NieR:Automata Steam Update Inflates Install Size to 366GB
Square Enix released a Steam update for NieR:Automata on November 6 that added Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean language support, the game's first update in about five years.
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Why it matters
A language-only patch should not multiply a game's install footprint by seven, and the fact that the DLC entries each report 40.73GB, the same as the base game, points to a packaging error rather than actual new data.
Key Facts
- Square Enix released the Steam update for NieR:Automata on November 6, adding Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean support.
- The update raised the required disk space to 366.56GB, against the 50GB listed on the store page.
- Each of the game's eight DLC reports 40.73GB required, totaling 325.84GB with the main game.
- Installing only the base game, with DLC deselected, required 40.73GB.
- NieR:Automata is directed by Yoko Taro and developed by PlatinumGames.
The patch also pushed the listed required disk space to 366.56GB, more than seven times the 50GB on the store page and far beyond the roughly 50GB the game occupied before. Square Enix has not commented.
The arithmetic points at the DLC. Each of the eight add-ons listed in the Steam library reports 40.73GB of required space, the same figure as the main game, which adds up to 325.84GB. Selecting only the base game and skipping the DLC lets the install proceed at 40.73GB, so the inflated total comes from how Steam is counting the add-on entries, not from any new content in the patch. The update itself changed nothing except supported languages. Until Square Enix responds, the workaround is to deselect the DLC before installing.
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