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Resident Evil

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2015-01-19

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Nov 27, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 27, 2014 (PlayStation 3), May 21, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 20, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jan 20, 2015 (Xbox 360), Nov 27, 2014 (Xbox One)

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Resident Evil is a 2015 Action, Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (92% of 36491 reviews) sentiment.

538
playing now
92%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
171
twitch viewers (latest)
7.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (476 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 32h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

538 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter and first-person games, with players typically surviving in environments inhabited by zombies and other mutated creatures. The franchise has expanded into media including a live-action film series, animated films, television series, comic books, novels, audio dramas, and merchandise. With over 213 million video game copies sold worldwide as of June 2026, Resident Evil is Capcom's best-selling franchise, the ninth best-selling video game franchise, the best‑selling horror game franchise, and one of the highest-grossing horror media franchises.

Trailer

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RESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer (4K)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 538 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,503 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~688/week).
  • · Review velocity up 130% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,373 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 926k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 37,059 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.55 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 110 of 164 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,246 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k2392026-09-16 20:00 — 486 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 365 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 434 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 907 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 653 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 285 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 539 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 526 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 405 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 508 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 497 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 284 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 519 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 890 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 403 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 450 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 729 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 541 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 580 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,005 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 557 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 304 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 538 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k0Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2015 — avg 487 · peak 1,916Jun 2015 — avg 86 · peak 223Oct 2015 — avg 64 · peak 252Feb 2016 — avg 81 · peak 183Jun 2016 — avg 94 · peak 254Oct 2016 — avg 69 · peak 194Feb 2017 — avg 122 · peak 284Jun 2017 — avg 50 · peak 124Oct 2017 — avg 79 · peak 197Feb 2018 — avg 73 · peak 176Jun 2018 — avg 126 · peak 438Oct 2018 — avg 95 · peak 187Feb 2019 — avg 248 · peak 688Jun 2019 — avg 57 · peak 167Oct 2019 — avg 66 · peak 130Feb 2020 — avg 201 · peak 516Jun 2020 — avg 196 · peak 430Oct 2020 — avg 151 · peak 336Feb 2021 — avg 238 · peak 437Jun 2021 — avg 193 · peak 388Oct 2021 — avg 184 · peak 494Feb 2022 — avg 153 · peak 293Jun 2022 — avg 233 · peak 439Oct 2022 — avg 224 · peak 525Feb 2023 — avg 179 · peak 338Jun 2023 — avg 176 · peak 309Oct 2023 — avg 187 · peak 384Feb 2024 — avg 191 · peak 394Jun 2024 — avg 205 · peak 372Oct 2024 — avg 217 · peak 397Feb 2025 — avg 236 · peak 435Jun 2025 — avg 432 · peak 997Oct 2025 — avg 277 · peak 539Feb 2026 — avg 782 · peak 1,882Jun 2026 — avg 538 · peak 1,134Aug 2026 — avg 326 · peak 675
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
66662026-09-212026-10-162026-09-21: 66 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 20 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 30 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 19 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 19 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 32 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 18 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 20 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 21 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 19 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 22 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 22 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 18 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 12 new positive2026-10-15: 15 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative2026-10-16: 14 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$3.782015-01-092026-09-142015-01-09 — best price $19.992015-05-29 — best price $14.992016-02-16 — best price $22.272016-08-01 — best price $12.702017-03-21 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-08-08 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $19.992020-02-14 — best price $16.242020-05-28 — best price $19.992020-09-14 — best price $19.992020-12-30 — best price $4.992021-04-22 — best price $19.992021-08-04 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $19.992022-02-24 — best price $19.992022-05-18 — best price $4.982022-08-11 — best price $19.992022-10-27 — best price $19.992023-01-06 — best price $17.392023-03-29 — best price $18.092023-06-19 — best price $4.392023-08-28 — best price $3.992023-11-13 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $4.502024-04-22 — best price $16.892024-07-18 — best price $4.992024-10-10 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $4.792025-02-12 — best price $4.992025-05-16 — best price $4.252025-08-11 — best price $4.992025-10-25 — best price $4.442026-01-13 — best price $4.502026-04-13 — best price $4.192026-06-24 — best price $4.252026-09-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

49k3.6k2026-05-20 — 3,817 pageviews2026-05-24 — 4,742 pageviews2026-05-28 — 4,196 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4,108 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9,265 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6,936 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5,683 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4,461 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4,528 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3,967 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4,425 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3,684 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3,826 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3,958 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3,570 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3,851 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12,605 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6,156 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4,292 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4,262 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4,193 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3,994 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4,113 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3,885 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4,803 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4,216 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4,945 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7,433 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7,278 pageviews2026-09-13 — 10,268 pageviews2026-09-17 — 26,298 pageviews2026-09-21 — 42,448 pageviews2026-09-25 — 23,045 pageviews2026-09-29 — 16,496 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16,606 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11,634 pageviews2026-10-11 — 12,619 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11,425 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.6k282026-10-02 05:34 — 364 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 244 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 328 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 986 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 348 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 329 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 512 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 158 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 530 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 444 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 259 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 1,246 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 479 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 2,625 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 566 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 380 viewers2026-10-09 06:12 — 1,705 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 336 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 344 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 1,362 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 244 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 520 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 969 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 282 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 292 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 509 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 269 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 258 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-15 22:34 — 335 viewers2026-10-16 04:34 — 171 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
76.1%
earned "First Kills Are Special"
15.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)120,18211%45
Steam (Steam)46,7727%44
Xbox One (Xbox)36,0824%44
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,54914%44
Switch (Nintendo)6870%0

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

ActionHorrorPuzzleRemakeClassicZombiesSurvivalAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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