For those who have apex installed already on Origin, i need to install on steam also?

[Shobby]

Anyone knows?

[cTm]

yes

[Alcator]

Originally posted by Shobby:

Anyone knows?

What you _could_ do is create a new Steam library and copy the Origin copy of the game to that new library. Then, you tell Steam to preload / install to that folder. It _might_ display "Discovering existing files", and _maybe_ it will download less than 35 Gigabytes (one "Season" is usually around 5 GBs compressed).

Apex Legends stores old versions of maps alongside the updated versions, because some game modes revisit old maps. That is why full installation is ~50 GBs, and not ~20, as would be expected for 3 different maps.

[nelise]

Don't take a risk or you'll find yourself downloading the game while everyone else is playing.

[Chester Copperpot]

dont really see the point in having to download the game again for steam when i already have it in origin

[KuriKona]

Originally posted by UR003:

dont really see the point in having to download the game again for steam when i already have it in origin

Same, waste of data usage.

[Spirit]

I just did a clean install, but copy-pasting, and then verifying the cache would presumably work as well. Haven't tried it in practice though, so who knows if there is some unforeseen roadblock.

[Shobby]

i understand that u dont need origin to login, just the EA account, but yea.. i cant see the point to reinstall it either

[BreakStuff]

yes just delete origin and delete apex download it on steam and login with you origin account

[MrAgentOfChaos]

The very first thing I tried to do was copy my installed files from the origin version into the steamapps folder. It does not work. Steam will insist on downloading the whole game over again. A small price to pay to get rid of the Origin launcher, if you ask me.

[👌m8]

Originally posted by Mr AgentOfChaos:

The very first thing I tried to do was copy my installed files from the origin version into the steamapps folder. It does not work. Steam will insist on downloading the whole game over again. A small price to pay to get rid of the Origin launcher, if you ask me.

That's because Steam only recognizes the pre-loaded files which are encrypted. Try doing it again once it releases.

[frob]

https://clutchpoints.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-apex-legends-launching-on-steam-november-4th/

based on this website, no