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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Resident Evil 5 is an Action, Adventure game released in 2009, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (87% of 67626 reviews).

681
playing now
87%
positive of 69k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
344
twitch viewers (latest)
10.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (808 ratings)
16
Nexus mods (27k downloads)
72/100
opencritic · fair · 64% recommend · from 23 critics
36h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 54h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

681 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 681 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,340 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,293/week).
  • · Review velocity up 122% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.8M–5.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 68,766 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20182026Week 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: 664 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 29 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.4k6302026-09-15 11:00 — 692 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,444 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,198 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,057 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,279 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,553 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 630 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,313 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,428 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,114 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,163 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,182 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 766 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,272 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,367 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,161 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,301 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,684 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,330 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,329 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2,433 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,570 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 681 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.3k48Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 49 · peak 93Dec 2012 — avg 86 · peak 444May 2013 — avg 59 · peak 124Oct 2013 — avg 225 · peak 1,175Mar 2014 — avg 80 · peak 178Aug 2014 — avg 71 · peak 157Jan 2015 — avg 136 · peak 382Jun 2015 — avg 261 · peak 557Nov 2015 — avg 473 · peak 1,538Apr 2016 — avg 288 · peak 771Sep 2016 — avg 256 · peak 510Feb 2017 — avg 370 · peak 710Jul 2017 — avg 360 · peak 839Dec 2017 — avg 385 · peak 828May 2018 — avg 195 · peak 325Oct 2018 — avg 254 · peak 471Mar 2019 — avg 274 · peak 597Aug 2019 — avg 237 · peak 416Jan 2020 — avg 443 · peak 855Jun 2020 — avg 588 · peak 1,107Nov 2020 — avg 350 · peak 699Apr 2021 — avg 686 · peak 1,667Sep 2021 — avg 279 · peak 465Feb 2022 — avg 385 · peak 703Jul 2022 — avg 660 · peak 1,070Dec 2022 — avg 449 · peak 684May 2023 — avg 821 · peak 1,999Oct 2023 — avg 496 · peak 1,001Mar 2024 — avg 747 · peak 1,433Aug 2024 — avg 594 · peak 1,290Jan 2025 — avg 680 · peak 1,348Jun 2025 — avg 1,095 · peak 2,250Nov 2025 — avg 773 · peak 1,580Apr 2026 — avg 3,160 · peak 7,074Aug 2026 — avg 1,094 · peak 2,311
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
66662026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 26 new positive2026-09-22: 6 new negative2026-09-23: 31 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new negative2026-09-24: 33 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 28 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 22 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 47 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new negative2026-09-28: 25 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 19 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 29 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 25 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 19 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 38 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 42 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new negative2026-10-06: 27 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 31 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 25 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 27 new positive2026-10-11: 66 new positive2026-10-11: 16 new negative2026-10-12: 29 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 22 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 27 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$22.62$3.192015-01-012026-10-052015-01-01 — 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 $4.402026-10-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.6k5532026-05-29 — 684 pageviews2026-06-02 — 636 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2,562 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,102 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,043 pageviews2026-06-18 — 866 pageviews2026-06-22 — 730 pageviews2026-06-26 — 678 pageviews2026-06-30 — 637 pageviews2026-07-04 — 705 pageviews2026-07-08 — 669 pageviews2026-07-12 — 626 pageviews2026-07-16 — 580 pageviews2026-07-20 — 615 pageviews2026-07-24 — 928 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,014 pageviews2026-08-01 — 739 pageviews2026-08-05 — 649 pageviews2026-08-09 — 636 pageviews2026-08-13 — 699 pageviews2026-08-17 — 664 pageviews2026-08-21 — 587 pageviews2026-08-25 — 698 pageviews2026-08-29 — 660 pageviews2026-09-02 — 681 pageviews2026-09-06 — 806 pageviews2026-09-10 — 852 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,276 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,953 pageviews2026-09-22 — 2,072 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,708 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1,726 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,595 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,149 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.3k132026-10-01 01:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 126 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 568 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 249 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 1,051 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 391 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 545 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 358 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 203 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 446 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 637 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 196 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 199 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 309 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 344 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-03-26 (Steam store data)

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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