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Resident Evil

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2015-01-19

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Resident Evil · Modes: Single player

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)

The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

343
playing now
92%
positive of 36k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

343 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 343 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 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 902k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,099 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 118 of 179 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

5271662026-08-06 21:00 — 414 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 255 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 340 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 408 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 311 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 385 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 477 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 315 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 411 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 511 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 237 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 333 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 394 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 239 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 356 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 327 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 253 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 304 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 505 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 271 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 207 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 377 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 288 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 267 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 366 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 281 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 166 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 323 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 343 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$3.782015-01-092026-08-172015-01-09 — 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 $4.252026-08-17 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

19k3.4k2026-05-20 — 3,817 pageviews2026-05-23 — 4,388 pageviews2026-05-26 — 4,275 pageviews2026-05-29 — 3,915 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4,108 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4,113 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10,699 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6,633 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5,683 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4,766 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4,493 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4,669 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3,967 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4,399 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3,881 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3,797 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3,826 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3,766 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3,693 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3,846 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3,851 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3,569 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7,435 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5,603 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4,292 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4,461 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3,996 pageviews2026-08-09 — 4,260 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3,994 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4,179 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3,834 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4,319 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4,803 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

28562026-08-26 19:15 — 273 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 223 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 130 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 182 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 89 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 175 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 38 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.

Players also track

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