Heya, since there doesn't seem to be any guide at all, I thought I would make my own from my experience.

Prerequisites: I recommend downloading the .torrent file from a TOR browser or through a VPN so as to keep you safe and avoid copyright notices from you ISP As for torrent clients, I recomend qbitorrent.

**1 Search for your game Fitgirl might not have repacked your desired game so go and search on her ONLY official website: https://fitgirl-repacks.site If you find your game then you will have multiple ways of downloading it. Either copy the magnet link (I recomend) Or download the .torrent file If you can't find your game, try DODI.

**2 Downloading Once you have your magnet link or .torrent file, make your choice of torrent client (again, qbitorrent if you're not sure). For magnet links, click on the link icon or go into the "file" tab For torrent files, simply open the torrent file, qbit will do the rest. (If it doesn't... File tab -> add torrent file) A window will appear showing what you will be downloading, don't change anything just hit start.

The download will go through 3 phases: 1-searching for peers: this should only take about 30 seconds 2-downloading: this will vary depending on the game size and it's availability. 3-seeding: this is the part where you give back to the community by hosting some of the downloaded files on your machine so that overall download speeds increase for others. It is possible not to seed any files and stop the process once the download finishes, however this is frowned upon by frequent torrent users.

**3 Installing open the repack folder and find the 'setup.exe'' file. (If you can't find it, turn off your antivirus or windows defender and download the exe again or just recover it from quarantine if you know how to) When you open setup.exe, you will choose your installation directory. You will have the choice to limit RAM usage, it is recommended to use this even on a high end pc since installing without causes frequent issues. Keep in mind, fitgirl installations can be long. Keep In mind, installing to a HDD will dramatically increase setup time. If you want to store your game on a HDD, install it to an SSD then move the files to the HDD.

If a repack doesn't advance for over a few hours, try again. Even if it says 'do not panic if it seems stuck'

**4 You can now delete the original downloaded folder if you wish, your game might not launch straight away, search the subreddit for known problems. Some examples: -rdr2 requires additional files. -forza requires firewall access -windows defender deletes the setup.exe file (turn it off)

Have fun! And you really enjoyed the game, consider supporting the Devs by buying a copy.

In Fitgirl we trust.

Edit: added prerequisites Edit: install waiting time Edit: general edits and clarification

Comments

Dependent_Map5592 • 19 points •

10 hours for an install??!! 🤯

I've never had to wait longer than about 20-30 min for an install. My pc is just some lame prebuilt I bought on Amazon around 2018 so it's not a great or anything. I think I've got an i7 and gtx 2070 lolol.

PolarNugget • 10 points •

Oh, I dunno why mine is so slow then. I thought it was normal. Mines a Lenovo legion 5 ryzen5600h rtx3060.

Ah, it might be because I was writing to an external disk

Not_Bed_ • 12 points •

Yes that's the issue, 10hrs is insanely long and it shouldn't be so slow even on a pentium installing the worst game

Weekly_Event_1969 • 5 points •

pentium catching strays here

Otherwise_Flight6804 • 2 points •

Prebuilts on amazon aren't bad at all. I got a beast of a PC for 2900$ I9 with RTX 4090.

No-Problem-5996 • 1 points •

haa i got5 an gtx 1650ti

FailNo7141 • 1 points •

Mine is a slow one dell percision laptop bought it for like 2300$ it was a good deal from aliexpress it had 10% discount and it's t1200 and installation in my pc like gta5 toke like 5 hours which is great and i'm able to run gta 5 at 20 fps with turning off all settings but still work

Background_Tone_1399 • 1 points •

isnt there any other downloader so fast downloads?

Cirphrank • 1 points •

That's not a bad build, man, not even in 2025.

kingsman17382 • 7 points •

There’s no setup.exe file? Just a bunch of bins 1-5 and some optional bins, SOMEONE HELP LOL

PolarNugget • 3 points •

What game is this? I've never had this issue so I don't know what to say other than try downloading again.

Maybe try turning off your antivirus that might have placed the .exe in quarantine.

Maybe try turning on file extensions in explorer if you haven't already.

