Overworld Maps

Real roads.
Game map.

Turn-by-turn navigation on the roads around you, drawn like the map in GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2 or GTA VI. Built for Android Auto, with the same worlds on your phone.

Free. No ads. No subscription. No account.

Real car.
Real Delhi.

Filmed on the road, not simulated. Overworld has been driven in a Tata Curvv, a Tata Nexon and a Volkswagen Virtus GT. The cat rides along.

GTA V, Tata Curvv
Red Dead 2, Tata Curvv
GTA VI at night, Tata Curvv

Drive the
dark city

GTA V's pause map on real roads. Near-black land, flat grey roads and one purple route, seen from the radar's gentle tilt.

See the GTA V world
The GTA V world on a car screen: a purple route around the rings of Connaught Place
The GTA V world on a phone, with place icons on a near-black map
A speed-limit sign in the GTA V style
The Red Dead 2 world on a phone: ink roads on parchment
Driving in the Red Dead 2 world, with a red route and a turn card
A speed-limit sign in the Red Dead 2 style

Ride the
frontier

Red Dead 2's paper map on real roads. Ink roads, dotted railways, pencil place names and a red trail, seen from straight above.

See the Red Dead 2 world

Your city
in 3D

GTA VI's minimap on real roads. Raised buildings at their real heights, broad roads with lane dashes, and a pink route that fades in just ahead of the marker.

See the GTA VI world
The GTA VI world on a car screen: raised buildings, a pink route and a turn card

It follows
the sun

GTA VI's map changes with the time of day, worked out from where you are. Or hold it at one in Settings.

The GTA VI world on a car screen at day

Try it on
your own street

Search anywhere and see it in each world. Start with the real cities behind the games: Los Angeles for Los Santos, New Orleans for Saint Denis, Miami for Vice City.

GTA V

GTA V's pause map on real roads. Near-black land, flat grey roads and one purple route, seen from the radar's gentle tilt.

See this world

The app's real map style, running in your browser. Roads from OpenStreetMap.

Real roads,
real routes

Routes with live traffic, closures and one-ways, laid onto the game's map. Search finds places by name, plus code or a link shared from your maps app. Tap a shop or petrol pump on the map and the camera flies to it.

Driving in the GTA VI world on a phone

Traffic and alerts,
only on your route

Amber where it's slow, red for jams, darkest where it's closed, and only on the road you're taking. Traffic lights, speed cameras, accidents, road works and closures show ahead of you, with the time the traffic adds.

A red jam on the route ahead on the GTA V car screen, with traffic lights marked along it
A turn card with a stationary traffic alert: 1.7 km ahead, plus 6 minutes

A game HUD
on the car screen

The turn card, time card, speedometer and speed-limit sign are drawn in each world's style, in place of Android Auto's own cards. Map buttons appear with a touch and leave the map clear while you drive.

GTA V style speed-limit sign Red Dead 2 style speed-limit sign GTA VI style speed-limit sign
Steady GPS
At a red light the marker stays put. Under a flyover it carries on along the road.
Flyovers you drive under
Bridges stand over the roads they cross, and the route runs over or under them.
Settings in the car
Theme, time of day, place icons and 3D buildings all switch from the car screen.
Your places on the map
Home, Work and starred places stand on the map the way each game marks what's yours.
Instrument cluster
New, and tried on only a few setups: cars whose dials have a map view can show Overworld there too.
Made for Indian roads
Metric units, a 12-hour clock, and turn arrows for driving on the left.

Get it
on Android

In the car

Use the Google Play copy. It's in testing, and joining takes one email.

  1. Email your Gmail address to gaurav@thealgothrim.com. You'll get the Play testing link back.
  2. Open that link on your phone and accept.
  3. Install Overworld Maps from the Play Store and open it once.
  4. Connect to Android Auto. If it isn't in the launcher, turn it on under Customize launcher.
Email to join

On the phone

The APK needs no sign-up. It uses free stand-in fonts and icons in place of the games' own.

  1. Download the APK from the latest GitHub release.
  2. Open it, and allow installs when Android asks. It needs Android 10 or newer.
  3. Open Overworld Maps and pick a world.
Download the APK

The two copies are signed differently, so uninstall one before installing the other. Full steps are in the tester setup guide.

Good
questions

What is Overworld Maps?

A free navigation app for Android Auto and Android phones. It gives turn-by-turn directions on real roads and draws them in the style of a game map: GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2 or GTA VI.

Is it free?

Yes. There are no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases and no account.

Does it work on Android Auto?

Yes, it was built for it. It runs as a navigation app on the car screen with a game-style HUD, and has been driven in a Tata Curvv, a Tata Nexon and a Volkswagen Virtus GT. It fits wide screens, smaller head units and split screen.

How do I get it?

It's in testing on Google Play. Email your Gmail address to gaurav@thealgothrim.com and you'll get the testing link. The Play copy is the one to use in a car. For the phone alone, the APK is on GitHub.

Does it work without Android Auto?

Yes. The phone app has the same three worlds, with search, saved places, route previews and turn-by-turn directions.

Does it work outside India?

The maps, routes and search work anywhere OpenStreetMap does. It was made on Indian roads first, so it uses metric units and a 12-hour clock.

Does it work offline?

Not yet. It needs a data connection for the map, routes and traffic.

Is it on iPhone or Apple CarPlay?

Not yet. Overworld Maps is Android only for now.

What does it do with my location?

It uses your location to show the map and guide you, and sends trip details to the map and routing services that answer them. There is no account, no ads and no analytics, and nothing about you is sent to the developer. The privacy page lists every service.

Is it made by Rockstar Games?

No. Overworld Maps is a fan project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.