With every technology of online game consoles, video games proceed to get larger 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 approach via has crept up into the a whole lot of hours to finish. So right here, we’re wanting on the 17 greatest video games of all time, ranked by their set up measurement.
A fast be aware right here: to save lots of this from being a really repetitive checklist of Name of Responsibility titles, we’ve bundled most of these collectively. The place 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 publish was up to date and is correct as of February 27, 2024.
18. Borderlands 3 – 116 GB
Borderlands 3 is without doubt one of the most fashionable and silky easy first-person shooters you will get your palms on proper now. Oh, and it’s additionally crammed with rest room humor, which you’ll both love or hate. Personally, Claptrap’s musings by no means fail to offer me ol’ chuckle.
As a reasonably expansive sport already with tens of hours of content material to work your approach via in the primary sport, the set up measurement was already fairly massive. Nonetheless, the DLC expansions reminiscent of Psycho Krieg, Bounty of Blood, Incredible Fustercluck, and Moxxi’s Heist of the Good-looking Jackpot have solely gone on to beef up the set up measurement to the quite gargantuan 116 GB. When you can’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 checklist, however Gears 4 as a substitute?
Gears 4 was the primary entry to shift the main target away from Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad, as a substitute trying 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 a whole lot 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 measurement is an entire 12 GB bigger than Gears 5‘s on a Collection X, but it surely does nonetheless look mighty good to this present day!
16. Mass Impact: Legendary Version – 120 GB
Mass Impact: Legendary Version is the remake of BioWare’s epic sci-fi RPG trilogy that followers had actually been begging for for the very best a part of a decade. Lastly, in 2020, EA and BioWare caved, and we bought to slide into the footwear of Commander Shepard as soon as once more as we captained the Normandy via the huge expanses of area.
With three large RPGs in a single handy bundle, all wrapped up in 4K textures, improved lighting results, audio tracks, and plenty of extra beauty enhancements, it’s not all that shocking that Mass Impact: Legendary Version weighs in at 120 GB. Simply assume, it might have been an entire lot worse had they tried to shove Andromeda in there, too.
15. Fashionable Warfare 2 (2022) – 121.3 GB
Oh, look! Regardless of Activision claiming that the Name of Responsibility growth groups have been engaged on condensing the annual installments down into far more palatable set up sizes, 2022’s Fashionable Warfare 2 (that’s a variety of 2’s… 2) nonetheless manages to nab a spot right here. Weighing in at a quite huge 121.3 GB on Xbox Collection X, the sport’s nonetheless bought some strategy 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 mentioned, there’s a honest 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 occasions.
14. Starfield – 125 GB
After I first heard of Starfield and of the guarantees that Bethesda was making, I assumed it might be one of many greatest video games ever, with the set up folder one thing within the vary of 200-300GB. The dimensions of the universe that they made us imagine they have been bringing would warrant that.
Nonetheless, it was extra of a quick journey simulator, very similar to a number of the older Bethesda video games. However, all will agree that the wonder and the texturing of the Starfield world deserve its 125 gigs of space for storing. In spite of everything, modding Skyrim to look that good took most of my pal’s half-terabyte SSD.
13. Rainbow Six: Siege – 131 GB
Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege could have been launched again in 2015, however that hasn’t stopped it from remaining one of the vital widespread on-line video games at this time. The tactical shooter’s roster of Operators, maps, and options has grown exponentially since then, and with an entire host of texture packs that may be added to make the sport look considerably prettier on PC, its set up measurement can balloon as much as the quite hefty 131 GB famous right here.
You possibly can guess your backside greenback, too, that its file measurement will solely proceed to develop as Ubisoft continues to help it with extra content material to satiate followers’ urge for food for tactical team-based antics.
12. Halo: The Grasp Chief Assortment – 137 GB
Given the sheer quantity of content material The Grasp Chief Assortment packs in, its 137 GB file measurement is definitely pretty palatable.
You’re getting Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Attain, and Halo 4, all with numerous visible enhancements and multiplayer modes packed in for good measure.
When you’re operating an Xbox Collection X, it’s attainable to expertise Grasp Chief’s numerous adventures in as much as 4K resolutions at 120 FPS.
Lowered load occasions, 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. Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth – 145.7 GB
Remakes and sequels are purported to be larger and higher, however Closing 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 related to the preliminary FFVII and the FFVII Remake. Time will inform, but it surely would possibly very properly grow to be the very best Closing Fantasy sport but, surpassing even the unique Closing Fantasy VII that all of us love a lot.
10. Closing Fantasy XV Home windows Version – 148 GB
Noctis and the lads made their strategy to PC with Closing Fantasy XV Home windows Version again in 2019. The Home windows Version 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 the DLC and bonus gadgets, 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 Home windows Version taking over 148 GB. Higher get a brand new laborious drive!
9. Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 – 150 GB
Arthur Morgan and Dutch Van der Linde are definitely not the fattest gunslingers within the Wild West, however Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2’s set up folder would have you ever imagine that. At 150 GB, it’s nonetheless one of many video games with the most important set up sizes in historical past.
However who cares? It’s one among my favourite video games, and I’ve but to satisfy an individual who performed it and wouldn’t say the identical. The one factor that might dethrone it as Rockstar’s greatest sport but is the upcoming GTA 6. It will definitely be anticipated, as virtually each Rockstar sport to date has been larger than the one earlier than.
8. Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) – 150 GB
Asobo Studios’ Microsoft Flight Simulator was not solely the most effective video games to launch in 2020 but in addition one of many greatest sport installs of all time.
To only get began within the sport, you’re a 150GB set up folder measurement, and that’s after you’ve downloaded a 1GB preliminary file to start the hefty set up course of. On high of that, any further mods, plane, area packs, or airports that you’ve got the choice to put in on high of this will push that file measurement up much more.
