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Resident Evil 4

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2023-03-23

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Resident Evil · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 24, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 20, 2023 (iOS), Dec 20, 2023 (Mac)

Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

6,609
playing now
97%
positive of 274k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
617
twitch viewers (latest)
95/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (673 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 80% recommend
20h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 43h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

6,609 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Resident Evil 4 is a 2023 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. A remake of the 2005 game Resident Evil 4, it was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on March 24, 2023. Versions for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS were released on December 20, 2023.

Trailer

Resident Evil 4 trailer thumbnail

Resident Evil 4 - 3rd Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6,609 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 50,189 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,274/week).
  • · Review velocity up 127% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 5.5M–12M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 274,357 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.96-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.96-78%
Gamesplanet$9.24-77%
IndieGala$9.99-75%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.46 at GameBillet (2026-07-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 136 of 178 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27k27k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 26,973 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 817 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19,839 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 627 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,565 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,378 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,107 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4,476 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,884 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8,933 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4,094 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,514 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,173 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,759 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,933 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,451 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,879 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,171 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,605 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,536 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,550 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,049 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,176 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,342 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,020 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,037 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,248 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,869 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,940 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3,453 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,698 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,817 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,164 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,306 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,259 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,680 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5,529 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,123 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6,995 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8,758 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,258 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8,069 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6,364 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3,715 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 94 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

14k5.6k2026-08-06 21:00 — 7,885 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 8,454 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 12,494 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 7,987 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 9,869 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 13,389 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 9,273 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 10,624 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 13,980 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 9,608 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 7,858 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 11,934 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 7,124 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 7,679 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 11,890 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 6,598 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 7,006 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 10,708 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 9,191 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 6,813 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 7,670 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 6,834 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 7,343 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 9,594 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 7,567 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 5,939 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 6,756 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7,984 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 6,609 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$8.502022-10-212026-08-302022-10-21 — best price $59.992022-11-28 — best price $54.242023-01-20 — best price $52.192023-05-02 — best price $53.992023-09-13 — best price $38.992023-10-19 — best price $59.992023-11-24 — best price $36.492024-01-02 — best price $52.792024-02-08 — best price $27.542024-03-11 — best price $26.992024-04-22 — best price $33.802024-05-27 — best price $28.992024-07-13 — best price $39.992024-08-26 — best price $22.862024-09-30 — best price $29.992024-11-21 — best price $17.202024-12-17 — best price $33.992025-01-11 — best price $33.992025-02-08 — best price $33.992025-03-20 — best price $17.002025-05-06 — best price $33.172025-06-16 — best price $39.992025-08-04 — best price $17.192025-09-08 — best price $17.992025-10-23 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $34.392026-01-16 — best price $15.802026-03-01 — best price $33.992026-04-13 — best price $13.392026-06-06 — best price $9.802026-07-08 — best price $9.242026-08-13 — best price $10.002026-08-30 — best price $8.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.8k5732026-05-30 — 817 pageviews2026-06-02 — 825 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,369 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,572 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,273 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,129 pageviews2026-06-17 — 913 pageviews2026-06-20 — 831 pageviews2026-06-23 — 848 pageviews2026-06-26 — 807 pageviews2026-06-29 — 812 pageviews2026-07-02 — 732 pageviews2026-07-05 — 819 pageviews2026-07-08 — 671 pageviews2026-07-11 — 786 pageviews2026-07-14 — 682 pageviews2026-07-17 — 648 pageviews2026-07-20 — 669 pageviews2026-07-23 — 871 pageviews2026-07-26 — 947 pageviews2026-07-29 — 795 pageviews2026-08-01 — 671 pageviews2026-08-04 — 678 pageviews2026-08-07 — 584 pageviews2026-08-10 — 721 pageviews2026-08-13 — 700 pageviews2026-08-16 — 682 pageviews2026-08-19 — 672 pageviews2026-08-22 — 606 pageviews2026-08-25 — 632 pageviews2026-08-27 — 649 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.1k2332026-08-28 00:34 — 579 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1,453 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 966 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 595 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 374 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 574 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 3,494 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 6,077 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 3,676 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 3,894 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 3,621 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 894 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 797 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 1,883 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,144 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 687 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 754 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 670 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 233 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 889 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 3,569 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 3,521 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 4,166 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 4,496 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 766 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 1,583 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 889 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 711 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 584 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 944 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 378 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 410 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 573 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 617 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Knife Basics"
20.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing27 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)88,3998%47
PS4 (PlayStation)69,74017%12
Steam (Steam)62,2599%46
PS3 (PlayStation)41,57022%12
PS4 (PlayStation)37,9519%47
Xbox Series (Xbox)25,0926%46
Xbox One (Xbox)24,93913%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)23,02020%12
Switch (Nintendo)1,1810%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

DarkGoreActionHorrorRemakeZombiesSurvivalCinematicRealisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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