Miami in video games
Neon, Art Deco hotels and palm-lined causeways: Miami is the model for Vice City, from the 1980s original to Grand Theft Auto VI. Pixel Pilgrimage has mapped 28 real places in and around Miami from 3 games: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto VI and Hitman World of Assassination.
Landmarks in more than one game
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002 · 17 places

Ocean Beach
South Beach (Miami Beach Architectural District)
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Ocean Drive
Ocean Drive
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Ocean View Hotel
The Clevelander
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Colon Hotel
Colony Hotel
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Vice City Lighthouse
Cape Florida Light
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Ocean Bay Marina
Miami Beach Marina
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Washington Beach
Mid-Beach (Miami Beach)
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Vice Point
North Beach (Miami Beach)
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North Point Mall
Aventura Mall
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Starfish Island
Star Island
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Downtown
Downtown Miami
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Little Havana
Little Havana
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Little Haiti
Little Haiti
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Escobar International Airport
Miami International Airport
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Viceport
PortMiami
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Links Bridge
Port Boulevard Bridge (PortMiami Bridge)
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Moist Palms Hotel
Former Miami Herald building, One Herald Plaza (demolished)
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Grand Theft Auto VI 2026 · 10 places

Ocean Beach
South Beach: Ocean Drive and Lummus Park (Miami Beach Architectural District)
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Hotel Boardwalk
Hotel Breakwater (940 Ocean Drive)
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Hotel Dixon
Hotel Victor (1144 Ocean Drive)
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Vice City skyline
Downtown Miami and Brickell skyline (including 500 Brickell)
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VC Port
PortMiami
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- Image coming soon
Little Cuba
Little Havana (Calle Ocho)
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- Image coming soon
Vice City causeway
MacArthur Causeway (I-395 / SR A1A)
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- Image coming soon
Venetian-style causeway
Venetian Causeway and the Venetian Isle condominium (1000 Venetian Way)
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Vice City arena
Kaseya Center
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- Image coming soon
Vice City street-art district
Wynwood and the Wynwood Walls
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Hitman World of Assassination 2021 · 1 place
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