Game' size

clear the shader cache: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1hf1m41/potential_fix_for_poe_2_fps_drops_due_to_shader/

ya this season has been really bad about that, out of the when Season 4 started, my game has very long load screens, when previously seasons had insta load times, as I have an m.2 blah blah.

And yea...I noticed my free space went from 500 gigs to like 225 gigs...and im always loading more shaders.

Reinstall? I’ll have to double check what my file size is but it’s nowhere near that.

Your shader cache is broken for whatever reason. Just delete it and see if it continues to grow again.

Are you good? My poe shaders folder is always below 600 MB.