Arjun, a college sophomore with a laptop held together by hopes and electrical tape, had been chasing a game for three weeks. Nebula Drift , the space sim that required 180 gigabytes of free space—space he did not have. His hard drive wheezed like an asthmatic at high altitude every time he even looked at the Steam page.

: Many repacks allow users to skip unnecessary files, such as multi-language audio or high-resolution textures, further saving space.