Windows 10 CompactGUI can shrink games without affecting load times.

[Crow550]

https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/ (Scroll down and check the readme part)

Some examples: ARK: Survival Evolved 109GB to 52gb.

Doom 2016 67gb to 50gb.

Dead By Daylight 17gb to 4gb.

Alien Isolation 30gb to 22gb.

Broforce 1.30gb to 400mb.

This doesn't work for every game. Example GTAV only saved 2gb.

I've used XPRESS16K with the 3 boxes ticked on most of my games. Load times seem unaffected thus far.

Read the Important Info: https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Important-Information

Snag it here: https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/releases

Gamelist: https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Compression-Results:-Games

Learned about this through PC Gamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/amp/this-nif...ompacts-your-games-without-a-performance-hit/

You can also use this on programs too: https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Compression-Results:-Programs

Post your results.

 

[TheELF]

OMG !!! All them savings.
Rebirth of doublespace
Awesome, thanks for sharing.

 

[Crono]

Hmm, very interesting. Works for other programs, too, not just games. I'll give this a try later.

 

[Oyeve]

I remember using Stacker from Stac electronics decades ago. Nope. Won't do it.

 

[Crow550]

Here are some results and discussions you can skim through:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/77scky/its_been_barely_a_week_since_i_posted_my/

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/76hj26/i_tested_25_games_against_the_windows_compact/

Someone is reporting Space Hulk: DeathWing going from 35.4GB to 2.06GB.

CupHead 11GB to 2.75GB.

 

[Borealis7]

if a program uses a lot of textual files (properties, XMLs etc') and less graphical assets, it can be compressed really well. for instance, XMLs and CSVs can be reduced 99% with a simple ZIP compression.

 

[TheELF]

Here are some results and discussions you can skim through:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/77scky/its_been_barely_a_week_since_i_posted_my/

&

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/76hj26/i_tested_25_games_against_the_windows_compact/

Someone is reporting Space Hulk: DeathWing going from 35.4GB to 2.06GB.

CupHead 11GB to 2.75GB.

DeathWing became 4.2Gb for me but still,freaking awesome.
Quantum break went from 67 to 16GB :O
I was able to install so many space wasters that I had to get rid of...