It would look like a large file measurement, however keep in mind, Microsoft Flight Simulator permits you to fly round a high-quality rendition of Earth. A complete digital planet distilled down into 150GB… good.
I’d be remiss to not point out all the further mods you’ll be able to add to Microsoft Flight Simulator, too. A few of these use extremely high-quality property, which is able to solely balloon that set up measurement up additional. So, you possibly can say the sky’s the restrict in terms of what number of gigabytes it’ll take up… anybody? No? We’ll see ourselves out!
7. Forspoken – 150 GB
Whereas Forspoken’s gameplay could have divided critics and followers alike, one factor that just about everybody can agree on is simply how lovely the sport regarded, operating on next-gen consoles and highly effective PC elements. From Frey’s character mannequin seems uncanny valley ranges of realism via to even essentially the most minute particulars of its fantasy world being delivered to life and a plethora of particle results exploding in your display in fight, Luminous Productions packed quite a bit in right here.
In fact, all these property need to reside someplace, and so Forspoken takes up a large 150 GB on PC. Given it’s not the most important sport by way of content material on this checklist, which may come as a bit of shocking. However spend an hour or two in its world, and also you’ll see the place all that space for storing has been spent!
6. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 155 GB
It seems as if 2023 is the 12 months of the chonky sport, as following on from Forspoken’s January launch within the 12 months was Star Wars Jedi: Survivor in April. With a large number of planets to discover in typical Metroidvania fashion, jaw-droppingly detailed cutscenes, and a fantastically realized galaxy far, distant, Jedi: Survivor provides 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 would be able to full inside 50 hours or so, not less than you already know that you simply’ll finally get that space for storing again if you’ve watched the credit roll.
5. Forza Horizon 5 – 156.6 GB
Playground Video 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.
Simply because the Forza Horizon collection is extra arcadey and fewer critical than its Motorsport counterpart doesn’t imply it’s slouching by way of the content material provided or visible constancy.
Forza Horizon 5, in reality, is without doubt one of the prettiest video games you’ll be able to play in your Xbox Collection X proper now, with gorgeous native 4K visuals, silky easy 60FPS, and the most detailed car fashions in any racing sport proper now. You possibly can even learn the warning labels on the within of doorways!
The sport was already big sufficient, however the Sizzling Wheels and Rally Journey expansions solely bump that up additional, to the purpose it’s now taking over 156.6 GB on the Collection X. For the very best racing sport on the console, although, that’s a small value to pay.
4. Name of Responsibility Black Ops: Chilly Struggle – 175 GB
Activision’s Name of Responsibility collection video games’ set up sizes have been slowly creeping up with every annual launch. One of many newest from Treyarch Studios, Name of Responsibility Black Ops: Chilly Struggle, continued this development.
With a single-player marketing campaign, multiplayer, Zombies, ray-tracing property, and high-quality textures for the Collection X, the sport is at the moment hogging 175 GB on my system.
It would look like a ridiculous quantity of area to take up, however that could be a bit of unfair.
You’re getting three totally different sport modes, every with high-quality textures, all operating on an engine that allows efficiency at a locked 60 FPS (or greater in case you’ve bought the show and the appropriate HDMI cable).
We’d nonetheless quite have Activision and its rotation of Name of Responsibility builders discover a technique of compressing that file measurement down a bit. When the video games look and run in addition to Chilly Struggle does on Collection X, it feels a bit of bit extra justified.
Editor Notice: Whereas we’re conscious that numerous different Name of Responsibility video games have file sizes surpassing 100 GB and, subsequently, belong on this checklist, we thought we’d make it a extra attention-grabbing learn for you by surmising all of them under:
- Infinite Warfare – 101 GB
- Black Ops 3 – 113 GB
- Fashionable Warfare (2019) – 175 GB (Marketing campaign, Multiplayer, Spec Ops)
- Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III – 235 GB (Marketing campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, MW2 recordsdata, Warzone, HQ; that is all on a PS5)
3. Quantum Break – 178 GB
I like how Quantum Break’s nonetheless kicking it on this checklist 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 improper.
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 measurement. These episodes supplied 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 occasions.
All of this culminates in not solely one of many coolest sport/ TV experiments up to now but in addition a quite chonky 178 GB set up on a Collection X.
2. Medal of Honor: Above and Past – 180 GB
The third on our checklist of video games with the most important set up sizes is Medal of Honor Above and Past. It’s the definition of VR area inflation. All of the high-detail textures, fashions, and sport recordsdata ramp it as much as have a large 180GB set up measurement on PC. That is the minimal requirement, by the way in which, as a number of the different entries have non-compulsory 4K textures and whatnot.
A very massive SSD isn’t the one factor you’ll want for this Electronics Arts behemoth because the minimal specs additionally checklist an i7 9700K CPU and a GTX 1080. In some way, the one cheap requirement is the RAM, which is 16 gigs for each minimal and beneficial builds.
1. ARK: Survival Advanced – 400 GB
ARK: Survival Advanced blows each different sport’s set up measurement out of the water as compared. In some way, it manages to weigh in at 400 GB when you embody numerous texture packs, expansions, and an odd approach of file administration on the developer’s half.
Primarily, the developer has didn’t make a typical repository for objects. Which means each DLC has all the dinosaurs, vegetation, water, clouds, and different objects and fashions in them. So, quite than simply having one Dodo mannequin, you’ve it seven occasions. Now, do this with hundreds of recordsdata, and voila, you find yourself with a frankly unreasonable 400 GB set up measurement for ARK.
This does contain you having all the free and paid DLC put in. Add any extra mods, and also you’ll balloon it up even additional. The primary particular person to make a 1 TB set up of ARK wins!