With every era of online game consoles, video games proceed to get greater and higher. Worlds are teeming with element and proceed to stretch past the horizon. Character fashions are intricately detailed, and the sheer quantity of quests and content material for gamers to work their means by has crept up into the lots of of hours to finish. So right here, we’re trying on the 17 greatest video games of all time, ranked by their set up dimension.
A fast be aware right here: to avoid wasting this from being a really repetitive record of Call of Duty titles, we’ve bundled most of these collectively. Where attainable, we’ve additionally defined why these video games are so large and on what platforms their set up sizes are going to dominate your laborious drive. Spoilers: it’s primarily PC!
This put up was up to date and is correct as of February 27, 2024.
18. Borderlands 3 – 116 GB
Borderlands 3 is one of probably the most fashionable and silky easy first-person shooters you may get your arms on proper now. Oh, and it’s additionally stuffed with rest room humor, which you’ll both love or hate. Personally, Claptrap’s musings by no means fail to offer me a superb ol’ chuckle.
As a reasonably expansive sport already with tens of hours of content material to work your means by in the primary sport, the set up dimension was already fairly massive. However, the DLC expansions similar to Psycho Krieg, Bounty of Blood, Fantastic Fustercluck, and Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot have solely gone on to beef up the set up dimension to the quite gargantuan 116 GB. If you may’t get sufficient of the cell-shaded shooter motion, although, it’s a small value to pay.
17. Gears 4 – 117 GB
Who’d have guessed that it’s not The Coalition’s most up-to-date launch within the Gears franchise that’d make this record, however Gears 4 as an alternative?
Gears 4 was the primary entry to shift the main target away from Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad, as an alternative seeking to Kait Diaz, Del, and J.D. Fenix (Marcus’ son) to take the reigns of the collection.
With the standard bombastic marketing campaign, tactical multiplayer, and a few main adjustments to the fan-favorite Horde mode, Gears 4 might maintain COG heads entertained for lots of of hours.
Alas, all of these chainsaw bayonets and Boomshots come at a price to your laborious drive area. Gears 4’s 117 GB file dimension is a complete 12 GB bigger than Gears 5‘s on a Series X, but it surely does nonetheless look mighty good to today!
16. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition – 120 GB
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is the remake of BioWare’s epic sci-fi RPG trilogy that followers had actually been begging for for the very best half of a decade. Finally, in 2020, EA and BioWare caved, and we received to slide into the footwear of Commander Shepard as soon as once more as we captained the Normandy by the huge expanses of area.
With three huge RPGs in a single handy bundle, all wrapped up in 4K textures, improved lighting results, audio tracks, and lots of extra beauty enhancements, it’s not all that shocking that Mass Effect: Legendary Edition weighs in at 120 GB. Just suppose, it might have been a complete lot worse had they tried to shove Andromeda in there, too.
15. Modern Warfare 2 (2022) – 121.3 GB
Oh, look! Despite Activision claiming that the Call of Duty growth groups have been engaged on condensing the annual installments down into rather more palatable set up sizes, 2022’s Modern Warfare 2 (that’s loads of 2’s… 2) nonetheless manages to nab a spot right here. Weighing in at a quite huge 121.3 GB on Xbox Series X, the sport’s nonetheless received some method to go for us to not be tutting each time we have to release some area and see it hogging all that room on our storage.
That being stated, there’s a truthful sufficient motive for all these candy gigabytes being snaffled up. The sport has a marketing campaign sporting gorgeous 4K visuals, a multiplayer mode with an ever-increasing quantity of maps, sport modes, and weapons, and even a Spec Ops mode for some enjoyable co-op instances.
14. Starfield – 125 GB
When I first heard of Starfield and of the guarantees that Bethesda was making, I assumed it might be one of the most important video games ever, with the set up folder one thing within the vary of 200-300GB. The dimension of the universe that they made us consider they have been bringing would warrant that.
However, it was extra of a quick journey simulator, very similar to some of the older Bethesda video games. Nevertheless, all will agree that the wonder and the texturing of the Starfield world deserve its 125 gigs of cupboard space. After all, modding Skyrim to look that good took most of my good friend’s half-terabyte SSD.
13. Rainbow Six: Siege – 131 GB
Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege might have been launched again in 2015, however that hasn’t stopped it from remaining one of the preferred on-line video games immediately. The tactical shooter’s roster of Operators, maps, and options has grown exponentially since then, and with a complete host of texture packs that may be added to make the sport look considerably prettier on PC, its set up dimension can balloon as much as the quite hefty 131 GB famous right here.
