I cleared up 55gb of storage to download payday 2 but it has already taken up all my space when it said it has downloaded 13gb

[Chrome Dreamer]

It has become impossible for me to download any game from steam since no matter how much space I clear up it always takes up more space than it says. I dont really have much left to uninstall since my laptop only has 250gb storage

[roughnecks]

Steam allocates space before downloading, so your game should be installed just fine.

[Chrome Dreamer]

Originally posted by roughnecks:

Steam allocates space before downloading, so your game should be installed just fine.

But it wont download anymore since it says i have no space left

[roughnecks]

That's weird.

[Crazy Tiger]

You need to create more space. The download is compressed and needsto be unpacked. You need around 60GB, I believe.

You'd do good to invest in a bigger hard disk. It's never a good idea to fill it up completely.

[FiatLux]

Originally posted by Vlad PutinMyButt:

Originally posted by roughnecks:

Steam allocates space before downloading, so your game should be installed just fine.

But it wont download anymore since it says i have no space left

Have you tried running a disk clean up before starting Steam ? (maybe also clean up old Steam file if possible (?) )
Otherwise , I am not sure , but maybe Steam will let you install your games on an USB drive ???

[Chrome Dreamer]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

You need to create more space. The download is compressed and needsto be unpacked. You need around 60GB, I believe.

You'd do good to invest in a bigger hard disk. It's never a good idea to fill it up completely.

Ok I have cleared up a total of 70gb and it says i have no storage left when i have downloaded 17gb
WTF

[FiatLux]

Originally posted by Vlad PutinMyButt:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

You need to create more space. The download is compressed and needsto be unpacked. You need around 60GB, I believe.

You'd do good to invest in a bigger hard disk. It's never a good idea to fill it up completely.

Ok I have cleared up a total of 70gb and it says i have no storage left when i have downloaded 17gb
WTF

Did you clean up disk first (system tools) inclding empty recycle bin ?

[dige]

but do u have second disk?

[FiatLux]

Otherwise : Maybe these threads will be of help :


https://appuals.com/steam-not-enough-disk-space/

This excellent free tool should help you find out where the disk space are going : https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

There is also a program for Steam cleaning though I can not vouch for this program ..
https://github.com/jonathanlermitage/tikione-steam-cleaner/releases/tag/v3.0.7-jre11.0.1.13

[IrrelevantScrub]

payday 2 needs more then double of what it says on the store page, the dlc was not included in the min file size, and theres a ton of dlc added to the game that now comes with the game.

edit-payday2 has a file six of 96gb for me, and thats with all dlc

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

How big is your storage drive? Also why you cutting so close to full use of it as well?

[Chrome Dreamer]

Originally posted by IrrelevantScrub:

payday 2 needs more then double of what it says on the store page, the dlc was not included in the min file size, and theres a ton of dlc added to the game that now comes with the game.

edit-payday2 has a file six of 96gb for me, and thats with all dlc

Oh that would explain it, even though i have never bought any dlc

[Chrome Dreamer]

Originally posted by FiatLux:

Otherwise : Maybe these threads will be of help :


https://appuals.com/steam-not-enough-disk-space/

This excellent free tool should help you find out where the disk space are going : https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

There is also a program for Steam cleaning though I can not vouch for this program ..
https://github.com/jonathanlermitage/tikione-steam-cleaner/releases/tag/v3.0.7-jre11.0.1.13

I use WinDirStat, and it says Im using up 185gb of my storage space even though my system says i have used up 250gb. I cannot find what is taking up all my storage. I have 2 games installed, League of legends, Dauntless, both of them taking up less than 10gb.

[Chrome Dreamer]

Originally posted by FiatLux:

Originally posted by Vlad PutinMyButt:

Ok I have cleared up a total of 70gb and it says i have no storage left when i have downloaded 17gb
WTF

Did you clean up disk first (system tools) inclding empty recycle bin ?

yeah i have

[Frank ツ]

Download spacemonger, its a very handy tool to see what folders take up space