: Compression often removes "dummy data," non-essential files, or even high-quality cutscenes to achieve these small sizes.

Highly compressed ISO files are the result of dedicated community archivists using advanced algorithms to shrink game files to a fraction of their original size. In the case of God of War , these techniques often involve stripping non-essential data, compressing high-fidelity audio streams, or downscaling pre-rendered cutscenes. The result is a file that can sometimes be downloaded in a matter of minutes rather than hours, making the masterpiece accessible to a much wider global audience.

Between 600 MB and 900 MB.