For many who, for one cause or one other, take into account consoles to be an inconvenience, PCs are top-of-the-line issues to occur to gaming because the flip of the century. And why wouldn’t they be? Every single day, gaming rigs that obliterate conventional gaming consoles in efficiency are mass-produced. Nevertheless, PC gaming just isn’t all roses and sunshine; one of many drawbacks is the huge dimension of video games, lots of which have to be downloaded, particularly within the age of digital distribution.
A number of the PC video games with the most important file sizes could be a downright ache to run for gamers who strive their hardest to make some area on their drives for these titles. So long as gamers are assured that they will have a good time enjoying the titles of their selection, there is no denying that these video games will likely be price putting in, even when the area they occupy might be downright mind-blowing at instances.
As sizes can fluctuate relying on the shop, we’ll use the Xbox PC app if the sport is offered, as that lists the set up dimension. If not, we’ll add Steam’s storage data.
Up to date October 31, 2025, by Mark Sammut: We have up to date the PC file sizes for the included video games, together with including Forza Horizon 5 and tweaking a variety of the textual content. Galleries have additionally been added.
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Mass Impact: Legendary Version
120 GB (However Varies, As You Can Choose Which Recreation To Set up)
The announcement of the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition was one thing that took each outdated and new followers by storm. Commander Shepard’s story is among the most memorable in gaming, and having the chance to discover all of it as soon as once more with up to date visuals was a deal with certainly.
Even probably the most subtle gamer will likely be bewildered by the sheer scale of those video games. These are the open-world video games that take the longest to beat.
If there’s one factor that the Legendary Version taught avid gamers, it’s that texture packs can take up a ton of area. This assortment might need all three video games, however 120 GB continues to be an enormous set up dimension for any title.
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Forspoken
121.73 GB
Sq. Enix has infamously dealt with its Western IPs horribly, and Forspoken is probably the last game funded by this publisher following the developer’s sale to Embracer Group. This try at making an isekai open-world title was marred with many points stemming from its gameplay and writing, resulting in a scorching mess of a title that ended up underperforming throughout the board.
The traversal system of this sport could also be a blast, but it surely merely would not do sufficient to justify gamers having to undergo tedious story sequences and boring fight over and over. Maybe the most important and most egregious mistake made by this sport is the truth that it takes up a whopping 150 GB of area, which is just ridiculous and goes to indicate how poorly optimized this sport is, with the necessities for this sport not justifying the drab and uninteresting visuals.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator
157 GB
It might sound like a niche genre, however flight simulators are typically among the most detailed video games available on the market. Microsoft Flight Simulator is among the most spectacular titles inside the style up to now, with its eager consideration to element and concentrate on realism making it an enormous sport total.
The sport’s customary version comes with greater than 20 varieties of plane gamers can pilot, with the deluxe and premium deluxe editions including 5 and ten extra plane, respectively. Funnily sufficient, the 2024 entry within the collection requires much less area than its predecessor, because it solely wants 50 GB of accessible area on Steam.
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Black Fable: Wukong
130 GB
Black Fable: Wukong took the world by storm on launch, breaking record after record by way of concurrent participant depend on Steam in a matter of days after its launch. It clocked in at over 2 million gamers roughly 24 hours after it got here out. As probably the most trustworthy recreation of the legendary Chinese language story, Journey to the West up to now, it is no marvel it turned as fashionable because it did.
Contemplating the breathtakingly beautiful visuals, high-res textures, and particle effects infused into every single frame of this Motion RPG, it is a marvel the builders, Recreation Science, managed to condense the package deal into as little as 130 GB on launch. It is a type of video games gamers want solely have a look at as soon as to grasp why the file dimension is as massive as it’s.
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Gears of Battle Collection (4 And 5, Primarily)
125–135 GB
Whereas not each Gears of Battle sport is offered on PC, the franchise has largely made the bounce, and the upcoming E-Day will launch on the platform. Unsurprisingly, a collection identified for its graphical prowess tends to have fairly large file sizes, with Gears of Battle 4 and Gears 5 each requiring greater than 100 GB to put in. Reloaded and Techniques are a bit extra forgiving, however they’re nonetheless large video games, contemplating one is a remaster and the opposite is a part of the technique style.
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Do the video games warrant such massive sizes? Properly, they give the impression of being nice, even in spite of everything these years, and the campaigns are comparatively prolonged. In addition they have multiplayer modes, so the packages embrace a superb quantity of content material.
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S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl
146.33 GB
S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chernobyl got here out to combined critiques. Regardless of the delayed launch date, bugs paying homage to the primary STALKER plagued the sport, souring the gritty, atmospheric, open-world SCP-like adventure for many gamers.
Owing to its real looking graphics and high-res textures, the sport requires about 140+ GB of storage to run. Hardcore followers in all probability will not discover the sacrificed disk area an excessive amount of of an ask as a result of, whereas the sport has its issues, it has all of the hallmarks of the unique title within the collection and the identical attraction that made it a cult traditional.
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Forza Horizon 5
148.93 GB
Forza Horizon is the definitive open-world racing franchise, and it’s also the one which cracks the 100 GB mark on PC. Bringing to life a reasonably real looking model of Mexico, the fifth entry has every little thing going for it. The visuals are top-notch and possibly the most effective within the style, at the very least on the subject of open-world releases.
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So long as you want arcade-style controls, the gameplay is accessible and gloriously over-the-top, with among the occasions being actually absurd. Lastly, Forza Horizon 5 is among the higher live-service choices, which has saved it related for years.
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Starfield
149.86 GB
Bethesda’s newest motion RPG has garnered a primarily constructive reception, and whether it is something just like the studio’s different high-profile releases, Starfield has an lively and shiny future forward of it. Utilizing procedurally-generated expertise, the sci-fi sport options an enormous collection of planets that gamers can go to and arrange a base on.
There are additionally a few distinctive cities that gamers might want to go to to finish the primary story and purchase a lot of the secondary content material. Starfield‘s ambition might be seen in its obtain dimension, which displays its scope. Visually, the sport seems to be good, however it’s not essentially an all-timer.
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Pink Lifeless Redemption 2
150 GB
Following its announcement some time again and the huge success of its predecessors, the months main as much as the discharge of Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 had been stuffed with enthusiastic anticipation. It was ultimately launched in 2018 for varied platforms and in November 2019 for Microsoft Home windows.
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Although delayed for PC avid gamers, exploration of the sport has been something however boring. From participating in shootouts with rival gangs to executing daring heists and having fun with scenic rides on horseback, Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 affords every little thing the Wild West needed to supply and extra.
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Horizon: Forbidden West
150 GB
The newest chapter within the Horizon collection could have didn’t seize the sense of marvel and amazement that its predecessor completely nailed, however that should not take away something from this wonderful sport that options the identical dense open world and fight that followers fell in love with. It helps that this sport’s much-awaited port on PC was a serious success.
Aloy’s journey is stuffed with twists and turns, and it is a disgrace that the writing could not assist this character shine much more. Nonetheless, the action-packed gameplay and enjoyable exploration greater than make this title price going by, particularly for gamers who cherished what Guerrilla Video games has crafted on this distinctive world.
