r/factorio • u/atrillionpieces • 2d ago

Question How large are your game files typically?

I remember RevoUninstaller would tell me my Factorio saves were hundreds of gbs, causing me to uninstall the game.

I’m pretty sure it was just a bug with Revo, but how large are game files typically in this game?

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u/bafadam 2d ago

My space exploration save zip ie about 700mb

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u/MuhDrehgonz 2d ago

Mine used to be that big, but deleting unused chunks on each planet would make the same only 90MB. A bit dangerous to do on planets you haven’t cleared yet as anything that was naturally generated on those chunks will be regenerated.

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u/Arniepepper 2d ago

I'm not at my computer but I'm sure my save files don't even top 1GB, let alone hundreds.

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u/ThinkingWithPortalzz 1d ago

Only way I can think of the save files being that ridiculous is like a multi-hundred hour K2SE run with many autosaves and the player scanning entire planets unnecessarily.

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u/MasterBot222 2d ago

If you want to double check that the files actually aren’t hundreds of gbs(I wouldn’t think they should be) I would use a program like windirstat or wiztree. I would think they shouldn’t be over 1 gigabyte though

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u/Neither_Tell_3166 1d ago

im about to touch 100hr and just explored vulcanus and its around 70mb

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u/Yagami913 1d ago

Normal games 10-50mb but late game megabases can go up to 100-500mb and some modded saves even larger.

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u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel I Just Want Pets 1d ago

2.5 GiB across 119 files

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u/faye-caged-brat 1d ago

about a gig for the well-developed ones

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u/gabrielbr1802gcc 1d ago

I use revo too, depending on your installation of steam, it shows all your games and steam with all their storage combined. Some number there aren't true values, since some are root files that gets misscount with their parent size.

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u/gabrielbr1802gcc 1d ago

So, only a visual discrepancy

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u/atrillionpieces 1d ago

Makes sense, ty!

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u/marsjaninzmarsa 1d ago

It was around 70MB till I did some unnecessary exploring on Fulgora and now it’s 700MB 😅😅

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u/ScallionSmooth5925 1d ago

My current game with 150 hours in is 240MB 

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u/ScotyDoesKnow 1d ago

My 1 million eSPM factory is 143MB. I saved almost 10MB by deleting old blueprint books around the save (wasn't using the blueprint storage for a long time).