23 Top Games in Comparison – How much data do your favorite games consume per hour

Destiny 2 or Fortnite, WoW or Final Fantasy XIV which game makes the internet connections heat up? Join us as we look at the data consumption per hour of your favorite online games.

What is this about? We at MeinMMO provide an overview of the data consumption of your favorite games. While most of you probably have unlimited internet plans, a few evenings with your favorite game could quickly mean a lot of gigabytes in downloads.

The consumption varies significantly depending on the game. While the leader consumes a whopping 300 megabytes per hour, the last entry on our list consumes only 3 MB, which is just one-hundredth of that.

First, we will look at the podium of the 3 hungriest data games. After that, there will be a list of 23 titles, sorted by consumption. Included are everything from MMORPGs to shooters to MOBAs that will make any gamer’s heart race.

These are the 3 biggest data hogs:

• Rank 3 – Call of Duty Warzone: With 175 MB per hour, the Battle Royale in the CoD universe consumes your internet connection quite heavily. No wonder, with a maximum of 150 soldiers needing to be synchronized on a huge map – soon it could even be 200 soldiers.
• Rank 2 – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 250 MB costs an average hour of CS:GO. The tactical shooter is nearly a decade old but still remains highly popular, having a record year in 2020 and is actively played at the highest levels, so you can forgive the hardworking router.
• Rank 1 – Destiny 2: A proud 300 MB must be downloaded per hour if you are shooting aliens in the face with friends in the MMO shooter. Especially the open areas with random events, a variety of allies, and hordes of enemies cause the download rates to spike – Guardians can boast of holding the traffic record.

What you need to know about the listing: Keep in mind that the mentioned data on MB consumption represent average values. In games like Destiny 2, the required download is significantly lower when you are soloing the campaign as opposed to battling your fireteam across the universe.

It also matters what technical specifications you are using – a lower framerate, for example, reduces the necessary download. If you are also using voice chat or party, this can quickly add up to an extra 50 MB.

Not only the routers are sometimes groaning under the heavy data load, but the hard drives of players are also soon overflowing with the top games:

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Data consumption per hour – 23 online games in ranking

Here you will find a list of 23 online games, which we have sorted for you from the largest data hog to the smallest.

Notable observations: It is noticeable that the shooter faction with large worlds dominates the top ranks. The shooter CoD: WW II is ranked so low because it is not positioned with the other CoD titles in the BR genre, but is played with significantly fewer players at the same time. Also, CS:GO stands out a bit because the player count per match is relatively low, yet the consumption is still high.

Additionally, there is a broad field clustered around 80 to 40 MB. Here we find popular MMORPGs like WoW or the MOBA LoL – which consumes significantly less data than its competitor Dota 2. Final Fantasy XIV, in comparison, has almost no data appetite.

Which title would you have thought has the biggest data hunger per hour? Do you also find it exciting how far apart the games lie?

If you are looking for a new game to spend time and data on, we recommend taking a look here: The best MMORPGs in 2020 – Which one suits me?