Overview
- Players discovered that a recent Steam update made the installer demand roughly 366GB of free space instead of the game’s usual about 50GB.
- Square Enix confirmed Friday that the small patch added three language options and that a packaging or metadata error caused the base game to be counted multiple times across YoRHa Edition DLC entries.
- As an immediate fix, the publisher advised users to open Steam → Properties → DLC for Nier: Automata and uncheck the DLC items to download only the base game.
- Reports are mixed: some users say the issue cleared locally after following guidance while many others still see the inflated installer requirement and the Steam store page still lists the original 50GB.
- The incident highlights how DLC metadata and packaging on digital stores can multiply installer sizes and leave players facing failed installs, forced deletions or hardware purchases until a targeted hotfix is rolled out.