THE CRUNCH
A free browser game called Taipei GTA, reportedly built largely with AI coding tools, has attracted 1.2 million concurrent players within three days of release, according to a Taiwan TV news report cited by Tom's Hardware. The game is a free-roaming, crime-flavoured romp through the Taiwanese capital, and it is still online despite a name that could catch Rockstar's legal eye.
The game was built on the AICodeWith platform, which offers access to DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM and more than 30 other models via prepaid tokens, and the developers reportedly spent about $10,000 in tokens creating it, which suggests the game doubles as a showcase for the platform.
It runs as a web app on Vercel and recreates recognisable parts of Taipei, including Ximending, Taipei Main Station and the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, complete with neon signage, scooters, night markets and plenty of police. Players start on foot with their fists and about $16, and can roam freely or work through 93 missions. The game is still under development, with the developers reportedly asking the community what updates they would like.
Tom's Hardware's tester found the game ran at over 100 frames per second on a laptop using integrated graphics, helped by low-poly models and simple lighting, which the reviewer felt gave it an early-2000s retro charm. The name could yet attract legal attention from Rockstar, but the game remains online and free at the time of writing.