The average size of iPhone games has increased by 76% in the last 5 years

As the years have passed, the storage space of the iPhone, like the rest of the smartphone on the market, has been increasing (although Apple was one of the last to jump on the bandwagon), a storage space intended for store photos, videos and apps / games.

According to the boys of Tower Sensor, after analyzing the average size of the 100 most downloaded games in the United States App Store, in the last 5 years, the size of the games available in the App Store it has increased an average of 76%, not counting additional downloads.

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The average file size for games in 2016 stood at approximately 264 MB, increasing by 76% in the last five years to almost 465 MB in 2020. Last year there was an especially significant annual increase, with a increase of 30,3% year-on-year. The average, meanwhile, has increased by 102,6 percent in the last five years, going from about 147 MB ​​in 2016 to almost 299 MB in 2020. Last year there was an increase of 18,7 percent year-on-year, slower than that observed in previous years.

The increase in the space occupied by games is motivated by the expansion in the storage space of the iPhone, since in this way, developers can offer higher quality content graph taking advantage of the storage of the device.

Of the 100 most downloaded games on the US App Store, the most downloaded was Roblox, which occupies 222 MB. The largest title among the 100 most downloaded was CSR Racing 2, with almost 4 GB of space.

When Fortnite was available on the App Store, the space it occupied, once the additional content was downloaded from its servers, was dangerously close to 6 GB. Call of Duty like PUBG Mobile occupy close to 3 GB. This space varies depending on the device and if it is an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.