How Big Is the GTA 6 Map? Leonida vs. GTA 5 Explained

Quick answer: Rockstar has never published an official square-mileage figure for the GTA 6 map. What credible community mapping projects agree on is a range — Leonida is estimated at roughly 2.4 to 2.7 times the size of GTA 5’s map, putting it somewhere around 118-132 square miles (about 125+ square kilometers). Treat any number more precise than that as an estimate, not a confirmed fact.

How big is the GTA 6 map?

Nobody outside Rockstar knows the exact number yet. What we have instead is a mix of community mapping projects — groups that stitch together trailer footage, road signage, and landmark positions to reconstruct the map at scale. Projects like the long-running GTAForums mapping effort and sites like MapGenie have refined their estimates over time, and most now land in the same rough neighborhood: somewhere between 118 and 132 square miles of combined land and water.

The range exists because different projects measure differently — some count land only, some include the ocean and waterways around the coast, and some factor in the Leonida Keys’ island chain differently than the mainland. None of that changes the headline: this is comfortably the largest map Rockstar has built for a mainline GTA game.

GTA 6 map size vs. GTA 5

	GTA 5 (San Andreas)	GTA 6 (Leonida)
Reported size	~49 square miles (widely cited, itself never officially confirmed by Rockstar)	Not officially published
Community estimate	—	~118-132 square miles
Estimated multiplier	1x (baseline)	~2.4x-2.7x larger
Named regions	2 (Los Santos, Blaine County)	6 confirmed (see below)

Worth knowing: even GTA 5’s “49 square miles” figure traces back to a 2013 Wired report that described the number as what the map was “thought to be,” not something Rockstar itself confirmed at the time. So the comparison is really community-estimate-to-community-estimate, not official-number-to-official-number — useful context, but not as airtight as it might look on a chart.

What’s officially confirmed about the map

While Rockstar hasn’t released exact dimensions, it has officially named and shown artwork for six distinct regions that make up the state of Leonida:

Vice City — the central metropolis
Leonida Keys — the southern island chain
Grassrivers — the Everglades-style wetlands
Port Gellhorn — the declining Gulf coast port town
Ambrosia — the rural sugar-refinery county
Mount Kalaga National Park — the northern highland wilderness

These six are confirmed directly through Rockstar’s own screenshots and trailers — not fan speculation. For what each region actually looks and feels like, the individual pages linked above go into detail.

Is the leaked GTA 6 map real?

Short answer: treat it as unconfirmed. A “full map” image began circulating online in August 2026 alongside gameplay footage claimed to be from the game, showing five counties and far more detail than Rockstar has ever officially released. It’s a genuinely contested source — a long-running fan mapping project that’s been cross-referencing the game’s geography since 2022 disputed its authenticity, and a technical review found the file had been edited to insert branding for a cryptocurrency token before it started spreading, which is a real red flag about the leaker’s motives. Take-Two has also been issuing copyright takedowns against accounts sharing the footage.

None of that proves the leak is fake, but none of it confirms it’s real either. Until Rockstar publishes something official, the six regions above are the only locations worth treating as fact.

FAQ

How big is the GTA 6 map compared to GTA 5? Community estimates put it at roughly 2.4-2.7 times larger, though Rockstar has never published an exact figure for either game.

Is there an official GTA 6 map image? Not yet. Rockstar has shown artwork and screenshots for six named regions but hasn’t released a single stitched-together map graphic.

Is the leaked GTA 6 map real? Unconfirmed. It’s disputed by fan mapping communities and tied to a cryptocurrency promotion, which raises real doubts about its legitimacy.

How many regions does the GTA 6 map have? Six officially confirmed: Vice City, Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, and Mount Kalaga National Park.