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Resident Evil 2

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2019-01-24

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Action

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

Releases: Dec 10, 2024 (iOS), Dec 10, 2024 (Mac), Jan 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jan 25, 2019 (Xbox One), Jun 13, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

Resident Evil 2 is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 222,526 reviews).

3,405
playing now
97%
positive of 226k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
702
twitch viewers (latest)
19.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
93/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (1413 ratings)
4.77★
PlayStation Store rating (120,987 ratings)
92/100
opencritic · mighty · 97% recommend · from 211 critics
13h
to beat · rushed 6.5h · completionist 30h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

3,405 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Resident Evil 2 is a 2019 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. A remake of the 1998 game Resident Evil 2, it was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2019 and for Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch in 2022. Versions for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS were released in December 2024. The player controls rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield as they attempt to escape Raccoon City during a viral outbreak that turns the citizens into zombies and other monsters.

Trailer

Resident Evil 2 trailer thumbnail

Resident Evil 2 | Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,405 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29,337 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,667/week).
  • · Review velocity up 124% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 5.7M–14M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 226,222 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$7.99-80%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.75 at GameBillet (2026-06-26) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 135 of 189 observed days · $33.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.5k7.5k20192026Week of 2019-01-01: 7,497 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4,067 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 957 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,951 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6,217 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,480 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,102 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,816 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,975 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,531 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,455 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 872 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,427 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,448 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,936 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,413 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,542 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,162 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,251 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,642 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,619 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,615 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,826 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,060 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,047 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,365 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,314 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,750 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,835 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,186 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,583 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,515 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 895 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,397 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,340 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,259 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,820 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,427 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,323 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,667 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,029 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3,104 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6,562 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6,007 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,884 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,805 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,936 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,923 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,159 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.8k2.4k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,989 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,075 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,678 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,031 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,590 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,722 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,641 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4,103 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,152 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3,921 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3,905 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,907 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,091 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 4,845 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 5,544 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,836 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 5,138 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 4,276 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4,089 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 5,564 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,792 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,906 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,085 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 3,405 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40k689Jan 2019Aug 2026Jan 2019 — avg 40,206 · peak 74,024Apr 2019 — avg 1,401 · peak 3,365Jul 2019 — avg 956 · peak 1,800Oct 2019 — avg 689 · peak 2,145Jan 2020 — avg 2,852 · peak 5,556Apr 2020 — avg 3,663 · peak 7,418Jul 2020 — avg 984 · peak 1,735Oct 2020 — avg 881 · peak 2,150Jan 2021 — avg 1,557 · peak 3,600Apr 2021 — avg 1,567 · peak 4,153Jul 2021 — avg 1,758 · peak 3,274Oct 2021 — avg 1,013 · peak 2,572Jan 2022 — avg 1,267 · peak 2,377Apr 2022 — avg 890 · peak 2,014Jul 2022 — avg 1,441 · peak 2,335Oct 2022 — avg 1,494 · peak 4,037Jan 2023 — avg 1,817 · peak 3,276Apr 2023 — avg 3,052 · peak 6,143Jul 2023 — avg 1,659 · peak 2,663Oct 2023 — avg 1,341 · peak 2,895Jan 2024 — avg 1,606 · peak 2,873Apr 2024 — avg 1,446 · peak 2,820Jul 2024 — avg 1,443 · peak 2,322Oct 2024 — avg 1,352 · peak 2,363Jan 2025 — avg 1,563 · peak 2,569Apr 2025 — avg 1,318 · peak 2,938Jul 2025 — avg 2,019 · peak 3,529Oct 2025 — avg 1,500 · peak 3,089Jan 2026 — avg 2,817 · peak 4,292Apr 2026 — avg 7,487 · peak 17,493Jul 2026 — avg 3,368 · peak 5,753Aug 2026 — avg 2,668 · peak 5,375
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2502502026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 97 new positive2026-09-22: 6 new negative2026-09-23: 108 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 99 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 83 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 241 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new negative2026-09-28: 82 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 89 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 88 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 93 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 99 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 152 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 124 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 133 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 95 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 140 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 111 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 136 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 250 new positive2026-10-12: 13 new negative2026-10-13: 111 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 78 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$6.762018-07-102026-10-152018-07-10 — best price $53.082019-04-30 — best price $59.992019-08-09 — best price $31.532019-12-04 — best price $47.932020-02-13 — best price $19.802020-04-30 — best price $15.992020-07-07 — best price $17.992020-09-28 — best price $18.002021-01-05 — best price $35.992021-04-23 — best price $11.992021-07-29 — best price $13.762021-10-28 — best price $14.392022-01-07 — best price $33.992022-04-13 — best price $16.002022-06-23 — best price $13.582022-09-15 — best price $39.992022-11-24 — best price $31.982023-02-02 — best price $34.432023-04-28 — best price $9.992023-07-11 — best price $10.002023-09-05 — best price $32.972023-11-13 — best price $39.992024-01-23 — best price $10.002024-04-04 — best price $39.992024-06-21 — best price $39.992024-09-09 — best price $7.492024-11-28 — best price $8.052025-01-24 — best price $8.452025-04-02 — best price $33.592025-06-24 — best price $39.992025-08-31 — best price $33.172025-11-18 — best price $36.802026-02-06 — best price $36.392026-05-30 — best price $34.442026-08-03 — best price $6.992026-09-27 — best price $6.762026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.8k5402026-05-30 — 698 pageviews2026-06-03 — 639 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,980 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,147 pageviews2026-06-15 — 924 pageviews2026-06-19 — 727 pageviews2026-06-23 — 696 pageviews2026-06-27 — 632 pageviews2026-07-01 — 623 pageviews2026-07-05 — 660 pageviews2026-07-09 — 617 pageviews2026-07-13 — 615 pageviews2026-07-17 — 577 pageviews2026-07-21 — 609 pageviews2026-07-25 — 831 pageviews2026-07-29 — 857 pageviews2026-08-02 — 724 pageviews2026-08-06 — 585 pageviews2026-08-10 — 649 pageviews2026-08-14 — 686 pageviews2026-08-18 — 540 pageviews2026-08-22 — 612 pageviews2026-08-26 — 632 pageviews2026-08-30 — 673 pageviews2026-09-03 — 717 pageviews2026-09-07 — 889 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,008 pageviews2026-09-15 — 979 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2,653 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2,301 pageviews2026-09-27 — 2,065 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1,440 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,442 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,120 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.4k1372026-10-01 07:34 — 538 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 518 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 1,270 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 311 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 1,255 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 1,938 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 627 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 789 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 638 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 1,230 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 735 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 451 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 759 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 1,025 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 1,127 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 1,417 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 719 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 659 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 490 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 846 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 822 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 291 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 1,926 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 590 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 461 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 741 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 211 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 841 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 668 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 1,456 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 658 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 535 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 484 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 1,048 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 455 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 464 viewers2026-10-15 01:34 — 738 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 702 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "Welcome to the City of the Dead"
39.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVHDR availableFamily Sharing13 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2019-01-25, latest 2020-06-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)165,7576%45
Steam (Steam)97,9229%44
PS5 (PlayStation)76,8039%45
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)71,1114%44
Xbox One (Xbox)1,25937%44
Steam (Steam)17718%44

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreActionHorrorPuzzleRemakeClassicViolentZombiesSurvivalStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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