Can you play as Lucia in GTA 6?

Is Lucia a full lead or a sidekick?

She’s a full lead. Rockstar’s GTA VI site presents Jason and Lucia as the story’s two leads, who have to rely on each other after an easy score goes wrong. The playable part comes from Rockstar’s footage and its developers: An Extended Look, released on August 27, 2026, shows her being played, and Kotaku describes Lucia jumping off a building and parachuting down before control swaps to Jason.

Rob Nelson, co-head of Rockstar North, also walked Famitsu through a getaway where you start as Jason, shooting from the car while Lucia drives, and then control moves to Lucia at the wheel. Nobody beyond the two has been confirmed as playable. Our Lucia profile has her background.

Can you play the whole game as Lucia?

Rockstar hasn’t said how the story splits time between them. Asked how people might play, Nelson told Famitsu you can play as Jason, as Lucia or as both, though switching can be restricted at some points in the story. IGN’s preview reports that playing only as Lucia and ignoring Jason won’t break the pair up, though the bond you build between them shapes how their story plays out. For the controls and rules, see our answer on switching between Jason and Lucia.

Is Lucia the first playable woman in a GTA game?

Not quite, depending on how you count. Kotaku and Time Extension both pointed out that the 1997 original let you pick from a roster that included four women, and Kotaku adds that GTA Online lets you choose to play as a woman. Kotaku’s point was that none of them really speaks: the 1997 women had no voice or personality, and the GTA Online character doesn’t talk.

PC Gamer called Lucia the series’ “first proper leading lady”. For us, the fair version is that she’s the first woman to lead a GTA story as a named, voiced character. Our comparison of GTA 6’s leads with earlier games goes through each one.

Can you create your own character in GTA 6?

In the story, Rockstar hasn’t announced it. Jason and Lucia are named, fixed leads. What has been described is styling: the PlayStation Store’s Ultimate Edition listing mentions makeup and nails for Lucia at Sara’s Unisex Salon, and over 50 signature tattoos for both leads at Electric Fang Tattoo. It lists those venues among destinations open only with the Ultimate Edition, and Rockstar hasn’t said what styling the Standard Edition includes.

The create-a-character option is a GTA Online feature, and that is history: the online mode that launched in 2013 lets you choose a male or female character. Rockstar hasn’t announced an online mode for GTA 6, and the PlayStation and Xbox store pages call it a single-player experience.

Does Lucia play differently from Jason?

Rockstar hasn’t said. In An Extended Look, Kotaku saw Jason slow time to land headshots, and Push Square compares it to Red Dead’s Dead Eye, but Rockstar hasn’t named the ability or said whether Lucia has her own version. We cover what is known in our answer on special abilities.