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Genshin Impact Game Size

How Big is Genshin Impact on PC? Answered

Genshin Impact is one of the most successful gacha-based roleplaying games that was released last year on September 28, 2020, across PC, Android, iOS, and PlayStation platforms. Periodically, Genshin Impact receives new content updates that range from the addition of new quests, events, playable characters to massive additions like a whole new region and more.

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In the past few days, the Genshin Impact community has been scrounging the internet to find out how big is Genshin Impact on PC?

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Normally, it doesn’t matter as PC and Console players don’t have to suffer the lack of storage issue that most Genshin Impact mobile players have to go through whenever a new content update comes out. Still, to answer the community’s query, we have mentioned Genshin Impact’s file size on PC while comparing it to Console and Mobile versions.

How Big is Genshin Impact on PC?

Genshin Impact PC version requires 30 GB of free storage to get installed. Moreover, the same amount of storage is required to run the game on a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 system.

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Sometimes due to content updates and in-game pictures taken via the game’s Photo Mode or via the Kamera gadget — Genshin Impact’s file size increases, ranging between 30 ~ 40 GB.

How Big is Genshin Impact on Mobile?

When compared to the PC and Console versions, the Genshin Impact mobile version game size is considerably small. It sizes up to 8 GB on Android and iOS platforms, and it can gain a few extra GBs of storage because of content updates.

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It is understandable as Genshin Impact mobile version does have low-resolution assets and overall less graphical fidelity when compared to its counterparts.

Genshin Impact PC System Requirements

Here are the minimum and recommended system requirements for the Genshin Impact PC version.

MinimumRecommended
Operating SystemWindows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, or Windows 10 64-bitWindows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, or Windows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 or equivalentIntel Core i7 equivalent or higher
Memory8 GB RAM16 GB RAM
Graphics CardNVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 and higherNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and higher
DirectX1111
Storage30 GB of Free Storage Space30 GB of Free Storage Space

Genshin Impact is a free-to-play gacha-based role-playing game currently available on PC, PS4, Android, and iOS.

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Hritwik Raj
Hritwik is a guides writer who has been writing about video games for almost a decade. He is a Computer Science graduate who has always been into gaming. Most of the time, you will find him covering News and Guides for various publications. And when he is not working, you will find him fighting with his friends about how good of a gamer he is. His favorite games include Fallout 76, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Souls series, Genshin Impact, and The Last of Us.