rockstar Games that mean we'll certainly be back hunting bounties on horseback at some point.

At the Jefferies Virtual Global Interactive Entertainment Conference last year, Rockstar's CEO Strauss Zelnick seemed quite confident that there will be another Red Dead.

"The new Bond film, that was great," he said. "You would like every franchise to be James Bond. There are precious few entertainment franchises of any sort that fall into that category, but they do exist... I think Red Dead is one of them."

However, he added that "annualising non-sports titles runs the risk of burning out the intellectual property, even if it's good".

"So we take the time to make something we think is incredibly phenomenal, and we also rest titles intentionally so that there's pent-up demand for that title, so it's a special event," Zelnick continued.

This makes sense - we weren't expecting Red Dead Redemption to get the FIFA treatment with a release every year.

But it is a shame that there's such a huge gap between titles these days, when once upon a time we could expect a new GTA every couple of years.

As soon as anything Red Dead Redemption 3 gets announced, we'll let you know right here!

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