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Resident Evil 6 cover art

Resident Evil 6

Capcom · 2013-03-21

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Oct 02, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Mar 21, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2012 (Xbox 360)

Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

1,070
playing now
77%
positive of 71k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
125
twitch viewers (latest)
64/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (551 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 297h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,070 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

The game takes place over a period of at least six months from December 2012 to June 2013, over fifteen years after the US Government's destruction of Raccoon City, and takes place in various places around the world.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Resident Evil 6 trailer thumbnail

Resident Evil 6 - E3 Official Trailer (PEGI)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,070 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,139 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,142/week).
  • · Review velocity up 149% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.8M–5.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70,938 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,395 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 519 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 184 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k7462026-08-06 21:00 — 1,324 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,080 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,471 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,428 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,360 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,616 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,504 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,382 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,712 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,540 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,020 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,469 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,186 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 956 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,456 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,013 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 852 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,381 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,579 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 917 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 837 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,150 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,040 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 984 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,149 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 907 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 746 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,137 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,070 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$3.372015-01-012024-06-112015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-04-11 — best price $29.252015-06-06 — best price $19.992015-09-12 — best price $39.992015-12-29 — best price $29.992016-07-20 — best price $26.992016-12-08 — best price $7.492017-06-08 — best price $6.602017-12-14 — best price $7.502018-07-17 — best price $23.992018-11-05 — best price $29.992019-02-27 — best price $7.492019-07-06 — best price $29.952019-10-21 — best price $7.492020-01-09 — best price $7.492020-03-18 — best price $7.492020-05-18 — best price $23.932020-07-02 — best price $23.892020-08-27 — best price $6.742020-12-02 — best price $29.992021-02-21 — best price $29.992021-05-07 — best price $23.932021-07-23 — best price $6.902021-10-06 — best price $6.592021-12-08 — best price $7.502022-02-07 — best price $7.502022-04-14 — best price $7.502022-05-27 — best price $23.932022-08-05 — best price $6.082022-10-04 — best price $7.502022-11-23 — best price $6.492023-01-16 — best price $6.592023-03-17 — best price $6.532023-05-15 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $7.502023-08-29 — best price $29.992023-10-17 — best price $31.462023-12-01 — best price $25.502024-01-23 — best price $4.432024-06-11 — best price $27.64
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

510132026-08-28 09:34 — 97 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 215 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 164 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 243 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 87 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 91 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 308 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 299 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 384 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 377 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 510 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 221 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 125 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.7%
earned "The Longest Night"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudValve Anti-Cheat enabledSteam Leaderboards5 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)108,6493%71
PS4 (PlayStation)83,8333%71
Xbox 360 (Xbox)66,6142%70
Steam (Steam)66,3333%70
Xbox One (Xbox)33,1242%70
Switch (Nintendo)5270%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-OpSplit Screen

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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