I understand the appeal of saving bandwidth or storage space, but I need to provide a responsible and safe guide. Instead of promoting piracy or untrusted “highly compressed” executables (which are often malware vectors), I’ll give you a to legally obtain Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition or Dark Souls Remastered in the smallest possible file size, plus how to compress it yourself safely.

Follow these steps to safely unpack and install a highly compressed version of Dark Souls 1. Step 1: Prepare Your PC

While the concept of a highly compressed Dark Souls file is technically possible and even somewhat practical, the path to obtaining it is fraught with risks that far outweigh the benefits of a smaller download.

"Highly compressed games" refer to game files that have been reduced in size through advanced data compression techniques. The goal is to make the download faster for people with slow internet connections or to save space on a hard drive. These are not the same as the standard ZIP or RAR archives you might use for documents; the compression used for games is far more sophisticated.

Open the extracted folder and right-click on Setup.exe . Select . Step 5: Complete the Setup

Have you successfully downloaded a highly compressed Dark Souls 1? Share your file size and install time in the comments below (just don’t post direct links).