If the risk of highly compressed files scares you, consider these legal alternatives:
A "highly compressed" PC game repack is not an official product. It is a version of the game that has been run through advanced compression algorithms (like FreeArc, LZMA2, or Repack-specific tools) to shrink the file size drastically.
Here is the catch: The files are not smaller during gameplay. The installer decompresses the data back to the original 80GB when you install it. You are simply downloading a smaller archive.
For Serious Sam 4, a good repack can compress the game down to 4.5 GB to 6 GB for download.
Instead of unreliable repacks, consider legal methods to save space:
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There are two main types of compressed files you will encounter:
You will likely download a single .torrent file or multiple .rar files from a file host (Google Drive, MediaFire, or 1Fichier).