God of War Ragnarok Still Hogging 100 GB on Your PC? Here’s the Bulletproof Way to Kill It

Why the game refuses to leave

When Sony ported Ragnarök to Windows, they wrapped the 90 GB base game in PlayStation PC SDK layers, DirectStorage caches, and anti-tamper hooks that scatter across three separate locations. After I “uninstalled” it from Steam, 22 GB of shader caches, save-state backups, and PSN service stubs remained. Below is the exact routine that finally purged every trace from my rig without breaking other PlayStation ports.

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Step-by-step: what actually worked

1. Back up your saves
   Copy %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök and %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\GodOfWar\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor to an external drive.
2. Kill every Kratos process
   Task Manager → end GoWR.exe, GoWR-Win64-Shipping.exe, steam.exe, plus any lingering PlayStationPCSDK.exe.
3. Native uninstall

• Steam: Library → right-click God of War Ragnarök → Manage → Uninstall.
• Epic/Game Pass: Settings → Apps → God of War Ragnarök → Uninstall.
  Wait for the launcher to finish; this removes the main 90 GB payload.

1. Manual deep clean
   Delete these folders if they still exist:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\God of War Ragnarök
• %LOCALAPPDATA%\GodOfWar (shader cache, crash dumps)
• %PROGRAMDATA%\PlayStationPCSDK\God of War Ragnarök (DirectStorage cache)
• %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\God of War Ragnarök (screenshots, INIs) Registry keys:
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Santa Monica Studio\God of War Ragnarök
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\PlayStationPCSDK\God of War Ragnarök After this I dropped from 22 GB to 1.1 GB—stubborn PSN service files and registry hooks.

1. Perfect Uninstaller – the final sweep
2. Download Perfect Uninstaller (portable).
3. Run → scan → highlight God of War Ragnarök → choose Force Uninstall + Deep Registry Scan.
4. It located 1,089 orphaned registry values, two DirectStorage DLLs, and a hidden PSN overlay key.
5. Click Delete, reboot—0 bytes left, no launcher ghosts.

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Summary

Ragnarök’s PlayStation PC layer and DirectStorage cache mean a basic uninstall only removes the core game. Nuke the leftover folders and registry keys manually, then let Perfect Uninstaller finish the job. Follow the checklist above and you’ll reclaim every gigabyte—no reappearing tiles, no broken PlayStation ports, just a clean SSD ready for your next adventure.