Just Cause 4 Map – How Big is Solis?

Just Cause 4 is out now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. This time around, Rico Rodriguez is sent to the South American Solis region, but exactly how big is the Just Cause 4 map? Read on to find out where Solis sits not only in terms of Just Cause map size but in the video game climate at large.

How Big is the Just Cause 4 Map?

Just Cause 4 Map

Solis is a very large map to explore in Just Cause 4. In total, Solis measures at around 1024 km². This means that in terms of total area, Solis is just a little bit bigger than Sao Tome and Principe and a little smaller than Martinique. To put that into perspective, Luxembourg, a well-known small nation, is around 2590 km². Great Britain measures in at around 244,800 km². So, while Solis is a very large map in terms of games, in reality, it would be ranked as the 182nd smallest country in the world.

Just Cause 4 Map – Where Does it Sit in Terms of the Just Cause Series?

Solis is a touch smaller than both the maps of Just Cause 2 (1035 km²) and Just Cause 3 (1036 km²), and around the same size as the original Just Cause game. While Solis is one of the smaller maps in Just Cause history, it should actually feel a little bigger in reality. Just Cause 4 is largely dominated by land mass, whereas the larger Medici of Just Cause 3 featured far more water. Avalanche Studios and Square Enix are both proud of the map variation this time around, too.

As per the official Avalanche Studios website, “Just Cause 4 has four distinct biomes: Rainforest, Grasslands, Alpine & Desert. With each biome offering its own individual, fully simulated weather event, players will have a truly unique experience as they traverse this deep, diverse world.”

How Big is Solis in Comparison to Other Open-World Games?

While Solis is one of the smaller maps in Just Cause history, it still stands as one of the larger game worlds out there. Solis is a big map, but it dwarfs in comparison to some of video game’s largest maps of all time. Test Drive Unlimited, for example, features a map that is 1600 km². By far the biggest map in video game history, however, is of Elder Scrolls 2 Daggerfall: 161,531.64 km². Nothing has even come close to that behemoth.

Upcoming Releases

Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 1992 cult classic horror game.
Dragon's Dogma is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more. On your journey, you’ll be joined by Pawns, mysterious otherworldly beings, in an adventure so unique you will feel as if accompanied by other players…
Rise of the Rōnin is a combat focused open-world action RPG that takes place in Japan at a time of great change. It is the very end of a 300-year long Edo Period, commonly known as “Bakumatsu”. Set in the late 19th century, Japan is facing the darkest of times as it struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases…
The wicked Grape and the Sour Bunch have taken over the Sparkle Theater, and now it's up to Peach and the theater's guardian Stella to save the play––and the day! Peach can transform and use fantastic showstopping abilities to face off against the Sour Bunch. Fend off the Sour Bunch with sensational swordplay as a swordfighter...en garde! In another role,…

Reviews

X