Rockstar Games has given details on the size of the map in Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), the new instalment in its open-world series: it is around twice the size of GTA 5's map. The game is released on 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a PEGI 18 rating.

The GTA 6 map: twice GTA 5, three times Red Dead Redemption 2

According to the studio, the GTA 6 map is also around three times the size of the one in Red Dead Redemption 2, another game from the studio. The game's total area includes Vice City and the regions around it. It comes close to the playable maps of GTA 4, GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 added together.

For Aaron Garbut, the studio's co-head, this size does not come at the expense of density. He says there is an order of magnitude more interiors, meaning buildings the player can enter, than in the studio's previous games. He explains that every alleyway is as detailed and interesting as the others, that you can go anywhere, to any random spot, and a lot of people will have thought about that place.

After years of work on the game, Aaron Garbut says he still discovers places he had never seen. He adds that the team made no compromises on scale, detail, interactivity, story or the open world, and that it feels to him as if they built a pyramid on top of Everest.

Vice City, Grassrivers, Mount Kalaga: the regions of Leonida shown so far

GTA 6 is set in the fictional state of Leonida. On the game's official website, Rockstar presents six of its locations: Vice City, the Leonida Keys, Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia and Mount Kalaga.

Vice City at night seen from above, with an illuminated Ferris wheel, a concert venue and the Vice City Arts Center, in Grand Theft Auto VI — Vice City at night, with its Ferris wheel and the Vice City Arts Center. © Rockstar Games

In Vice City, the studio mentions the Art Deco hotels and white sand of Ocean Beach, the bakeries of Little Cuba, the Tisha-Wocka flea market and VC Port, which the studio describes as the cruise ship capital of the world.

A seaplane flies over the islands of the Leonida Keys linked by a bridge, with the towers of Vice City on the horizon, in Grand Theft Auto VI — A seaplane over the Leonida Keys, with Vice City on the horizon. © Rockstar Games

A pick-up truck chased by the police and a helicopter crosses a swamp full of alligators in Grassrivers, in Grand Theft Auto VI — A chase through the Grassrivers swamps. © Rockstar Games

Mount Kalaga is a national park on the northern border of Leonida. The studio says it will have hunting and fishing areas, as well as off-road trails.

A road runs through a red-walled canyon near Mount Kalaga, with motorbikes and a lorry, in Grand Theft Auto VI — A road through a canyon, near Mount Kalaga. © Rockstar Games

These regions can be explored from 19 November, on both consoles the game is released on.

GTA 6 on 19 November 2026: the PS5 and Xbox Series versions

GTA 6 is released in France on 19 November 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, as a boxed copy and a digital version. The latest trailer is covered in our article on the launch trailer, and the collector's box sold without the game in our article on the Vice City Collection.

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GTA 6: the map is twice the size of GTA 5's, out on 19 November

The GTA 6 map: twice GTA 5, three times Red Dead Redemption 2

Vice City, Grassrivers, Mount Kalaga: the regions of Leonida shown so far

GTA 6 on 19 November 2026: the PS5 and Xbox Series versions