How to check the download size of a game/DLC?

[Professor Dubya]

Hi, my internet has a bandwidth cap of 300 GB a month and my dad won't let me download big files (IE: 8 GB or over) and I was wanting to know if there was a way to check the download size of a file or DLC pack without buying it, and then starting the download. Thanks.

[Kargor]

Well, I don't know an official way.

I've just downloaded "Risen", and Steam tells me it downloaded 1.7GB. So I went to SteamDB[steamdb.info] and searched for "Risen". First problems: it found 2 apps. I chose the one that had the green bar telling me I own it, but you wouldn't be able to use that clue. You could go by the app id that's part of the shop page URL.

When I clicked on "Depots", I figured I would only need "Risen Content", not one of the language packs. However, it tells me it's "max" 2.28GB. 1000 vs. 1024 isn't sufficient to explain the difference, so maybe it's uncompressed size vs. compressed size, or maybe I'm on the entirely wrong track.

Either way, for now I'd assume that these depot sizes could be used as an upper bound, as in "it's probably not going to be downloading more, but it's probably downloading less". You'd still have to guess which depots end up on your machine -- which was rather easy with just one "Content" and a bunch of language packs.

[_wilco]

On the store page further down are the "System Requirements" listed. There should be a line that states "Hard Drive: 2GB" for example. That's the space needed when installed and the download should be less normally.

[Ketamine]

Or you can press install and check how much space the dlc/game needs :)

[FFL2and3rocks]

Originally posted by _wilco:

On the store page further down are the "System Requirements" listed. There should be a line that states "Hard Drive: 2GB" for example. That's the space needed when installed and the download should be less normally.

Many of the store pages for DLC are inaccurate and list the download size for the base game instead of the DLC.

[Professor Dubya]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Well, I don't know an official way.

I've just downloaded "Risen", and Steam tells me it downloaded 1.7GB. So I went to SteamDB[steamdb.info] and searched for "Risen". First problems: it found 2 apps. I chose the one that had the green bar telling me I own it, but you wouldn't be able to use that clue. You could go by the app id that's part of the shop page URL.

When I clicked on "Depots", I figured I would only need "Risen Content", not one of the language packs. However, it tells me it's "max" 2.28GB. 1000 vs. 1024 isn't sufficient to explain the difference, so maybe it's uncompressed size vs. compressed size, or maybe I'm on the entirely wrong track.

Either way, for now I'd assume that these depot sizes could be used as an upper bound, as in "it's probably not going to be downloading more, but it's probably downloading less". You'd still have to guess which depots end up on your machine -- which was rather easy with just one "Content" and a bunch of language packs.

Thanks! I have never heard of this site but this sounds like it'll be my best bet. Thanks again.