GTA 6 Map Size

GTA 6 map size: what Rockstar itself has said

The GTA 6 map size has never been given in square miles or kilometers on Rockstar's own site or Newswire, including its November 3, 2026 post about the printable map.⁴ The closest Rockstar came on its own channels was Trailer 1's promise of "the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet."⁵

Everything else comes from Rockstar staff quoted by the press, from a YouTuber's secondhand account of a studio visit, or from outlet and fan estimates.

Every GTA 6 map size figure so far

GTA 6 map size figures have reached the public in several ways, and the table shows who reported each one and where it came from.

GTA 6 map size vs GTA 5

The GTA 6 map vs GTA 5 comparison is the one the main sources agree on. Edge's cover story, which puts the map at roughly twice GTA 5's, followed a 90-minute session with Rob Nelson at Rockstar North, and Aaron Garbut told Game Informer that Leonida is Rockstar's biggest map "by some degree," which VGC describes as twice as large as GTA 5, with more detail.⁶

YouTuber TGG, who visited Rockstar North before the Extended Look, relayed the same figure.⁸ Kotaku and VGC say Rob Nelson gave TGG the numbers.¹⁰

For scale, Screen Rant estimates GTA 5's map at about 31 square miles, an outlet figure rather than an official one.³

GTA 6 map size vs Red Dead Redemption 2

The GTA 6 map is three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2's, by TGG's secondhand account of his Rockstar North visit.² GamesRadar's live coverage of the Extended Look also attributes the three-times figure to Rockstar, without saying where Rockstar said it.¹¹

Screen Rant measured RDR2's map at about 29 square miles, a couple of square miles smaller than its GTA 5 estimate.³

Leonida vs GTA 4, GTA 5 and RDR2 combined

Leonida's total landmass comes close to the playable maps of GTA 4, GTA 5 and RDR2 put together, Rockstar told Edge.¹ PC Gamer ran the same comparison the day the Edge story went up.⁷

This comparison fits the twice figure. On Screen Rant's estimates, GTA 5 and RDR2 together already come to nearly twice GTA 5's size before GTA 4 is added.³

Why the GTA 6 map size figures don't agree

The GTA 6 map size figures don't agree once you put them side by side. On Screen Rant's estimates, twice GTA 5 comes to about 62 square miles, but three times RDR2 comes to about 87.³

One possible reason is that the figures measure different things, such as land only versus a playable area that includes water. Apart from Edge's description of Leonida's total landmass, Rockstar hasn't said how any of them were measured.

Headlines add to the confusion. Screen Rant's headline calls the size officially confirmed, but its only source is TGG's account of Rob Nelson.¹² VGC's headline says the map is officially twice as large as GTA 5, yet it rests on a press preview.⁶ Neither comes from a Rockstar Newswire post.

Fan estimates of the GTA 6 map size

Fan estimates of the GTA 6 map size go back to 2024. That April, Wccftech reported that the GTA VI Vice City and Leonida State Mapping Project put Leonida at 2.55 times the size of GTA 5, using the information then available and RAGE engine units.⁹

That estimate came more than two years before the Extended Look and the Edge and Game Informer interviews, so treat it as a fan snapshot from early 2024, not a measurement of the finished game.

How big Vice City is in GTA 6

Vice City in GTA 6 is twice the size of GTA 5's Los Santos, according to TGG's secondhand account from Rockstar North.⁸ The same account puts Vice City and its suburbs at 11 times Los Santos and its surroundings. The GTA 6 Vice City guide covers the districts Rockstar has named.

What fills the GTA 6 map: interiors, streets and transit

The GTA 6 map packs in an order of magnitude more interiors than Rockstar's earlier games, Aaron Garbut told Edge.¹ He told Game Informer that the studio reached a critical mass of interiors.⁶

Rob Nelson told IGN that the streets are narrower and more realistic in scale, as PC Gamer relayed.⁸ Edge reports fully working bus and train systems.¹

PC Gamer also reports that the cool response to GTA 5's sparse northern areas, such as the Senora Desert, shaped how Rockstar built Leonida's outer reaches.⁷ For the reported real-world matches behind each region, see where GTA 6 is located.