Where is GTA 6 set? Vice City and Leonida
Where is GTA 6 set? In Leonida, a Florida-inspired state centred on Vice City. The six regions and locations Rockstar has named, and what's still unknown.
- By Reduan Aarab
- 2 min read
GTA 6 doesn’t take place in one city. It covers a whole fictional state, Leonida, which is clearly modelled on Florida. Its biggest city is Vice City, the series’ long-running take on Miami, last visited in 2002’s Vice City and 2006’s Vice City Stories.
Rockstar sums up the place as the darkest side of the sunniest place in America. That tension, between holiday postcard and crime story, is the tone of every trailer so far.
Leonida at a glance
Rockstar has named six regions. Here’s what each one is, in Rockstar’s framing, with our own reading of the real-world parallels. Those parallels are our interpretation, not official statements.
Vice City
The state’s major city and the game’s main urban hub: neon-lit streets, beaches and nightlife. Most of the footage Rockstar has shown is set here.
Leonida Keys
A chain of islands with beaches, marinas and clear water, which reads as the Florida Keys. Rockstar’s backstory for Jason places him here at the start, working for local drug runners.
Grassrivers
Leonida’s wetlands: slow waterways, swamp and wildlife away from the city. The obvious real-world parallel is the Everglades.
Port Gellhorn
Rockstar calls it the forgotten coast: a former holiday destination of cheap motels, closed attractions and half-empty strip malls.
Ambrosia
An agricultural and industrial region in the heart of the state, dominated by a huge sugar refinery.
Mount Kalaga National Park
Protected wilderness on Leonida’s northern border, with places to fish, hunt and hike. It’s the most rugged landscape Rockstar has shown in the state.
What Rockstar has said about the layout
Rockstar hasn’t published a full map. Only two placements are stated outright: Mount Kalaga National Park sits on the northern border, and Ambrosia is in the heart of the state. Everything else, including where the Keys sit relative to Vice City or how big the map is, is still unconfirmed.
Our map of Leonida is an unofficial schematic built on exactly these facts, and it marks which positions are approximate.
What we don’t know yet
- Map size. No official figure. Treat any number you see before launch as an estimate.
- Smaller towns and districts. Rockstar’s material names regions, not a full list of towns or neighbourhoods.
- Whether everything is open from the start. Earlier Rockstar games unlocked areas through the story. Rockstar hasn’t said how GTA 6 handles this.
We’ll add landmarks, districts and exact borders after launch, once we can check them in the game itself.