Good luck

kingsman17382 • 6 points •

It’s the last of us part 1 I don’t know this is the first time it’s happening for me usually it always has the .exe file but I’ll try the antivirus thing

kingsman17382 • 6 points •

Yea you were right! Windows defender blocked it, just had to restore it to get it, thanks for the quick response!

Tywin1v1 • 3 points •

Could someone help me regarding a Sekiro download? I downloaded the game in 15 parts. Each parts has 1 setup.exe and each one has 3 bin files (bin_01, bin_02 and bin_03). Its all unpacked via 7zip so I have 15 folders. How should i proceed? All parts are exactly 500 MB large but all different. Help would be appreciated ! Thanks so much

Alternative-Sleep649 • 3 points •

dont pirate fromsoft games man. they deserve the money.

Unlucky_Nothing_369 • 3 points •

open any one of the rars, select all files in it, click export and after that run setup

Visual-Wolverine8996 • 3 points •

Mine has been seeding for about an hour. Is something wrong?

The_64th • 3 points •

Your download is finished you don't need to seed

Nepo_Hatyara • 2 points •

seeding helps other ppl ,dont stop if you can

riocuuli • 2 points •

if i'm downloading an expansion pack from fitgirl but i have the base game legitimately on dvd, does anyone know if i have to do anything differently in the download/torrent process?

IMKLLGAMING69 • 2 points •

im glad to see torrent users helping the newbies, currently torrenting metro last light

in fitgirl we trust.

SolarSpaghetti • 1 points •

How do you open the setup on Steamdeck?

[deleted] • 2 points •

tahseen_6452 • 1 points •

theres no AIO tool in the forza horizon 5 game folder

TheMugOfTheNorth • 1 points •

Which download link do I use without a VPN?

Minute-Contribution4 • 1 points •

THANK YOU!!!!!! Could not find a step by step anywhere

Soft-Employment3548 • 2 points •

Do i need to download qbit? I'm just starting and I'm still confused

PolarNugget • 6 points •

Yes, it's the software that allows downloads from the Torrent network

my_epic_username • 1 points •

no direct download sad

RainFun9169 • 1 points •

When I pressed set up, I got a red error saying Another program is currently using this file. Can someone help

Myselfhuman • 1 points •

can someone please help me with the activation code thing, i cannot access the community part without which i cant add teams etc there is no fun in the game without it

SadInteraction1266 • 1 points •

I'm trying to download crusader kings 3 with direct download. There are part1, part2, part3, ... part8. do i need to download them all? or do i just need to download one?

A1x_space101 • 1 points •

thx mate

Abject-Lock5722 • 1 points •

i installed the game, verified the bin files, redist and direct x are also successfully downloaded but yet i cant open the game even when using run as adminstration option , the game is ac origins btw

Visible_Orchid_9067 • 1 points •

Very late but my first time using fitgirl repack and when I start to download the game through the files it says I’m missing this vcredist file but I have no clue how to get it

Bpking69 • 1 points •

so whats the difference downloading with magnet link and with torrent file?

Greedy-Struggle-2407 • 1 points •

How can the FitGirlRepack installer be using 18 cores and 20 GB of RAM? It's using all of that and has been downloading a game for over 2 hours.

PolarNugget • 2 points •

Try installing to a local disk and checking the "limit to 2gb of ram option"

Arnav2117 • 1 points •

It's taking 9 hrs to unpack my game 💀

GrandHomework7435 • 1 points •

How to stop seeding?

Sure_Cartoonist_5649 • 1 points •

GTA v

MissionReality1472 • 1 points •

im having a problem where when i click magnet it doesnt do anything. im new to this so idk what i did wrong

Working_Breath8238 • 1 points •

I have tried multiple times however I keep getting the error message "it is not found any fie specified for ISArcExtract" I have no idea what this means or how to prevent it so if anyone could help me with it I would be grateful

Dramatic-Mouse6646 • 1 points •

Instructions unclear my pc blew up

youwantmyguncomekiss • 1 points •

Hey thanks I have a question. I downloaded gta IV repack, there are 28 .rar parts and one file for mod with the extension .bin ,, how do I handle this last file? Does it get extracted automatically when I extract part1.rar or do I move it manually to the extracted folder. Thank you very much for your guide.

