GTA 6 Map Size vs GTA 5 and RDR2: How Big Is Leonida?

GTA 6's map is roughly twice the size of GTA 5's and three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2's, according to Rockstar North's Rob NelsonReported1. videogameschronicle.com — Grand Theft Auto 6's map is three times bigger than Red Dead Redemption 2. Vice City alone is said to be twice as big as Los SantosReported1. videogameschronicle.com — Grand Theft Auto 6's map is three times bigger than Red Dead Redemption 22. insider-gaming.com — GTA 6's Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos4. gameranx — GTA6 GAME LENGTH, WORLD SIZE & MORE5. No Fast Travel — GTA 6's Map Is WAY Bigger Than We Thought6. HiPE — Seeing GTA 6's Entire Map in 3D Is INSANEand 3 more. Rockstar hasn't published an official area in square kilometres, though, and fan measurements don't all agree. Here's what's been said, what the estimates show, and why the numbers differ.

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What Rockstar has said

The comparisons come from Rob Nelson, co-studio head at Rockstar North, in interviews around the August gameplay reveal. He told YouTuber TGG that the world is about twice the size of GTA 5 and three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2Reported1. videogameschronicle.com — Grand Theft Auto 6's map is three times bigger than Red Dead Redemption 2, and told IGN simply: "It's a big map, a very big map"Reported2. insider-gaming.com — GTA 6's Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos.

The more interesting number is about towns. Nelson said Vice City alone is twice the size of Los SantosReported1. videogameschronicle.com — Grand Theft Auto 6's map is three times bigger than Red Dead Redemption 22. insider-gaming.com — GTA 6's Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos4. gameranx — GTA6 GAME LENGTH, WORLD SIZE & MORE5. No Fast Travel — GTA 6's Map Is WAY Bigger Than We Thought6. HiPE — Seeing GTA 6's Entire Map in 3D Is INSANEand 3 more, but that the built-up areas around it, the suburbs and smaller towns across Leonida, add up to about 11 times what GTA 5 had outside the cityReported1. videogameschronicle.com — Grand Theft Auto 6's map is three times bigger than Red Dead Redemption 22. insider-gaming.com — GTA 6's Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos5. No Fast Travel — GTA 6's Map Is WAY Bigger Than We Thought7. Saintsfan — GTA 5 vs GTA 6 Map – The FULL Comparison. In other words, GTA 5 was one city plus a lot of countryside. GTA 6 has a big city, plus several smaller cities and rural areasReported2. insider-gaming.com — GTA 6's Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos.

How big is Leonida in square kilometres?

Nobody outside Rockstar knows for sure. One estimate puts Leonida at about 160 km², against roughly 80 km² for GTA 5 and 75 km² for Red Dead Redemption 2Speculation3. allthings.how — GTA 6 map size: how Vice City and Leonida compare to Los Santos. Those figures are estimates that include some ocean and out-of-bounds space, and they don't quite match the "three times RDR2" claim eitherSpeculation3. allthings.how — GTA 6 map size: how Vice City and Leonida compare to Los Santos.

The fan mapping community gets a smaller number. Its map puts GTA 6's landmass at around 83 km²Rumor7. Saintsfan — GTA 5 vs GTA 6 Map – The FULL Comparison10. Project Lan — GTA 6 MAP SIZE vs GTA 5 - Landmass, Scale, Cities & World Density, but that map is partly built from leaked development dataRumor7. Saintsfan — GTA 5 vs GTA 6 Map – The FULL Comparison, so treat it with caution. By the same community measurements, water makes up an estimated 50% to 60% of the area inside the map's outer boundaryRumor8. MrBossFTW — This Shows How HUGE The GTA 6 Map Is Going To Be.

Why the numbers don't agree

• Land vs total area. Leonida is a coastal state full of islands, canals and wetlands, so a "map size" that counts water is much bigger than one that counts only landRumor8. MrBossFTW — This Shows How HUGE The GTA 6 Map Is Going To Be.
• Built-up area vs empty space. Nelson's most striking number is about towns and suburbs, not total areaReported1. videogameschronicle.com — Grand Theft Auto 6's map is three times bigger than Red Dead Redemption 22. insider-gaming.com — GTA 6's Vice City is twice the size of Los Santos5. No Fast Travel — GTA 6's Map Is WAY Bigger Than We Thought7. Saintsfan — GTA 5 vs GTA 6 Map – The FULL Comparison. A map can feel far bigger if more of it is somewhere you'd actually go.
• City core vs city plus suburbs. One community measurement puts Vice City's core at about 13 km², only about 1.2 times Los Santos's 10.8 km²Speculation7. Saintsfan — GTA 5 vs GTA 6 Map – The FULL Comparison. That's very different from "twice the size", and suggests Rockstar's comparison counts more of the surrounding city.

The six regions of Leonida

The map is split into six regions: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga. One report says the full map opens shortly after the intro rather than being unlocked step by stepReported3. allthings.how — GTA 6 map size: how Vice City and Leonida compare to Los Santos. Our Leonida map regions guide covers each one, and our real-life locations guide matches them to Florida.

Bigger isn't just wider

Size isn't only about square kilometres. Several breakdowns point to a much larger number of buildings you can walk into than in GTA 5Reported5. No Fast Travel — GTA 6's Map Is WAY Bigger Than We Thought6. HiPE — Seeing GTA 6's Entire Map in 3D Is INSANE7. Saintsfan — GTA 5 vs GTA 6 Map – The FULL Comparison, which makes a city feel bigger without adding land. For the full list of changes, read GTA 6 vs GTA 5: every major difference and GTA 6 vs Red Dead Redemption 2.