: The BitTorrent protocol splits the game data into thousands of these pieces to allow decentralized downloading from multiple "peers" simultaneously.
: Each piece has a unique cryptographic hash (SHA-1) stored inside the .torrent file. Your torrent client uses these hashes to verify that each piece you download is not corrupted or tampered with. Torchlight III.torrent
Total size on disk is 6.11 GiB and total download size is 5.84 GiB. : The BitTorrent protocol splits the game data
: If your download is stuck at 99%, it usually means the specific "piece" required to complete the file is not currently available from any seeders or peers in the swarm. Total size on disk is 6
In the context of a file, a "piece" is a small, equal-sized segment of the larger target file (or set of files) being shared.
A piece for this specific game might range from depending on how the creator of the torrent configured the "piece length". Torchlight III Depots - SteamDB
For a file like Torchlight III.torrent , which manages a game download approximately in size: