GTA VI takes place in Leonida, a US state invented for the game, and Vice City is a city inside it. Rockstar's site names six places to explore: Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga. We have not found an official map image or an official size figure. Press reports put the map at twice the size of GTA V's and about three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Where is GTA 6 set?
In the state of Leonida. Rockstar's synopsis describes a criminal conspiracy "stretching across the state of Leonida", and its Only in Leonida page calls Leonida "the sunshine state".
The tagline on the official GTA VI site is "Vice City, USA. The darkest side of the sunniest place in America." Christopher Byrd, writing in The New York Times, called Vice City an "alluring interpretation of Miami". Those are his words. Rockstar's pages name no real-world model.
LeonidaOur database entry for the state.Which places has Rockstar named?
Six, listed under "Explore" on the Only in Leonida page:
- Vice City
- Leonida Keys
- Grassrivers
- Port Gellhorn
- Ambrosia
- Mount Kalaga
The spelling is Ambrosia. Some outlets get it wrong.
The page also mentions a Leonida Penitentiary. Where it stands on the map is unknown.
Vice CityWhat is confirmed about the city so far.How big is the GTA 6 map?
Rockstar's pages give no figure in square kilometres or square miles that we have found. What exists is a set of comparisons with older Rockstar games, all of them reported by the press.
| Comparison | Who reports it | How solid |
|---|---|---|
| Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos | The New York Times, Kotaku | Two outlets |
| Whole map is about three times Red Dead Redemption 2 | The New York Times, Kotaku | Two outlets, different wording |
| Whole map is twice the size of GTA V's | Kotaku | One outlet, secondhand |
| Vice City and suburbs are 11 times Los Santos and its surroundings | Kotaku, relaying a YouTuber | Weakest |
Kotaku's report from August 27, 2026 carries the same two figures. It relays them from YouTuber TGG, who previewed the game at Rockstar North and credits head of development Rob Nelson. On the Red Dead comparison the Times says "playable area" and Kotaku says "map". Those may not be the same measurement.
Other coverage credits a similar "twice GTA V" line to Rockstar's Aaron Garbut in Game Informer's cover story. That story is subscriber-only and we have not checked its wording. The figure matches. The speaker differs. Game Informer's text or a statement from Rockstar would settle who said it.
One Garbut quote did travel further. GamingBolt, quoting Game Informer on September 29, 2026, has him calling this Rockstar's biggest map "by some degree".
The 11-times figure comes from the YouTuber alone, through Kotaku. Treat it as one person's recollection of a preview.
Is there an official GTA 6 map?
We have not found a map image on Rockstar's pages. If you see a full Leonida map online, assume it is fan-made unless it links back to Rockstar.
Interactive map statusWhere our own map stands.What lives on the map?
Game Informer reported on September 29, 2026 that Leonida holds more than 170 animal species across land, air and sea, some never seen in a Rockstar game. It attributes the count to Rockstar.
The weather moves too. Game Informer reported the same day that the game has tropical storms and hurricanes, plus localized storms.
What we don't know yet
- The map's size in km² or square miles.
- What the six places look like and where they sit relative to each other.
- Whether Leonida has named places beyond the six.
- Where Leonida Penitentiary is.
- Who at Rockstar gave the "twice GTA V" figure.
GTA VI comes out on November 19, 2026. From that day the map can be measured in the game itself, and most of this list closes.
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