Vice City Returns — and Brings the Rest of Leonida With It
GTA 6 is set in the state of Leonida — Rockstar's fictional Florida. Vice City is the marquee urban environment, but the trailer makes clear the map extends well beyond it.
Confirmed regions
- Vice City — the Miami analog, last seen in 2002's Vice City and its 2006 prequel Vice City Stories. Modernized, expanded, and visibly larger than its 2002 incarnation.
- Leonida Keys — chains of small islands south of the mainland, equivalent to the Florida Keys.
- Vice-Dale County — suburban sprawl outside Vice City, retail strips, gas stations.
- Kelly County — rural inland area, trailer parks and farmland visible in trailer.
- Leonida Everglades — wetlands, swamp boats, alligator habitat.
- Port Gellhorn — beach-town named on a sign in the trailer.
- Ambrosia, Mount Kalaga, Lake Leonida — additional named areas pulled from leaked materials and trailer signage.
How big is the map?
Rockstar has not given an official figure. Take-Two and industry analysts have implied this is the largest Rockstar world to date. For reference:
- GTA V's Los Santos and Blaine County: roughly 49 square miles in-game scale.
- Red Dead Redemption 2: roughly 29 square miles.
- GTA 6: rumored to exceed both, with multiple distinct urban centers — but Rockstar has confirmed nothing official.
Will Liberty City or Los Santos be in it?
No. The trailer is exclusively Leonida. Persistent rumors that GTA 6 would launch with multiple cities have not been confirmed by Rockstar, and the studio has consistently described the world as "Leonida" in singular. Post-launch DLC adding regions is possible — RDR2's online expansions did this — but it's speculation.
Density vs. size
The bigger story isn't square miles, it's density. Trailer footage shows pedestrians on phones, beach crowds, traffic that responds to weather, and visible interior windows — all of which suggest Rockstar prioritized populating the world over expanding it. RDR2's biggest leap over its predecessor wasn't size, it was the number of NPCs doing meaningful, scripted things at any given time. Expect the same approach here.
Map leaks: what to trust
The September 2022 leak included internal map debug screenshots. They showed a Leonida that was largely unfinished and missing entire neighborhoods. Three and a half years of additional development since means any "leaked map" circulating today is, at best, a rough silhouette of an early build.
Sources: GTA 6 Trailer 1 (Rockstar Games), Rockstar Games newswire post, sign and signage analysis from public trailer footage.