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Resident Evil (1996) cover art

Resident Evil (1996)

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2026-04-01

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Resident Evil · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your squad has been choppered to a remote mansion to investigate a bio-experiment gone wrong. You’re plunged straight into a deathtrap. Arm yourself, solve puzzles, and unearth mysteries. But beware: every move you make draws you deeper into the deadly embrace of Resident Evil.

90%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
68/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)
Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation. It is the first main installment in Capcom's Resident Evil series. Set in the fictional Arklay mountain region in the Midwest, players control Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of the elite task force S.T.A.R.S., who must escape a mansion infested with zombies and other monsters.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 198 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (810 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,676 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.82-52%
GOG$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.19 at Fanatical (2026-05-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 57 of 100 observed days · $0.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69669620262026Week of 2026-04-02: 696 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 180 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.802024-06-262026-08-302024-06-26 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-02-02 — best price $3.802026-02-10 — best price $8.992026-03-03 — best price $9.992026-04-02 — best price $4.992026-04-07 — best price $8.992026-04-11 — best price $8.442026-04-15 — best price $9.992026-04-21 — best price $8.892026-04-25 — best price $9.992026-04-30 — best price $5.002026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-05-16 — best price $8.442026-05-21 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $8.522026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-06-07 — best price $8.602026-06-11 — best price $8.992026-06-15 — best price $8.292026-06-19 — best price $3.822026-06-24 — best price $4.252026-06-30 — best price $7.592026-07-07 — best price $8.602026-07-14 — best price $7.592026-07-20 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $8.992026-07-30 — best price $8.992026-08-03 — best price $4.392026-08-07 — best price $4.992026-08-13 — best price $9.992026-08-21 — best price $3.822026-08-29 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.6k9182026-06-01 — 1,118 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,129 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2,395 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,682 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,453 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,339 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,192 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,516 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,053 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,202 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,070 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,099 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,057 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,072 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,026 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,060 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,087 pageviews2026-07-22 — 952 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,918 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,439 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,085 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,178 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,074 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,142 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,112 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,116 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,003 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,090 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,209 pageviews2026-08-27 — 986 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,000 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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