Helldivers 2 devs Arrowhead have finally explained why its PC version is so full of storage-hogging duplicate assets: it's all to do with slow HDD load times.

Blame HDDs.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios still doesn't have a solution for the shooter's groaning installation size on PC — but it is working on it.
Admitting that the installation size "seems to be a hot topic right now" — at 150GB, Helldivers 2 takes up three times the space on PC than it does on console — the developer revealed that one of the ...
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The massive 150 GB size of Helldivers 2's installation file on PC was explained in a blog on the title's official Steam page on Oct. 3, 2025.
A Helldivers 2 developer has explained to players why the PC version of the game takes up around three times more storage space than the console versions.
Arrowhead Studios has explained why Helldivers 2's file size is so extreme on PC, and what it hopes to do about it.
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