You can guess your backside greenback, too, that its file dimension will solely proceed to develop as Ubisoft continues to assist it with extra content material to satiate followers’ urge for food for tactical team-based antics.
12. Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 137 GB
Given the sheer quantity of content material The Master Chief Collection packs in, its 137 GB file dimension is definitely pretty palatable.
You’re getting Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Reach, and Halo 4, all with a quantity of visible enhancements and multiplayer modes packed in for good measure.
If you’re operating an Xbox Series X, it’s attainable to expertise Master Chief’s varied adventures in as much as 4K resolutions at 120 FPS.
Reduced load instances, adjustable FOV, and split-screen make it the entire bundle for any Halo fan, and with the brand new Seasons bringing extra cosmetics for multiplayer followers, the 126 GB is a worthwhile sacrifice for all that content material.
11. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 145.7 GB
Remakes and sequels are presupposed to be greater and higher, however Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is packing far more than its cousins. It stands at an astounding 145.7 GB proper now, which is bound to extend with future updates and DLCs.
It’s filled with content material and has a brand-new story linked to the preliminary FFVII and the FFVII Remake. Time will inform, but it surely would possibly very properly grow to be the very best Final Fantasy sport but, surpassing even the unique Final Fantasy VII that all of us love a lot.
10. Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition – 148 GB
Noctis and the lads made their method to PC with Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition again in 2019. The Windows Edition of the title included the bottom sport, plus all 4 of its separate DLCs, enhanced visuals, and improved efficiency (as you’d anticipate from a PC port).
To be exact, it’s high-res 4K textures, HDR compatibility, and ultra-high graphics choices. You’ll additionally get all of the DLC and bonus objects, in addition to a handful of refinements because the title’s authentic launch on consoles.
All of these tasty 4K dishes you’ve been cooking up at camp take up some critical area in your system, with the Windows Edition taking on 148 GB. Better get a brand new laborious drive!
9. Red Dead Redemption 2 – 150 GB
Arthur Morgan and Dutch Van der Linde are definitely not the fattest gunslingers within the Wild West, however Red Dead Redemption 2’s set up folder would have you ever consider that. At 150 GB, it’s nonetheless one of the video games with the most important set up sizes in historical past.
But who cares? It’s one of my favourite video games, and I’ve but to fulfill an individual who performed it and wouldn’t say the identical. The solely factor that might dethrone it as Rockstar’s greatest sport but is the upcoming GTA 6. It will surely be anticipated, as virtually each Rockstar sport thus far has been greater than the one earlier than.
8. Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) – 150 GB
Asobo Studios’ Microsoft Flight Simulator was not just one of the very best video games to launch in 2020 but in addition one of the most important sport installs of all time.
To simply get began within the sport, you’re taking a look at a 150GB set up folder dimension, and that’s after you’ve downloaded a 1GB preliminary file to start the hefty set up course of. On prime of that, any extra mods, plane, area packs, or airports that you’ve the choice to put in on prime of this could push that file dimension up much more.
It would possibly look like an enormous file dimension, however bear in mind, Microsoft Flight Simulator lets you fly round a high-quality rendition of Earth. An total digital planet distilled down into 150GB… good.
I’d be remiss to not point out all of the extra mods you may add to Microsoft Flight Simulator, too. Some of these use extremely high-quality belongings, which is able to solely balloon that set up dimension up additional. So, you would say the sky’s the restrict in relation to what number of gigabytes it’ll take up… anybody? No? We’ll see ourselves out!
7. Forspoken – 150 GB
While Forspoken’s gameplay might have divided critics and followers alike, one factor that just about everybody can agree on is simply how stunning the sport seemed, operating on next-gen consoles and highly effective PC parts. From Frey’s character mannequin appears uncanny valley ranges of realism by to even probably the most minute particulars of its fantasy world being dropped at life and a plethora of particle results exploding in your display screen in fight, Luminous Productions packed loads in right here.
Of course, all these belongings must dwell someplace, and so Forspoken takes up a large 150 GB on PC. Given it’s not the most important sport in phrases of content material on this record, that may come as a bit shocking. But spend an hour or two in its world, and also you’ll see the place all that cupboard space has been spent!
6. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 155 GB
It seems as if 2023 is the yr of the chonky sport, as following on from Forspoken’s January launch within the yr was Star Wars Jedi: Survivor in April. With a large number of planets to discover in typical Metroidvania type, jaw-droppingly detailed cutscenes, and a fantastically realized galaxy far, far-off, Jedi: Survivor offers the sport even an hour of your time, and it quickly turns into clear why the sport manages to steal 155 GB of storage on consoles and PCs alike.
