How Much Storage Does Genshin Impact Need on PC and Mobile?

How many GB is Genshin Impact? It needs 110 GB of free storage on PC, and 40 GB as a minimum or 60 GB recommended on Android and iOS, according to HoYoverse's official requirements. The installed game itself is smaller than those numbers, but that gap is the point: every version update needs room to download and unpack before it replaces the old files, and voice-over packs add several gigabytes on top. Plan for the official figure, not the install size, and updates will not stall halfway through.

This guide breaks down how many GB Genshin Impact takes on each platform, why the requirement keeps growing, and how to keep the install manageable on a PC or a phone. Sizes below are accurate as of Version 7.1.

How Many GB Is Genshin Impact? The Official Numbers by Platform

HoYoverse publishes a storage requirement for every platform, and these are the figures to plan around:

• PC (Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit): 110 GB for both minimum and recommended specs, with a solid-state drive recommended.
• Android: 40 GB on supported devices, 60 GB on recommended devices.
• iOS and iPadOS: 40 GB on supported devices, 60 GB on recommended devices.
• PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S: 150 GB.

The mobile range is the one that confuses people most. The 40 GB figure is what the game needs to run at all; the 60 GB figure is what keeps a phone comfortable through updates. If your phone sits right at 40 GB free, the game will install, but the next version update is where problems start.

Why the Official Figure Is Bigger Than the Installed Game

Three things push the real storage requirement above the size of the files sitting on your drive:

• Update headroom: before a new version goes live, the game downloads the patch and stages it next to the existing files. On PC, the Version 7.0 pre-install was roughly 8 GB and Version 7.1 was roughly 10 GB; on mobile, the same updates were roughly 3 GB and 4 GB. That space has to be free before the patch can be applied.
• Voice-over packs: each voice language you keep installed adds several gigabytes. A player with English and Japanese voices installed carries noticeably more than someone with one language.
• Steady growth: every new region, event and character adds data, and almost nothing is removed. Version 7.0 alone added the Snezhnaya region, and the install has grown with nearly every major version since launch.

So the official number already includes a buffer for patches. Treat it as the free space you need, and expect it to rise again over time, especially with versions like 7.0, which added the entire Snezhnaya region in a single update.

How Big Is Genshin Impact on PC

On PC, keep 110 GB free on the drive where the game lives. Genshin Impact installs through the HoYoPlay launcher, which also handles updates: when a new version is close, a Pre-Install option appears next to the Start button, letting you download the patch days before maintenance. If the drive does not have enough space for that pre-install on top of the existing game, the download fails or never starts.

Where you install it matters as much as how much space you have. HoYoverse recommends a solid-state drive, and the difference is visible in play: loading screens, teleports and fast travel across large regions are all slower on a hard disk. If your SSD is small, it is usually better to free space on it than to move Genshin to a larger but slower hard drive.

A practical way to check you are safe on PC:

1. Note the current size of the Genshin Impact folder.
2. Add about 10 GB for the next version's pre-install.
3. Add a few more gigabytes if you plan to install another voice language.
4. Make sure the drive has that much free, and ideally a little more.

How Much Storage Genshin Impact Takes Up on Mobile

On Android and iOS, the app you download from the store is small. Most of the game arrives afterwards, when you first open it and it downloads the full resource package. That is why the store listing looks tiny while the real requirement is 40 to 60 GB.

Phones have two extra constraints that PCs do not:

• Total capacity: once the operating system, photos and other apps take their share, a 64 GB phone simply cannot hold Genshin Impact with update headroom. A 128 GB phone is the realistic starting point for playing long term, and a 256 GB phone gives you room to keep other games installed too.
• Updates block play: on mobile you cannot play while the game is pre-installing resources. Start the pre-download when you are done for the day, from the button on the login screen or through Settings, Other, Resource Package, Pre-Install Now.

iOS and Android share the same official numbers, but iPhones cannot use a memory card, so free space has to come from the phone's own storage. On Android, check whether your device supports moving other apps or media to a memory card to make room, since the game itself is best kept on internal storage.

What Happens When You Run Out of Space

Running short on storage is more disruptive in Genshin Impact than in an offline game, because you cannot skip an update. The game is online-only, so once a new version goes live after maintenance, you have to install it before you can log in again. If the drive is too full to finish the download, you are locked out until you free space.

The timing makes it worse. Version updates usually bring new events, a new banner and free rewards on day one, which is exactly when a failed update costs you the most. A phone that runs out of room mid-download can also slow down noticeably, since the operating system has little space left to work with.

The fix is always the same: free space first, then resume the update. Deleting unused voice packs, clearing other large apps or media, and then retrying the download is usually enough. To avoid the problem altogether, check your free space when the pre-install opens rather than on the day the version goes live.

How to Keep the Install From Getting Out of Hand

You cannot make Genshin Impact small, but you can stop it from taking more than it needs:

1. Keep one voice-over pack. If you only listen to one language, delete the others; each one you remove frees several gigabytes.
2. Pre-install every version. Downloading the patch early spreads the work out and shows you right away whether there is enough space, instead of failing on update day.
3. Clear space before big versions. Major updates that add a region tend to be larger than mid-version patches, so free up more room ahead of them.
4. Clear cache on mobile. On Android, clearing the app cache from system settings removes temporary files without touching your account, since progress is saved on HoYoverse's servers.
5. Reinstall as a last resort. Because your progress is tied to your HoYoverse account, a fresh install can recover space lost to leftover files, as long as you can log back in.

That last point is worth checking before you need it: make sure you know your account login and that its email is still yours, so a reinstall never turns into a recovery problem. It also helps to keep an eye on what each version brings, since an update packed with new characters, bosses and events usually means a bigger download as well.

Which Setup Fits Genshin Impact Best

Put together, the storage question has a clear answer for each kind of player:

1. PC players: keep 110 GB free on an SSD, plus about 10 GB extra around every version update.
2. Mobile players: aim for 60 GB free on a phone with at least 128 GB in total, and keep only one voice pack.
3. Players on both: progress syncs through your HoYoverse account, so you can keep the full install on PC and treat the phone as a lighter second device, as long as it still meets the 40 GB minimum.

If the storage math only covers half the problem, because you have the space but not the hours to rebuild a roster from Adventure Rank 1 on a new device, you can start on one of the Genshin Impact Accounts that already has the characters you want, hand the daily Resin and exploration routine to a player through Genshin Impact Hourly Services, or clear Spiral Abyss and other endgame goals with Genshin Impact Boosting.

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