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I don't know any that take a long time to unpack from developers. They do have to pre-compile shaders, but that's different. Maybe I just don't pay enough attention, or maybe it's just because I don't play many big budget games.
From the top of my mind, Europa Universalis 4. Even the base game takes ages to install, and I don't think it's just the Linux version.
Incidentally, I checked it in FitGirl's site, found EU5 instead, and she's complaining about the exact same thing:
I did play EU5 (and 4 ages ago) and didn't notice the issue. I guess I just don't pay attention to it.
I did because my older computer was a potato, so it was kind of obvious the game took a bit too long to install.