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Resident Evil 5

Capcom · 2009-09-15

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Resident Evil · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Sep 18, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 13, 2009 (Xbox 360), Mar 13, 2009 (PlayStation 3)

This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.

1,299
playing now
87%
positive of 67k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (808 ratings)
36h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 54h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,299 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Resident Evil 5 is a 2009 third-person shooter game developed and published by Capcom. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in March 2009 and for Windows in September 2009. It was rereleased for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2016.

Trailer

Resident Evil 5 trailer thumbnail

Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 Trailer - Extended E3 Trailer (HD)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,299 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,146 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,268/week).
  • · Review velocity up 145% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.7M–5.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,269 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.13 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-10-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 657 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,925 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,017 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 375 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 96 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.8k5212026-08-06 21:00 — 1,333 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 972 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,068 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,502 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,212 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,238 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,736 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,280 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,305 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,811 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 869 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 981 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,245 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 831 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,010 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,152 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 878 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,052 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,741 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 915 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 658 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,142 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,225 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 808 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,121 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,041 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 544 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 988 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,299 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.62$3.192015-01-012024-04-022015-01-01 — best price $6.792015-04-02 — best price $9.992015-06-09 — best price $22.622015-09-18 — best price $7.992016-02-16 — best price $22.272016-08-18 — best price $6.992017-01-20 — best price $5.492017-08-14 — best price $4.552018-04-19 — best price $4.992018-08-27 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-04-12 — best price $19.992019-08-26 — best price $4.002019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-02-10 — best price $4.442020-04-19 — best price $3.492020-06-13 — best price $19.992020-07-30 — best price $3.622020-10-26 — best price $4.502021-01-01 — best price $19.992021-04-13 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-09-18 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-04-14 — best price $5.002022-06-09 — best price $5.002022-08-13 — best price $3.392022-10-12 — best price $5.002022-12-05 — best price $13.742023-02-02 — best price $17.392023-04-07 — best price $4.492023-06-12 — best price $5.002023-07-30 — best price $3.582023-09-25 — best price $4.352023-11-21 — best price $4.352024-01-19 — best price $4.402024-04-02 — best price $19.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.6k5532026-05-29 — 684 pageviews2026-06-01 — 754 pageviews2026-06-04 — 724 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,562 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,102 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,038 pageviews2026-06-16 — 847 pageviews2026-06-19 — 799 pageviews2026-06-22 — 730 pageviews2026-06-25 — 738 pageviews2026-06-28 — 838 pageviews2026-07-01 — 722 pageviews2026-07-04 — 705 pageviews2026-07-07 — 656 pageviews2026-07-10 — 629 pageviews2026-07-13 — 724 pageviews2026-07-16 — 580 pageviews2026-07-19 — 686 pageviews2026-07-22 — 632 pageviews2026-07-25 — 833 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,014 pageviews2026-07-31 — 673 pageviews2026-08-03 — 701 pageviews2026-08-06 — 640 pageviews2026-08-09 — 636 pageviews2026-08-12 — 601 pageviews2026-08-15 — 631 pageviews2026-08-18 — 654 pageviews2026-08-21 — 587 pageviews2026-08-24 — 776 pageviews2026-08-26 — 581 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.9k422026-08-27 19:34 — 161 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 2,865 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 256 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 207 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 395 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 184 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 200 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 71 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 158 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 130 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 219 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 126 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 53 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.9%
earned "Completed Chapter 1 - 1"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)183,6454%71
Xbox 360 (Xbox)132,5413%70
PS4 (PlayStation)80,6344%71
Steam (Steam)58,9094%70
Xbox One (Xbox)34,3903%70
GFWL (Xbox)10,17415%50
Switch (Nintendo)5650%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

Co-opActionHorrorShooterZombiesAdventureLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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