God Of War Ragnarok Pc Download Size May 2026

Sony has stated that an NVMe SSD or SATA SSD is mandatory for God of War Ragnarok on PC. This is not a suggestion; the game will stutter harshly on a mechanical HDD.

The game utilizes "DirectStorage" (the PC equivalent of the PS5’s I/O complex). This allows the GPU to read assets directly from the SSD without bogging down the CPU. If you install the game on a HDD: God Of War Ragnarok Pc Download Size

Recommended Setup: Install the game on an NVMe M.2 drive with at least 200 GB free. If you only have a SATA SSD (550 MB/s), it will work, but load times will be closer to the PS4 version (30+ seconds) rather than the PS5 (2 seconds). Sony has stated that an NVMe SSD or

The game will automatically download the high-resolution textures by default. If you are gaming on a 1080p monitor or a GPU with less than 8GB VRAM (like an RTX 3060 or RX 6600), you do not need these. Recommended Setup: Install the game on an NVMe M

Warning: Disabling the texture pack drops the install size to roughly 145 GB. The game will still look beautiful (using "High" PS5-equivalent textures), but you may notice slightly blurry surfaces at 1440p/4K.

Console versions usually limit you to 2-3 languages at a time. The PC version ships with full voice-over support for 15+ languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, etc.) plus subtitle support for 25+. Each language dub requires high-bitrate audio files to match the cinematic quality of the game. This contributes 20-25 GB to the total.

You might remember the 2018 God of War PC port was around 70GB. Why is Ragnarök nearly triple that? Two words: Asset Density.