*adding example folders as a second commentī) use drag and drop to place the folder you want to compress (on the light gray area / the area with Select Target Folder) You can start with one of the* folders and repeat the compression to compare for yourself. LZX is usually overkill and doesn't save much more. If you open the tool you see four options: XPRESS 4k, 8k, 16k and LZXĮach step increases compression but also increases the time it takes to compress the files. But the compression ratio should be the same. Because tools/games can change (because of DLC, patches and mods) these numbers are not perfect and most likely outdated. Here is a list of known tools and games and how much you could compress them. (Steam) games should be installed - by default - in folders that are accessible by a normal user. Usually it doesn't require admin rights to start. (the exe is standalone, no installer, it's only a graphical interface for the command line tool included in Windows) it's not always laziness.Įasiest way, without typing any commands, using this tool: That means I can install the complete Halo Master Chief Collection (80-ish GB) if the Wildcard would have used compression. Warning: Steam needs space to install updates so you shouldn't fill your drive with 200GB of additional games. I'm using compact.exe (Windows 8/10/11, you can use a GUI to speed up the process) Well back to things we users CAN do to save space:Ĭompressing the game files. I wonder how much this would save in ARK. Removing duplicated files saved them 20GB. Pay Day 2 saved a ton of space back when the devs re-did the game files so speed up updates in Update 28. They don't compress their files so I can use 'my own' compression.ĭe-duping the game files should help too.

With mods and maps my game is currently sitting at 309 GB. On Steam it says a fresh download would be 277GB.

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