Moving story and Ethan's father arc
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Best story from any resident evil game I've ever played. Ethan's desperate "mission" to save Rose was just incredible.”
Steam review · 17.3 h played ↗
Resident Evil Village
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2021Survival Horror · Horror · Action
The verdict
A gorgeous, action-heavy Resident Evil with great atmosphere, memorable villains and an emotional Ethan story. Skip it if you want slow, puzzle-driven horror or are sensitive to the locked FOV.
Great for
Fans of RE4-style action horror who want gothic atmosphere, charismatic villains and a father-and-daughter story
Main risk
Expecting scary, puzzle-driven survival horror and getting a linear, easy action game with a fixed narrow FOV
What players love
Great atmosphere and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Impeccable atmosphere. The snowy village, the opulent castle, the feeling of a place stuck in time where something isn't quite right.”
Steam review · 118.8 h played ↗
Memorable villains and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Brilliant story, brilliant characters and voice acting, top tier sound design”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Fun mix of action and horror
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“PEAK RE game for me, combines best of RE4 and RE7.”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗
Terrifying set pieces (Beneviento, baby chase)
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The doll house is one of the creepiest locations in gaming full stop!.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
High replayability and extra content
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“After 10 playthroughs I can say this game probably has the best replay factor out of any game I have played.”
Steam review · 109 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, silly story and protagonist
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“boring game, nonsense plot, dumb characters, and a campaign that gets super annoying halfway through.”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and poor PC port
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I have about 50-60 crashes in this area.”
Steam review · 28.9 h played ↗
Linear, hand-holding design with trivial puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Overly on-rails and gimmicky. It feels like every corridor has something scripted to jump out at you and pull you into another cutscene.”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
Weak or too-short bosses and rushed later levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Lady D's area was underwhelmingly short, same with the swamp area, AND heisenbergs factory section”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Not scary; action replaces horror
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“In RE7 I had to make breaks to come down from the adrenalin and scare, this one I make breaks because its just a boring hide and seek simulator.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
No FOV slider and motion sickness
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the default FOV is causing motion sickness And there's no FOV slider in the settings”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 1200 ／ Intel Core i5-7500
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB VRAM ／ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB VRAM
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)/Windows 11 (64 bit)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 3600 ／ Intel Core i7 8700
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 5700 ／ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 1200 ／ Intel Core i5-7500
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB VRAM ／ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB VRAM
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