How big is the GTA 6 map?

Rockstar has given one official size comparison: the GTA 6 map is three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2, per The New York Times on August 27, 2026. Rockstar has published no square-mile or square-kilometre figure. The 'twice GTA 5' number comes from a creator's account of a Rockstar North preview, not from Rockstar.

Rockstar's only official size comparison is that the GTA 6 map is three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2, given to The New York Times on August 27, 2026, the day of the Extended Look. Rockstar has published no square-mile or square-kilometre figure. What we know about the layout: the state of Leonida includes Vice City, the Leonida Keys, the Grassrivers wetlands, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga National Park.

Key facts

Official comparison: 3× RDR2's playable area
Square miles: Not published
Confirmed regions: Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, Mount Kalaga
'Twice GTA 5' figure: Creator preview account, not Rockstar

What Rockstar has confirmed:

The map is three times the playable area of Red Dead Redemption 2, per Rockstar's comparison to The New York Times
The state of Leonida includes urban (Vice City, with Ocean Beach, Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market and the VC Port), island (Leonida Keys), wetland (Grassrivers), coastal (Port Gellhorn), inland (Ambrosia) and mountain (Mount Kalaga National Park) regions

Rockstar's one official sizing comparison so far, three times RDR2's playable area, came via The New York Times on August 27, 2026. If Rockstar publishes a harder figure, this page and the linked explainer will be updated; no third trailer has been announced.