Guardians of the Galaxy ‘requires 150GB of storage’ on PC

UPDATE: Square Enix has now confirmed that the Steam listing for the game was out of date and the full game will be nearer 80GB at launch.

ORIGINAL STORY: The upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy game will require storage space of 150GB on PC.

That’s according to the game’s system requirements, which have now been listed on its Steam store page.

Most of the other minimum requirements are relatively modest for a new AAA game – for example, it requires at least the six-year-old GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card in order to run.

However, the storage space puts it in the upper level of storage requirements for PC games, making it larger at launch than even the likes of Microsoft Flight Simulator (127GB).

The full system requirements are as follows:

Guardians of the Galaxy PC system requirements

Minimum

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 10 64 bit Build 1803
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1400 / Intel Core i5-4460
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 570
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 150 GB available space

Recommended

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 10 64 bit Build 1803
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / Intel Core i7-4790
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super / AMD Radeon RX 590
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 150 GB available space

Guardians of the Galaxy is a single-player, story-driven, third-person action-adventure game developed by Eidos Montreal, set for release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC on October 26, 2021.

Worked on in collaboration with Marvel, it sees players take on the role of Star-Lord in “an original and authentic experience” inspired by over 50 years of Guardians of the Galaxy lore, according to Square Enix.

“Fire up Star-Lord’s jet boots for a wild ride across the cosmos in this third-person action-adventure game, a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,” reads the game’s official blurb.

“With the unpredictable Guardians at your side, blast your way from one explosive situation to another, with original and iconic Marvel characters caught in a struggle for the fate of the universe. You got this. Probably.”