Free PS Plus Games for April 2022 File Sizes Revealed

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A new month means a new batch of free PlayStation Plusgames for subscribers to claim, with the free PlayStation Plus games for April 2022 set to be available beginning Tuesday, April 5. While PS Plus subscribers wait for the new free games to become available, they can be proactive by making sure that they have enough space for the games on their PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles.

Twitter account PlayStation Game Size has recently shared the file sizes for the free PS Plus games for April 2022. The PS4 version of Hood: Outlaws & Legends will take up 18.510 GB of space, while the PS5 file size for the game is 16.522 GB. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated, meanwhile, takes up 15.857 GB. And finally, Slay the Spire is the smallest game coming as part of the free PS Plus games for April 2022 lineup, as it is just around 1 GB in size.

Some PS Plus Subscribers Can Download One of the Free PS Plus Games for April 2022 Early

Overall, the free PS Plus games for April 2022 aren't very large, especially compared to more recent releases. Video game file sizes have grown dramatically these past few years, and it doesn't seem like that trend is slowing down anytime soon, so it's always nice whenever games come in at smaller sizes.

This is especially true when it comes to downloading games on a PlayStation 5. To upgrade the PlayStation 5's storage capacity, users have to take the system's panels off, which may not be something everyone is comfortable doing, what with the PS5 still being incredibly rare and next to impossible to buy from someone that isn't a scalper. It's understandable some PS5 users may not want to risk potentially breaking their new console when trying to upgrade their storage, and so