How big is the map in GTA 6? Is it bigger than the one in GTA 5?

Let's start by debunking a headline: the claim that "it's officially 2.5 times bigger than GTA 5," which was published by several media outlets, is not official. Rockstar has never released a map size figure—not for GTA 6, not for GTA V, not even for Red Dead Redemption 2. Any figure you read is, by definition, a community estimate.

The most widely cited estimate, with the most transparent methodology, comes from the GTAForums community mapping project, which Leonida reconstructed by analyzing every second of the trailer and every official screenshot: about 125 km² of continuous land.

And how big is GTA V? It depends on how you count it, and that’s the catch with all comparisons: about 127 km² if you include the playable ocean, about 76–80 km² using the most common calculation, and just 51 km² if you count only land. That’s why the honest range for the comparison is “between 2 and 2.7 times larger,” not a magic number.

What is 100% official, however, are the six regions of the state of Leonida, as described by Rockstar on its website: Vice City (“everything in excess,” the big city inspired by Miami), Leonida Keys (the archipelago where Jason and Lucia’s story begins), Grassrivers (the Everglades-style wetlands), Port Gellhorn (“the forgotten coast,” inspired by Panama City), Ambrosia (the agricultural and industrial heartland, with its sugar refinery and a biker gang in charge), and Mount Kalaga (the mountainous nature park in the north, with confirmed hunting and fishing).

One detail that hints at something bigger: in Trailer 2, license plates from a second state, Gloriana (inspired by Georgia), appear. Rockstar hasn’t confirmed whether it will be explorable or purely part of the setting, but it’s in official material, not a leak.

And a deliberate creative license: Mount Kalaga is Leonida’s only mountain… even though Florida, its real-life inspiration, is the flattest state in the United States. County names (Vice-Dale, Leonard, Kelly...) also appear on the highway signs in the trailer, although the complete administrative division remains a fan reconstruction.