As it is a single-player sport that you may full inside 50 hours or so, no less than that you simply’ll ultimately get that cupboard space again once you’ve watched the credit roll.
5. Forza Horizon 5 – 156.6 GB
Playground Games’ open-world Forza Horizon video games have at all times been our most well-liked titles within the collection over Turn10’s extra critical track-based racing sim Motorsport titles.
Just as a result of the Forza Horizon collection is extra arcadey and fewer critical than its Motorsport counterpart doesn’t imply it’s slouching in phrases of the content material provided or visible constancy.
Forza Horizon 5, actually, is one of the prettiest video games you may play in your Xbox Series X proper now, with gorgeous native 4K visuals, silky easy 60FPS, and the most detailed car fashions in any racing sport proper now. You may even learn the warning labels on the within of doorways!
The sport was already big sufficient, however the Hot Wheels and Rally Adventure expansions solely bump that up additional, to the purpose it’s now taking on 156.6 GB on the Series X. For the very best racing sport on the console, although, that’s a small value to pay.
4. Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War – 175 GB
Activision’s Call of Duty collection video games’ set up sizes have been slowly creeping up with every annual launch. One of the newest from Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, continued this development.
With a single-player marketing campaign, multiplayer, Zombies, ray-tracing belongings, and high-quality textures for the Series X, the sport is at the moment hogging 175 GB on my system.
It would possibly look like a ridiculous quantity of area to take up, however that could be a bit unfair.
You’re getting three completely different sport modes, every with high-quality textures, all operating on an engine that allows efficiency at a locked 60 FPS (or larger if you happen to’ve received the show and the suitable HDMI cable).
We’d nonetheless quite have Activision and its rotation of Call of Duty builders discover a means of compressing that file dimension down a bit. When the video games look and run in addition to Cold War does on Series X, it feels a bit bit extra justified.
Editor Note: While we’re conscious {that a} quantity of different Call of Duty video games have file sizes surpassing 100 GB and, subsequently, belong on this record, we thought we’d make it a extra attention-grabbing learn for you by surmising all of them beneath:
- Infinite Warfare – 101 GB
- Black Ops 3 – 113 GB
- Modern Warfare (2019) – 175 GB (Campaign, Multiplayer, Spec Ops)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – 235 GB (Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, MW2 recordsdata, Warzone, HQ; that is all on a PS5)
3. Quantum Break – 178 GB
I really like how Quantum Break’s nonetheless kicking it on this record 5 years after its preliminary launch. A purely single-player expertise, Quantum Break follows the story of Jack Joyce as he investigates a time journey experiment gone incorrect.
There have been some sharp visuals (for the time) and a few nice physics and time-manipulation-based mechanics that clearly require a far few gigs to get working seamlessly.
It was Quantum Break’s merging of video video games and its TV episode-style live-action cutscenes that basically padded out the file dimension. These episodes offered much more context to the story and would change relying on the actions made in-game, so many scenes needed to be shot a number of instances.
All of this culminates in not just one of the best sport/ TV experiments so far but in addition a quite chonky 178 GB set up on a Series X.
2. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond – 180 GB
The third on our record of video games with the most important set up sizes is Medal of Honor Above and Beyond. It’s the definition of VR area inflation. All the high-detail textures, fashions, and sport recordsdata ramp it as much as have an enormous 180GB set up dimension on PC. This is the minimal requirement, by the best way, as some of the opposite entries have elective 4K textures and whatnot.
A extremely massive SSD isn’t the one factor you’ll want for this Electronics Arts behemoth because the minimal specs additionally record an i7 9700K CPU and a GTX 1080. Somehow, the one affordable requirement is the RAM, which is 16 gigs for each minimal and really useful builds.
1. ARK: Survival Evolved – 400 GB
ARK: Survival Evolved blows each different sport’s set up dimension out of the water compared. Somehow, it manages to weigh in at 400 GB when you embody a quantity of texture packs, expansions, and an odd means of file administration on the developer’s half.
Essentially, the developer has did not make a typical repository for objects. That means each DLC has all of the dinosaurs, vegetation, water, clouds, and different objects and fashions in them. So, quite than simply having one Dodo mannequin, you may have it seven instances. Now, try this with hundreds of recordsdata, and voila, you find yourself with a frankly unreasonable 400 GB set up dimension for ARK.
This does contain you having all of the free and paid DLC put in. Add any extra mods, and also you’ll balloon it up even additional. The first individual to make a 1 TB set up of ARK wins!
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