Key_Physics2796 • 1 points •

Thank you! *Digging to the theme of the setup music thinking about all the good games you made available through all these years* ^^

No_Warthog_291 • 1 points •

My qbit download just says "stalled" for hours. any help? lol

Belphegor_tsd • 1 points •

Do we have to unzip the rar and then install it, or can we mount it somehow like an .iso file in the old days?

Craqkedout • 1 points •

Let's say I want to download Spiderman 2, do I have to download every single part file? Do I need to download all 100+ files or am I looking at it wrong?

scarfacedwormboy • 1 points •

I've tried to download from both Torrent and Magnet, and have followed all the steps above to the best of my abilities And STILL whenever I try to install by setup.exe it keeps saying 404 file not found!

Like at this point I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or if the files just hates my computer, plese help 🙏😭

PastChair7997 • 1 points •

Is that RAM limiting really needed? I installed Ghost of Tsushima yesterday without the limiting. Seems to run fine for now. There were some glitches but I saw same happen to steam purchasers also.

Ok-Yogurtcloset2260 • 1 points •

man my fifa 23 download is taking 4-5 hours for some reason, that normal?

Gabe_Itch_1990 • 1 points •

it is recommended to use this even on a high end pc since installing without causes frequent issues

No idea who told you this.

It's even written in red, if you got 8gb or ram or less, do limit the ram usage, if not, it'll be a waste of time for you.

LAGISTHEPROBLEM • 1 points •

Im new to installing in fitgirl can yall please tell me what to do with part 1-4 ive never pirated before

TraditionalSky2549 • 1 points •

if you dont know ,fitgirl cracked games collect user browser credentials ,its harvesting them ... if you are running these cracked games ,you better run it on clean PC ,not something you usually use that has a valuable things of yours ,like saved credentials ..files .. crypto wallets ..etc

No_Way_3424 • 1 points •

Does anyone have fifa 18 or 19 in their steam or any other account. If yes plz let me know. Will but it.

Correct-Field-9449 • 1 points •

Has anyone had this do i allow on device? Thanks i am a noob *

utopify_org • 1 points •

deactivating antivirus or recovering an exe from quarantine… are you serious?

You know why binary data gets into quarantine, right?

Keyakinan- • 1 points •

Wait, why does installing takes so long? Isn't this a local transaction? Even for a file of like 5 gigs I just stopped it after like 30 mins

Upstairs_Scratch3356 • 1 points •

I recently download Sekiro and it was the second game I have ever downloaded on my PC  the frist game was hollow knight: silksong and it run smoothly without any bugs  but for Sekiro after installation when I try to run the game the system show that there's an error : (0xc000007b).

Accurate_Finance_428 • 1 points •

hold on why would my isp give me a copyright notice, i mean im just downloading games, i own these games trust me.

Air_wick_wee • 1 points •

I have a question about crackfixes. when you download them where do you put them? Do you only download the latest crackfix?

thank you

TierOne_ZerO • 1 points •

Arma Reforger please

Jealous-Dimension-78 • 1 points •

what exactally is "seeding" and what does it do to me/others?

ggriffin924 • 1 points •

fitgirl-repacks

N00BLUV • 1 points •

so what do I open the fg files with? I opened them to see what they did (call me dumb if you want) and now it doesn't work, I don't know what to do.

therealsonicboomer • 1 points •

I know this is an old OLD thread but how does one download the .torrent file? I have the TOR Browser but I don't know how to get the actual file.

mohanrajnl • 1 points •

uncharted

Brave_Falcon_7262 • 1 points •

I have been using cloudflare warp free version as my VPN. Is that enough?

Nice-Marsupial-9293 • 1 points •

u/PolarNugget Appreciate your beginner guide. It helps me a lot. Of course I have to research everything you mentioned in your post.

NecessaryShape4929 • 1 points •

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SansUndertale53 • 1 points •

I feel like *real* pirate now! Thank you <3

angie_goodruby_ • 1 points •

I downloaded the last off us part 2 I'm trying to install the game but the launcher is missing , maybe I did something wrong?