On November 13, , it became available everywhere. These games are notable because they are visually impressive and very immersive in its gameplay. Both arr capped at GB in file size. The video game is a third-person action-adventure science fiction title. The game takes up a lot of space on earlier Xbox One consoles despite its stunning visuals. However, it is somewhat forgiving of the PC having just GB. The game can be played efficiently on a high-end PC, but it does require some excellent hardware to run.

Even if that is pretty large, nowadays every game pushes such sizes. However, the 4K HDR bundle consumes an additional The download grows to Although the file size is intimidating, the game is fantastic.

Call of Duty is actually reputable because of their sizes. Multiplayer and Special Ops modes are included in Modern Warfare.

The content of the game is extensive. A stunning GB of your storage space is consumed by all of this and Warzone. It is a large survival video game with an emphasis on action-adventure gameplay. It was developed in by Studio Wildcard. Players are stuck on an island with dinosaurs and other ancient enemies when the game begins.

Of course, the keyword here is everything, because there is a lot. You’re not just getting one game. You’re getting Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Reach, and Halo 4, all of which will receive visual improvements, multiplayer modes, as well as reduced loading times, split-screen, an adjustable Field of View, and so much more.

When you consider all that The Master Chief Collection packs in a single bundle, the GB install size no longer seems as massive. Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six: Siege is proof that games can turn things around after a rocky start, with the studio constantly adding new maps and operators, as well as features, to turn Siege into arguably the best online tactical shooter on the market today. The only problem is that all of those improvements and updates came at the expense of a large install size.

With the HD texture packs installed, Siege is expected to require GB of space on your storage drive. There’s no denying that Red Dead Redemption 2 has one of the most expansive and detailed worlds in all of gaming. However, if you haven’t played the game yet and you’re looking forward to saddling up and explore the wild west, you might want to hold your horses for a bit get it?

Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t just your average video game. It is a literal simulator – it’s in the name itself. It even comes with an introductory training course, complete with runaway drive-outs, and the occasional crash landing, along with a working physics engine. Not to mention, unlike other simulators, Microsoft Flight Simulator takes its data from Bing Maps to create a virtual replica of the entire planet Earth.

If you have the means and determination to stick with Microsoft Flight Simulator , you’ll find yourself rewarded with photorealistic views at ultra-high graphics settings every time you boot the game up to play it. Without all the DLCs and expansions, the game took up around 55GB worth of space when it first launched in That’s likely to increase once Shadowlands rolls around later this year, too. It’s also gorgeous in that messed up, gritty way.

There’s a whole subgenre of racing games dedicated to just looking at fancy cars, so they must be up to a high standard. This one is surely going to surge up this list by the time it leaves early access. Oh, nothing. Moving on. Nothing more to it. That’s a lie but it is a pretty game, and huge. There’s now over GB of miscellaneous island content, and even more than that if you fancy it. Sorry, “jokes”. Am I allowed to say horse balls?

But let’s throw them in for good measure. Oh, you fool. Valhalla has like way more bytes than that, but doesn’t it look great for it. With all the DLC, Hitman 2 essentially includes Hitman, and that means a whole other game’s worth of textures and other digitally heavy things. Outfits and such. That makes it one of the meatiest games ever, let alone out of virtual reality titles. Think again.

 
 

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It’s been a year since I last looked into the mightiest storage hogs on the market, but I’m back and these games are bigger than ever. Inevitably there are some new additions to this list for , those games that just can’t help but suck an entire SSD dry, and they must be corralled up and logged, in the name of science. I’ve been searching around to find the most byte-breakingly big games on the planet today.

My journey has taken me across land and launcher to find the most expansive, detailed, or simply downright massive game install directories you may find on your gaming PC—some so chunky that they often won’t fit on GB SSDs.

Hell, some are too dense for even GB drives. I’ll admit I cheated a little the first time around by tweeting out ‘Which game takes up the most storage space on your PC right now? Thank you to everyone that got back to me—except you, person that said Chip’s Challenge.

This year I’ve done something similar, and I’ve bothered the PC Gamer staff and checked over the comments to find out what you all have suggested. And of course I’ve checked my own gaming PC’s many libraries, though turns out point and click detective games don’t actually take up much space. Which game takes up the most storage space on your PC right now? It’s pretty unlikely that you’re searching for the biggest games with which to load up your gaming PC, but considering some of today’s storage-battering games are also the most popular—Call of Duty and Forza Horizon 5, for example—it can be difficult to avoid byte-hungry applications eating away at your new SSD.

This is a public service after all. Best CPU for gaming opens in new tab : the top chips from Intel and AMD Best graphics card opens in new tab : your perfect pixel-pusher awaits Best SSD for gaming opens in new tab : get into the game ahead of the rest. All game install sizes are correct at the time when I checked, and only relevant to PC.

These are likely subject to change over the year, especially considering how some game developers are mastering the art of dark magic and somehow shaving install sizes down to a fraction of what they once were. Fortnite, for example, shaved 60GB off the overall game install size, taking it down to around 30GB overall. Tim Sweeney’s probably awoken some great evil and doomed us all to the Seventh Circle of Hell to do it, but it’s a great move for budget-friendly Fortnite PC builds in the meantime.

Both Battlefield and Call of Duty appear to have managed similar feats in , too. The list before you isn’t the be-all and end-all of storage hogs, but it should give you a bloody good idea. There are also heaps of games with mods, maps, and DLCs that can really help push up those numbers, too, so even some of these whoppers aren’t as big as they come.

That’s likely to increase once Shadowlands rolls around later this year, too. It’s also gorgeous in that messed up, gritty way. There’s a whole subgenre of racing games dedicated to just looking at fancy cars, so they must be up to a high standard. This one is surely going to surge up this list by the time it leaves early access. Oh, nothing. Moving on. Nothing more to it. That’s a lie but it is a pretty game, and huge. There’s now over GB of miscellaneous island content, and even more than that if you fancy it.

Sorry, “jokes”. Am I allowed to say horse balls? But let’s throw them in for good measure. Oh, you fool. Valhalla has like way more bytes than that, but doesn’t it look great for it.

With all the DLC, Hitman 2 essentially includes Hitman, and that means a whole other game’s worth of textures and other digitally heavy things. Outfits and such. That makes it one of the meatiest games ever, let alone out of virtual reality titles. Think again. Even without all the extras, this digital combat simulator is big.

With them, it’s massive. The mightiest hog. While the base games of all four of these titles aren’t all that massive, comparatively anyways, you could certainly make them that way in a flash. All it takes is a mod manager and a trigger finger Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.

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