Games take more space than they say

[Jericho]

So ive been encountering this problem for a couple years now and now im trying to figure out why its doing this. When i downloads a game, for instance Skyrim, they say it takes 14 gb and i had 38 free. but by the end of the download i have 10 gb remaining. i just need to know why its doing this because every game does this. Can some please help?

[my new friend]

Downloads are compressed and they need space to unpack and install. Any free space that was allocated will be freed up at the end of the process.

[Iceira]

You forgot to count DLC with original game with no DLC's many game devs never do that , they never correct the information or explan with more better.

[Supafly]

^^this + Space required on release is listed, doesnt include any updates or dlc.

[Muppet among Puppets]

You should leave at least 10% of a drive free.
For an os drive, i would keep 20% free.

[J4MESOX4D]

In many cases a game will take up twice the space of a download once it's unpacked.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

In many cases a game will take up twice the space of a download once it's unpacked.

But not finally, compared to the store page.

[Cathulhu]

Temporarily while downloaded files are decompressed and processed? Yes.
Permanently? No.