GTA 6’s location is Leonida — Rockstar’s fictional reimagining of Florida — with Vice City, a modern take on Miami, as its centerpiece. This isn’t speculation; it came directly from Rockstar’s own trailers and official screenshot releases. Here’s every confirmed region, what’s known about the map’s size, and how it lines up with the real Florida it’s based on.
What City Is GTA 6 Based On? Vice City Explained
Vice City is Leonida’s largest city and the game’s main urban setting — Rockstar’s modern, current-gen rebuild of the Miami-inspired city first introduced in 2002’s GTA: Vice City. Trailer footage and official screenshots show luxury neighborhoods, crowded beaches, a nightlife district built around a club called NINE1NINE, business districts, ports, and dense residential streets — all noticeably larger and more detailed than any previous GTA city.
For everything confirmed about the story and characters set here, see our GTA 6 characters guide.
What Is Leonida? GTA 6’s Full Setting Explained
Leonida is the fictional U.S. state GTA 6 takes place in — Rockstar’s version of Florida, the same way San Andreas stood in for California and Nevada in GTA V. Vice City is Leonida’s biggest city, but the state also includes swampland, small coastal towns, rural counties, and island chains, giving Rockstar room to build the “lived-in countryside” it has emphasized in marketing, rather than empty space between cities.
All Confirmed GTA 6 Map Regions
Based on Rockstar’s trailers and official screenshot releases, six regions are consistently confirmed across reliable reporting:
- Vice City — the main metropolis, Leonida’s version of Miami
- Leonida Keys — an island chain connected by long highway bridges, based on the real Florida Keys
- Grassrivers — wetlands and swamp terrain standing in for the Everglades, expect airboats and wildlife
- Port Gellhorn — a working Gulf-coast port city on Leonida’s west side, with docks, motels, and industrial waterfront
- Ambrosia — a rural, industrial county near Lake Leonida, built around old-school Americana: sugar refineries, biker culture, small-town sheriff’s offices
- Mount Kalaga National Park — elevated, forested wilderness in Leonida’s north, the closest thing GTA 6 has to Red Dead Redemption 2’s mountain regions
Rockstar has also referenced a neighboring fictional state called Gloriana through in-game license plates and road signage, confirming it exists in the game’s universe — though whether players can actually travel there hasn’t been confirmed.
How Big Is the GTA 6 Map?
Rockstar has not published an official size. The most commonly cited community estimate puts Leonida at roughly 1.5 to 2 times the size of GTA V’s map, based on trailer analysis and community mapping projects; a smaller number of estimates go even higher, up to 2.5x or more. Until Rockstar confirms real numbers, treat any specific figure — including the ones in this paragraph — as an estimate, not a fact.
What’s not in dispute: multiple independent fan mapping projects and outlets agree GTA 6 will be Rockstar’s largest, most detailed open world to date, combining a big city, wetlands, mountains, and an island chain in one connected map — something no previous GTA game has attempted at this scale.
GTA 6 Map vs GTA 5 Map
Beyond raw size, the map’s composition is different from GTA V’s. San Andreas (GTA V’s setting) centered heavily around Los Santos, with Blaine County functioning mostly as connective rural space. Leonida’s regions — Grassrivers, the Keys, Mount Kalaga, Ambrosia — are each being built as distinct, activity-filled destinations in their own right, not just empty road between cities. Whether that holds up at launch remains to be seen, but it’s the clear intent based on everything shown so far.
Is Tampa in GTA 6? Is Liberty City in GTA 6?
Tampa: Not confirmed as a named location. Some fan analysis suggests one of Leonida’s smaller cities — most often pointed to is Port Gellhorn — may be loosely inspired by Tampa or Fort Lauderdale rather than Miami specifically, but Rockstar hasn’t confirmed any real-world 1:1 mapping.
Liberty City: Not a confirmed location in GTA 6. It’s referenced narratively — Lucia’s mother dreamed of a better life there, tying back to GTA IV’s setting — but that’s a story reference, not evidence it’s a visitable place on the map.
Real-Life Locations That Inspired GTA 6’s Map
Leonida draws directly and openly from Florida: Vice City mirrors Miami’s beaches, nightlife, and skyline; the Leonida Keys mirror the real Florida Keys; Grassrivers mirrors the Everglades; and Ambrosia’s sugar-refinery, rural-industrial identity mirrors real inland Florida communities. Rockstar has leaned into this more explicitly than it did with GTA V’s California/Nevada blend, based on how closely trailer landmarks track to recognizable real Florida geography.
GTA 6 Map & Location FAQ
Where does GTA 6 take place?
In Leonida, Rockstar’s fictional version of Florida, centered on Vice City — its version of Miami.
What city is GTA 6 based on?
Vice City is based on Miami; the wider state of Leonida is based on Florida as a whole.
How big is the GTA 6 map?
Not officially confirmed. Community estimates commonly put it at 1.5–2x the size of GTA V’s map, though some estimates go higher.
Is Tampa in GTA 6?
Not confirmed by name. Some fans believe a smaller Leonida city may be loosely inspired by Tampa, but Rockstar hasn’t confirmed this.
Will Liberty City be in GTA 6?
No confirmed appearance as a visitable location — it’s referenced only in Lucia’s backstory, not shown on the map.
Is GTA 6 set in Vice City?
Yes — Vice City is the main city, but the full map, Leonida, extends well beyond it into surrounding regions.
This is an unofficial fan-run guide. Confirmed details come from Rockstar’s official trailers and screenshots; map size and inspiration details beyond that are clearly labeled as community estimates.