How much space does your game library take?

[spat55]

So I realized that I was running out of space on my HDD as my games now take up about 700GB so it is time to start playing and finishing some of my backlog, so I thought I would just ask how much do other peoples games take off there HDD too.

I wouldn't install all the games I intend to play as soon as I buy them but I have bad broadband it is best if I download it and hope to play it later.

 

[shortylickens]

I have two 1TB drives that are mostly full.

 

[xantub]

10-50GB. I usually just have the games I'm playing in the hard drive (or in my case, SSD). When I finish a game I uninstall it immediately. My library is huge, but it's in Steam mostly (some in others like Gamersgate, Amazon digital, etc), and I only install a game when I'm going to play it... if I like it, I play it until I finish it, if I don't like it, I uninstall it. Obvious exceptions for games that don't "end" like Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 4, they're always in the SSD.

 

[Anubis]

50-100 gigs

its all currently on a 256GB SSD thats not 1/2 full yet

i dont keep things installed im not playing

 

[spat55]

I have two 1TB drives that are mostly full.

I am getting to the point where I might need to buy another 1TB HDD, at least they are cheap now. I can get a WD Blue 1TB for £40 now

 

[DigDog]

3gb for blacklight, 500mb for quake, 1 gb for starbound.



keeping in the tradition of making threads about ME, i spoke of this a few years ago; after a traumatic HD crash and even more traumatic HD recovery, i realized i was hoarding media i would never use, or that i had already used to satisfaction (i.e memorized). i re-deleted everything.

since then i don't keep anything i'm not using; all those simpsons episodes, black and white foreign films my friends will never watch, the music i've listened to since i was 13 and know by heart, games, mounds of wallpaper, pornos, ebooks ...

i keep my pc clean. once i'm done with something (i.e not likely to use it in a week or more) i take it off.

 

[EDUSAN]

i have aproximately 800gb of mostly steam games.

but if i had more free space i would have more games downloaded lol...

 

[z1ggy]

50-100GB. Every 6 months or so I go through and clear a few games out I know I'll never play again.

If I end up getting Wolfenstein, that will probably tip me over the 100gb mark.

 

[KidNiki1]

i picked 400-600GB, although they are split up. I have the games I play most often on my 1TB ssd (probably about 400GB on there) and then the other games I don't play so much on a 500GB HDD (maybe about 150GB there)

 

[CPA]

I have 5.75TB of space over 4 HDs/SSDs, not counting my 120GB SSD I use for just the operating system. Of that 5.75TB, 2.25TB of it is in use, with I estimate 98% of the used space is due to games.

Unlike others, I don't uninstall games I'm either not playing, completed or don't like (usually). I never know when the bug is going to hit for a particular game and I don't want the hassle of having to re-install. Additionally, if I have to re-install there is a very good chance I'll decide not to play the game afterall. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad. lol.

 

[spat55]

Thing is games are using so much space these days, Wolfenstein, Titanfall, BF3/4, Assassin's Creed they all take up at least 25GB each! just with my multiplayer games that I go to on a regular basis I have at least 400GB in them alone :/

 

[spat55]

I have 5.75TB of space over 4 HDs/SSDs, not counting my 120GB SSD I use for just the operating system. Of that 5.75TB, 2.25TB of it is in use, with I estimate 98% of the used space is due to games.

Unlike others, I don't uninstall games I'm either not playing, completed or don't like (usually). I never know when the bug is going to hit for a particular game and I don't want the hassle of having to re-install. Additionally, if I have to re-install there is a very good chance I'll decide not to play the game afterall. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad. lol.

I'm kind of in the same area but I uninstall games I have completed. When I have completed the story or done what I want with the game it gets uninstalled as I don't want it taking up space.

 

[KidNiki1]

yeah, i am the same. games i have completed i uninstall.

 

[Topweasel]

I have them installed as I get interested (but doesn't guarantee I will play it) and I have more than 120 games just on steam. I think I have about 50-60 of those installed. So roughly about 400GB.

 

[biostud]

~800Gb

 

[TeknoBug]

I don't have every game installed, but around ~500-600GB for the ones I do play.

 

[coloumb]

~50gb-100gb range depending upon how many are installed at the time.

Since most games are stored on "the cloud" [steam, gog, amazon, etc] I usually delete the game once I've finished.

 

[spat55]

~50gb-100gb range depending upon how many are installed at the time.

Since most games are stored on "the cloud" [steam, gog, amazon, etc] I usually delete the game once I've finished.

I think that is what almost everyone does these days except people without decent internet connections, takes me overnight to download 25gb'.

 

[Dankk]

So wait... is this asking how much space your gaming library takes up currently; or, how much space your gaming library would take if you actually downloaded your entire library?

I voted in context of the former. I only have a 2TB hard drive to fit my games on, which is why I selected the 1.5TB-2TB option.

If I were to download and install my entire Steam library, I suspect it would require upwards of 8TB of hard drive space.

 

[spat55]

So wait... is this asking how much space your gaming library takes up currently; or, how much space your gaming library would take if you actually downloaded your entire library?

I voted in context of the former. I only have a 2TB hard drive to fit my games on, which is why I selected the 1.5TB-2TB option.

If I were to download and install my entire Steam library, I suspect it would require upwards of 8TB of hard drive space.

Yes it is for the amount you have on now, if I had all my games on my HDD I reckon I would be into 3TB of space.

EDIT: Just seen you have reviewed Splinter Cell:Blacklist, that is also on my backlog

 

[gorcorps]

So wait... is this asking how much space your gaming library takes up currently; or, how much space your gaming library would take if you actually downloaded your entire library?

I voted in context of the former. I only have a 2TB hard drive to fit my games on, which is why I selected the 1.5TB-2TB option.

If I were to download and install my entire Steam library, I suspect it would require upwards of 8TB of hard drive space.

Yeah, I have no idea how much everything would take up if I installed it. My game HDD is 1TB though, and I've uninstalled a couple things to make room for others recently. So far haven't felt the need to get a bigger drive.

 

[ThinClient]

I own 300 games on Steam alone.

 

[Bateluer]

Currently, about 675GBs through Steam. Another 20 through GoG. And my old game CD wallet hasn't moved from the book shelf in 4 years, so I couldn't say how many GBs would be added from that.

 

[KeithTalent]

Not sure. I use Steam Mover to transfer stuff back and forth between my TB drive and my SSD and don't really look at the totals.

KT

 

[gorb]

i only have cs installed. because of all the custom maps and stuff my steam folder is probably ~7 GB