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Resident Evil (1996)

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2026-04-01

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Resident Evil · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

91%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
68/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
82
Nexus mods (40k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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 12% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,738 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 88 of 145 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$3.802024-06-262026-10-142024-06-26 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $4.992026-02-10 — best price $8.992026-03-09 — best price $3.832026-04-06 — best price $5.002026-04-11 — best price $8.442026-04-18 — best price $8.442026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-04-30 — best price $5.002026-05-09 — best price $8.442026-05-19 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $8.522026-06-05 — best price $4.292026-06-10 — best price $8.792026-06-15 — best price $8.292026-06-22 — best price $9.992026-06-26 — best price $4.352026-07-07 — best price $8.602026-07-15 — best price $4.992026-07-22 — best price $8.892026-07-30 — best price $8.992026-08-04 — best price $4.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-08-21 — best price $3.822026-08-30 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-05 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $4.992026-10-13 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7.8k9682026-06-01 — 1,118 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,694 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,749 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,453 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,296 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,198 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,053 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,194 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1,035 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,057 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1,074 pageviews2026-07-15 — 999 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,087 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2,835 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1,494 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,085 pageviews2026-08-04 — 1,137 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1,110 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,112 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,125 pageviews2026-08-20 — 979 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,209 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,000 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1,270 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1,743 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1,777 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2,113 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3,885 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7,478 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4,260 pageviews2026-09-29 — 3,455 pageviews2026-10-03 — 3,636 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2,684 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2,695 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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