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Genshin Impact, the open-world action RPG, is arguably the most talked-about game in the RPG genre currently, especially on mobile devices. The game blew up in popularity due to its never before seen graphics, beautifully vast open-world and gorgeous vistas to explore, uniquely designed characters, interesting combat mechanics based on elemental reactions, and more. Genshin Impact is available as a free-to-play game and you can play it on several platforms such as Android, iPhone, PC, and PlayStation. If you want to try out the game, we're here to help. In this guide, we will show you how to download Genshin Impact on your favourite platform so you can start playing it.
Genshin Impact is available to download on several platforms and before you start to download the game you need to ensure your device meets the minimum system requirements. Genshin impact is a graphics-intensive game and the more powerful your hardware is the smoother it'll run on your device. Below are the official minimum and recommended system requirements for Genshin Impact along with the download sizes for each platform.
Minimum specifications
Storage: 40GB of available storage space
Recommended specifications
Download size
The download size for Genshin impact on Windows PCs currently sits at about 31GB.
Supported devices
Recommended specifications
Download size
The current download size for Genshin Impact on Android is about 14GB and takes over 20GB of storage space after the installation.
Genshin Impact is available on PS4 and PS5 as well. There it takes about 30GB of storage.
The in-game resources downloading will take some time depending on your internet speed. Genshin Impact supports background downloading, you can close the game and wait for the download to finish. After the game finishes downloading the required in-game resources/files, you can start playing the game.
After the game finishes downloading in-game resources, you can start playing the game.
Downloading resource files will take some time, meanwhile, you can keep the game in the background and wait for the download to finish.
Here's a step-by-step process to download Genshin Impact on Windows PC.
It is worth noting that the in-game resource downloading will take a few hours depending on the speed of your internet connection. Genshin Impact can also be downloaded from the Epic Games Store.
The process to download Genshin Impact on the PlayStation is very easy.
As soon as you download the game, it'll appear in your library, click the Genshin Impact icon and start playing the game.
Genshin Impact's Switch compatibility is in the works but the developer hasn't announced a definitive launch date. You can check out the official Switch launcher trailer here.