How Big Is GTA 6's Map vs GTA 5? Confirmed Facts vs Estimates

Short answer: GTA 6''s map is confirmed to be bigger than GTA 5''s — a modern-day Vice City plus the surrounding state of Leonida. But every "it''s exactly X square miles" figure you''ve seen is a community estimate, not an official Rockstar number.

What''s confirmed

Rockstar has confirmed the setting: a modern-day Vice City within the wider state of Leonida (their take on Florida), and that it is larger than GTA 5''s map. That much is official.

What''s an estimate (label it as such)

The widely repeated figure is that GTA 6''s playable area is roughly 2.4 to 2.7 times the size of GTA 5. Since GTA 5''s map is about 49 square miles, that puts Leonida somewhere around 118–132 square miles.

Here''s the honest part: Rockstar has never published a square-mileage number. Those figures come from fans measuring trailer footage, scaling the in-game map art, and timing how long it takes to cross certain areas. It''s genuinely clever detective work — but it is an estimate, and the finished world could land higher or lower.

Size isn''t the whole story

The quieter, more interesting point is density. A world that''s roughly twice the size but with many more enterable buildings feels far bigger on the ground, where it actually matters. Reporting points to a big jump in interiors and expanded underwater areas — so denser as well as larger. (Interior counts circulating online are also estimates until Rockstar confirms them.)

What would change this answer

An official Rockstar figure for the map size or interior count. If it drops, this page updates and the change goes on our Scorecard.