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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Resident Evil 6 is a 2013 Action and Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (77% of 71323 reviews) sentiment.

1,156
playing now
77%
positive of 72k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63
twitch viewers (latest)
3.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
64/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (551 ratings)
682
Nexus mods (1.8M downloads)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (44,032 ratings)
62/100
opencritic · weak · 21% recommend · from 38 critics
22h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 297h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,156 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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
  • · 1,156 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,138 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,142/week).
  • · Review velocity up 111% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,080 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.9M–5.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72,314 total reviews — how this is computed.

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20182026Week 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: 506 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 77 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.4k7612026-09-16 04:00 — 999 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,092 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,384 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,710 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 922 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,379 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,127 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,050 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,849 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,337 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 863 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,496 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 993 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,517 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,401 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,198 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,211 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,546 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,641 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,675 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,006 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,304 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,156 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.5k256Mar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 5,536 · peak 11,836Aug 2013 — avg 499 · peak 1,023Jan 2014 — avg 656 · peak 1,838Jun 2014 — avg 396 · peak 1,378Nov 2014 — avg 416 · peak 1,077Apr 2015 — avg 268 · peak 573Sep 2015 — avg 261 · peak 513Feb 2016 — avg 337 · peak 626Jul 2016 — avg 602 · peak 1,540Dec 2016 — avg 582 · peak 1,799May 2017 — avg 297 · peak 593Oct 2017 — avg 341 · peak 1,011Mar 2018 — avg 296 · peak 561Aug 2018 — avg 327 · peak 603Jan 2019 — avg 905 · peak 2,159Jun 2019 — avg 315 · peak 813Nov 2019 — avg 278 · peak 962Apr 2020 — avg 751 · peak 1,757Sep 2020 — avg 455 · peak 1,249Feb 2021 — avg 655 · peak 1,287Jul 2021 — avg 912 · peak 1,753Dec 2021 — avg 476 · peak 900May 2022 — avg 499 · peak 1,293Oct 2022 — avg 603 · peak 1,470Mar 2023 — avg 831 · peak 1,838Aug 2023 — avg 537 · peak 1,056Jan 2024 — avg 648 · peak 1,079Jun 2024 — avg 658 · peak 1,211Nov 2024 — avg 637 · peak 1,218Apr 2025 — avg 583 · peak 1,140Sep 2025 — avg 675 · peak 1,400Feb 2026 — avg 2,180 · peak 4,474Jul 2026 — avg 1,418 · peak 2,406Aug 2026 — avg 1,164 · peak 2,391
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
50502026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 9 new negative2026-09-23: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 15 new negative2026-09-24: 17 new positive2026-09-24: 11 new negative2026-09-25: 24 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 21 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-28: 32 new positive2026-09-28: 16 new negative2026-09-29: 17 new positive2026-09-29: 13 new negative2026-09-30: 21 new positive2026-09-30: 14 new negative2026-10-01: 23 new positive2026-10-01: 10 new negative2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new negative2026-10-03: 31 new positive2026-10-03: 13 new negative2026-10-04: 30 new positive2026-10-04: 15 new negative2026-10-05: 29 new positive2026-10-05: 14 new negative2026-10-06: 18 new positive2026-10-06: 11 new negative2026-10-07: 29 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new negative2026-10-09: 20 new positive2026-10-09: 8 new negative2026-10-10: 23 new positive2026-10-10: 12 new negative2026-10-11: 19 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 17 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 50 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 16 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$3.372015-01-012026-09-102015-01-01 — 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 $4.432026-09-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3.6k92026-10-01 16:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 292 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 163 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 227 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 198 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 320 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 226 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 267 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 279 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 203 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 316 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 338 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 63 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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2013-03-22, latest 2013-04-25 (Steam store data)

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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