About GameStorageScore

GameStorageScore compares games by download size, critic score and playtime to give a Storage Score™ — and where a physical edition exists, we also calculate a Physical Score and a digital vs. physical buying recommendation that weighs mostly the game's real size (the more GB, the more physical pays off), along with quality and the digital price.

Why physical media matters to us

• We see it first-hand in this very catalog: games that stop selling digitally (we track them in our Delisted games) and can only be found physical or second-hand now.
• Physical doesn't take up space on your console, which is exactly what this site measures.
• It can be resold, lent, or kept without depending on a store or a set of servers still being up in ten years.

We're not saying physical is always the better choice — sometimes digital is cheaper or the only option, and that's what each game's recommendation is for. But when a physical option exists, we think it's worth knowing about before deciding.

For now, this digital/physical comparison only works for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games: Nintendo's eShop publishes whether a game has a physical edition, but the Xbox, PlayStation and Steam stores don't — so we can't calculate it there yet.