diff --git a/components/games/core/games_prefs.cc b/components/games/core/games_prefs.cc
index 42ab153de86c8e..4bb5ec19b494e7 100644
--- a/components/games/core/games_prefs.cc
+++ b/components/games/core/games_prefs.cc
@@ -9,46 +9,21 @@ namespace prefs {
 
 namespace {
 
-const char kGamesCatalogPathPref[] = "games.data_files_paths.games-catalog";
-const char kHighlightedGamesPathPref[] =
-    "games.data_files_paths.highlighted-games";
-
-void SetFilePathPref(PrefService* prefs,
-                     const std::string& pref_path,
-                     const base::FilePath& file_path) {
-  prefs->SetFilePath(pref_path, file_path);
-}
-
-bool TryGetFilePathPref(PrefService* prefs,
-                        const std::string& pref_path,
-                        base::FilePath* out_file_path) {
-  *out_file_path = prefs->GetFilePath(pref_path);
-  return !out_file_path->empty();
-}
+const char kGamesInstallDirPref[] = "games.data_files_paths";
 
 }  // namespace
 
 void RegisterProfilePrefs(PrefRegistrySimple* registry) {
-  registry->RegisterFilePathPref(kGamesCatalogPathPref, base::FilePath());
-  registry->RegisterFilePathPref(kHighlightedGamesPathPref, base::FilePath());
+  registry->RegisterFilePathPref(kGamesInstallDirPref, base::FilePath());
 }
 
-void SetGamesCatalogPath(PrefService* prefs, const base::FilePath& file_path) {
-  SetFilePathPref(prefs, kGamesCatalogPathPref, file_path);
+void SetInstallDirPath(PrefService* prefs, const base::FilePath& file_path) {
+  prefs->SetFilePath(kGamesInstallDirPref, file_path);
 }
 
-void SetHighlightedGamesPath(PrefService* prefs,
-                             const base::FilePath& file_path) {
-  SetFilePathPref(prefs, kHighlightedGamesPathPref, file_path);
-}
-
-bool TryGetGamesCatalogPath(PrefService* prefs, base::FilePath* out_file_path) {
-  return TryGetFilePathPref(prefs, kGamesCatalogPathPref, out_file_path);
-}
-
-bool TryGetHighlightedGamesPath(PrefService* prefs,
-                                base::FilePath* out_file_path) {
-  return TryGetFilePathPref(prefs, kHighlightedGamesPathPref, out_file_path);
+bool TryGetInstallDirPath(PrefService* prefs, base::FilePath* out_file_path) {
+  *out_file_path = prefs->GetFilePath(kGamesInstallDirPref);
+  return !out_file_path->empty();
 }
 
 }  // namespace prefs
diff --git a/components/games/core/games_prefs.h b/components/games/core/games_prefs.h
index b164a93875b2f9..f3060379d9f115 100644
--- a/components/games/core/games_prefs.h
+++ b/components/games/core/games_prefs.h
@@ -12,18 +12,12 @@
 namespace games {
 namespace prefs {
 
-// Registers Games prefs.
+// Registers Games pref.
 void RegisterProfilePrefs(PrefRegistrySimple* registry);
 
-void SetGamesCatalogPath(PrefService* prefs, const base::FilePath& file_path);
+void SetInstallDirPath(PrefService* prefs, const base::FilePath& file_path);
 
-void SetHighlightedGamesPath(PrefService* prefs,
-                             const base::FilePath& file_path);
-
-bool TryGetGamesCatalogPath(PrefService* prefs, base::FilePath* out_file_path);
-
-bool TryGetHighlightedGamesPath(PrefService* prefs,
-                                base::FilePath* out_file_path);
+bool TryGetInstallDirPath(PrefService* prefs, base::FilePath* out_file_path);
 
