Why is steam so BIG!

[matty114]

32.2GB

CS:S
DoD
Hl2, Ep1/2, LC,DM
Lost Planet
Portal
TF2
Audiosurf
Garry's Mod
and SDK

 

[TheOtherOption]

Blimey and thats all just Valve stuff too - no full 3rd party games! My folder could so easily swell to several times its size if I let myself buy games via steam

 

[uber soldat]

The only benefits of buying the DVD are ownership of a nice box, and no need to download the game first.

And you still have the game if your Steam ***** up lol

 

[psychas]

it well i think its normal remember you download maps and maybe custom sounds for the games there is command to stop downloading sounds cant remember what it is.

 

[platypus]

Always used to be cl_allowdownload 0.

 

[Adsta]

well considering you can get 1tb HDD for around 80quid. 30 odd gig doesnt sound like a lot to me. *shrugs*

 

[manic111]

I right clicked and hit properties on mine and it rocketed up to about 250GB-nearly soiled myself!

Then I realised that I had asked for the properties of Program Files rather than the Steam folder!!!

 

[kppanic]

Pft is that all:

[That pic is a bit out of date now, as i've got Trackmania Nations and Shadowgrounds Survivor installed now, so its prolly closer to 80GB

Pic out of date?!? Do you actually keep track of your Steam folder and take a screenshot and make an archive out of it?

 

[GazD]

20.2Gb with just CS:S installed

 

[interspaced]

42.3Gb !!

Do have a lot of games installed though. 23 in total

 

[Energize]

You should keep all your games on a secondary hard drive, whether they are steam or not, then you can reformat or replace your hdd and just auto reinstall them all, 10x faster than downloading or using a dvd.

 

[Duke]

I only keep installed the games I'm going to play often, so the folder is 30GB. I think it would be two or three times that if everything was installed.