How much does Fortnite occupy on PC

One of the most popular Battle Royale video games, which has now carved out a place for itself in the Olympus of the sector, it is definitely Fortnite, which is among other things downloadable for free thanks to the free-to-play business model.

You have therefore recently decided to approach (or get closer) to the Epic Games title, but you just can't understand how much does Fortnite occupy on PC. This information would in fact be very useful to you, considering that, for various reasons, you have limited space on your hard disk / SSD.

On the other hand, there are now games that exceed 100GB in weight, so running out of space on a 1TB drive is far from "science fiction", let alone a 512GB unit or less. In short, I am preparing to "take you by the hand" and provide you with all the quick indications of the case, which you can find below. All I have to do is wish you a good read!

Index

• Preliminary information
• How much does Fortnite cost on PC?

Preliminary information

Before going into the details of the methods to understand how much does Fortnite occupy on PC, I think it is fair to give you a general picture on the matter.

The doubt may in fact have come to you before installing the game of Epic Games or perhaps before delving into the weight of the latest Fortnite update. In this context, what might come in handy for you is to first take a look at the updated requirements required by the game.

Unfortunately, however, on the official Epic Games portal, at least at the time of writing, it does not indicate how much space in fact, you need to have it available on your computer to install the game. I therefore understand your doubts in this regard, which is why I am preparing to provide you with further information.

What I can do is, in the absence of up-to-date official information, give you an indication as to how many GB are usually required for an installation of Fortnite is PC. Well, at the time of the Season 1 of Chapter 4 of the game, therefore essentially at the beginning of 2023, the weight of the game is confirmed around 40GB.

It is worth noting that in the past this value was much higher. A major update that has significantly reduced the size of the Epic Games title on the computer has in fact arrived at end of 2020. In that context, it has gone from the previous almost 100GB to about 30GB, from the point of view of a concept of optimization.

However, Fortnite is a game evolving, in the center of several updates. To be clear, a major renewal of the Epic Games title was when it passed, in terms of graphic engine, dall'Unreal Engine 4 all'U, At the beginning of Chapter 3, or a end of 2021.

This means the size of the final download and install of Fortnite over time may vary, even by a lot, as detailed through the examples made previously. So I advise you to take the indication relating to the 40GB with the necessary pliers of final installation, as it is based on the Season 1 of Chapter 4 of the game and therefore potentially variable (both downwards and upwards).

In general, also looking towards the future, a picture could be outlined in which it is necessary reserve 50GB of storage space for Fortnite within your own PC, this also evaluating theEpic Games Launcher, Or the program linked to starting the game, which the official Epic Games website at the time of writing is listed as requesting 1,5GB of space (clearly, for the rest, I stayed "wide" on purpose).

The main advice I can give you in this context, however, is to inform you directly on everything. In fact, as already explained, there are many variables at play, therefore rather than dwelling on the general indication that I have given you (which can be useful for having at least a "first picture"), it is more indicative follow what I am about to tell you.

How much does Fortnite cost on PC?

After having provided you with the general context in which the indications arrive, I would say that the time has come to go into detail on how you can actually proceed to understand how much Fortnite actually impacts free space on your computer.

If you don't already have the Epic Games title available, however, I advise you first to follow what is indicated in my guide on how to download Fortnite on PC, in which I explained how you can quickly perform this operation, as well as having theEpic Games Launcher, Or the program associated with the game, as well as carry out thelog in with a specific account.

Among other things, following those operations, you will be able to see immediately, as soon as you start the download, how much does Fortnite currently weigh. In fact, pressing on the option Download, present at the bottom left of the Epic Games Launcher, the weight in GB to download (which may then be a little higher when installed, but generally speaking there isn't too much difference).

Net of this, what you can actually do to evaluate, after installing the game, how much the latter actually impacts on storage space, is to take a look at theappropriate option present right inside the aforementioned Epic Games Launcher.

After starting the latter, just press on the option Library, present at the top left, then looking for the box of Fortnite among the games installed on your computer. Once found, all you have to do is click on thethree dots icon placed at the bottom right in the context of the latter, subsequently taking a look at the number of GBs that appears next to the Uninstall option.

That's the weight that the Epic Games title currently occupies on your computer, then you can use this method to stay updated about everything. For the rest, I clearly remind you that in the middle, in addition to the updates, there may be too additional elements, relating for example to high definition texture, additional languages or to paid mode Save the world.

How can you verify the weight of it all? Simply press on the aforementioned three dots icon, linked to the box of Fortnite present nella sezione Library dell 'Epic Games Launcherthen selecting the item options, so as to stay updated on the title. From here you can in fact learn which ones dimensions reference is made for i individual elements.

To give you a relative big picture at the time of writing, so as to make you understand everything better (even if I invite you to check yourself, given the variables involved, as explained above), the Fortnite Core and Battle Royale I don't know weighs 33,63GB. The addition of the High resolution textures it requires instead 8,72GB.

La paid mode Save the world then has a weight of 3,36GB. An additional language like the German it requires instead 822,79MB, but there are also languages ​​that take up much less space. In any case, now you know how to check precisely the current weight of Fortnite in the PC environment, even delving into the individual elements.

In short, now you know a little about everything there is to know about the matter. For the rest, since you're going to learn more about the Epic Games title in general, you might also be interested in taking a look at my Fortnite page on my site, where you can find a number of other tutorials that may be useful to you.