Gotham Knights Playtest Briefly Listed on Steam, Could Release This Month

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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A playtest for the upcoming Gotham Knights game briefly appeared on Steam. It was removed, but not before one lucky person was able to play it. Reddit user SuspiciousTension19 spotted it and said the base install size was 82.41 GB. It is not known who had tried playing the beta.



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Although the main Steam listing is gone, the playtest is still listed in SteamDB. Sadly, the install button only takes you to the game’s main page on Steam, so that listing in the database is merely a...

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[Grimlakin]

Over 80 GIGABYTES. Heavens to betsy!!

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Over 80 GIGABYTES. Heavens to betsy!!

Hey, I still remember how it was only around 3-4 years ago, and people we're b***hing about things going over 40-60 GBs. Times have changed that's for sure.

 

[Denpepe]

Hey, I still remember how it was only around 3-4 years ago, and people we're b***hing about things going over 40-60 GBs. Times have changed that's for sure.

I think your memory is off a bit timewise
https://gamerant.com/pc-games-file-size-hd-space-biggest-huge/
https://www.xfire.com/biggest-video-games-ever-install-size/

Sizes do seem to depend on the source you are looking at

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I think your memory is off a bit timewise
https://gamerant.com/pc-games-file-size-hd-space-biggest-huge/
https://www.xfire.com/biggest-video-games-ever-install-size/

Sizes do seem to depend on the source you are looking at

Too true. It was closer to 5-6 years ago we really started seeing the 40 GB limits consistently shot. I remember when Witcher 3 came out and many complained about that at around 51 GB. I just did a quick search limiting articles from Jan 2018 to Dec 2019 and there were a few referencing 40 Gb but 100 GB had started to become the norm then. The links you provided are mostly games over the last 2-3 years and we're rapidly approaching over 150 GB for installs.

Here's an article from 2018 that talks about the growth from 40 GB to upwards of 100 GB.

How game sizes got so huge, and why they'll get even bigger

It's the textures above all, and nothing is going to stop them.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

On the flipside. Should the install size for Gotham Knights indeed be 82.41 GB gamers should rejoice as it could've easily been double. Cue the facepalms for us all.