 }  // namespace prefs
 }  // namespace games
diff --git a/components/games/core/games_prefs_unittest.cc b/components/games/core/games_prefs_unittest.cc
index 79bdcea084c22e..dccc9a1d4000c6 100644
--- a/components/games/core/games_prefs_unittest.cc
+++ b/components/games/core/games_prefs_unittest.cc
@@ -23,33 +23,18 @@ class GamesPrefsTest : public testing::Test {
   std::unique_ptr<TestingPrefServiceSimple> test_pref_service_;
 };
 
-TEST_F(GamesPrefsTest, GetGamesCatalogPath_Empty) {
+TEST_F(GamesPrefsTest, GetInstallDirPath_Empty) {
   base::FilePath path;
-  ASSERT_FALSE(TryGetGamesCatalogPath(test_pref_service_.get(), &path));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(TryGetInstallDirPath(test_pref_service_.get(), &path));
   ASSERT_TRUE(path.empty());
 }
 
-TEST_F(GamesPrefsTest, SetGetGamesCatalogPath_Valid) {
+TEST_F(GamesPrefsTest, SetGetInstallDirPath_Valid) {
   base::FilePath expected_path(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("some/long/path"));
-  SetGamesCatalogPath(test_pref_service_.get(), expected_path);
+  SetInstallDirPath(test_pref_service_.get(), expected_path);
 
   base::FilePath path;
-  ASSERT_TRUE(TryGetGamesCatalogPath(test_pref_service_.get(), &path));
-  ASSERT_EQ(expected_path, path);
-}
-
-TEST_F(GamesPrefsTest, GetHighlightedGamesPath_Empty) {
-  base::FilePath path;
-  ASSERT_FALSE(TryGetHighlightedGamesPath(test_pref_service_.get(), &path));
-  ASSERT_TRUE(path.empty());
-}
-
-TEST_F(GamesPrefsTest, SetGetHighlightedGamesPath_Valid) {
-  base::FilePath expected_path(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("some/long/path"));
-  SetHighlightedGamesPath(test_pref_service_.get(), expected_path);
-
-  base::FilePath path;
-  ASSERT_TRUE(TryGetHighlightedGamesPath(test_pref_service_.get(), &path));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(TryGetInstallDirPath(test_pref_service_.get(), &path));
   ASSERT_EQ(expected_path, path);
 }
 
diff --git a/components/games/core/games_service_impl.cc b/components/games/core/games_service_impl.cc
index 60be9eeb636e56..2b410f9eea7796 100644
--- a/components/games/core/games_service_impl.cc
+++ b/components/games/core/games_service_impl.cc
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ GamesServiceImpl::GamesServiceImpl(PrefService* prefs) : prefs_(prefs) {}
 GamesServiceImpl::~GamesServiceImpl() = default;
 
 void GamesServiceImpl::GetHighlightedGame(HighlightedGameCallback callback) {
-  // If we don't have the highlighted games data file downloaded, we cannot
-  // provide the surface with a highlighted game.
+  // If we don't have the install dir pref, then the Games component wasn't
+  // downloaded and we cannot provide the surface with a highlighted game.
   base::FilePath data_file_path;
-  if (!prefs::TryGetHighlightedGamesPath(prefs_, &data_file_path)) {
+  if (!prefs::TryGetInstallDirPath(prefs_, &data_file_path)) {
     // TODO crbug.com/1018201: Add callback error handling.
     return;
   }
diff --git a/components/games/core/games_service_impl_unittest.cc b/components/games/core/games_service_impl_unittest.cc
index 266fb9e748019c..603a4619037e10 100644
--- a/components/games/core/games_service_impl_unittest.cc
+++ b/components/games/core/games_service_impl_unittest.cc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class GamesServiceImplTest : public testing::Test {
 };
 
 TEST_F(GamesServiceImplTest, GetHighlightedGame_SameTitle) {
-  prefs::SetHighlightedGamesPath(
-      test_pref_service_.get(), base::FilePath(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("some/path")));
+  prefs::SetInstallDirPath(test_pref_service_.get(),
+                           base::FilePath(FILE_PATH_LITERAL("some/path")));
 
   std::string expected_title = "Some Game!";
   std::string result_title = "not the same";