Excellent co-op with a friend
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“But as a co-op action game? This ♥♥♥♥ is an absolute blast.”
Steam review · 79.4 h played ↗
Resident Evil 5
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Capcom2009Horror · Third-Person Shooter · Action
The verdict
A campy, action-heavy RE4 follow-up that shines in co-op with a friend. Skip it if you'll play solo, want real horror, or dislike clunky controls and bugged bosses.
Great for
Friends wanting a silly, meme-filled co-op action campaign, and Wesker fans
Main risk
Playing solo with Sheva's bad AI and clunky controls, expecting survival horror
What players love
Campy, meme-worthy boulder punching and Wesker
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“God this game is so incredibly ridiculous that it’s so good.”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗
Great replayability, Mercenaries and DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The mercenaries for this game is chef's kiss, and the co-op is a lot of fun.”
Steam review · 430.2 h played ↗
Satisfying gunplay and melee
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Extremely satisfying gunplay.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Runs well and holds up visually
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“uses 25% of my gfx power, runs flawlessly”
Steam review · 224.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky controls and bad camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the fact your aim/camera sensitivity drops to a x0.00001 multiplier when moving is so painful”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Poor, repetitive boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Some of the absolute worst boss fights in gaming.”
Steam review · 67.5 h played ↗
Terrible solo experience with Sheva's AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Sheva has the worst AI I have ever seen in a video game.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Not a real Resident Evil: no horror, pure action
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Capcom basically threw away everything that made the series scary and turned it into a generic Hollywood action movie.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Bugged bosses that need a 30 FPS cap
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the only way I was able to beat the boss was to go into the settings and cap the FPS at 30”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Enigma Protector DRM added retroactively
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“retroactively adding DRM into a game approaching the 20 year mark is just absurd”
Steam review · 51.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support15 GB
Minimum
ProcessorIntel Core™ 2 Quad 2.4GHz or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3.4GHZ or better
Memory4GB or better
Graphics512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA® GeForce 9800 series or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better
Storage15 GB free hard drive space
Recommended
ProcessorIntel Core™ i5-3570 or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3.4GHZ or better
Memory4GB or better
Graphics512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA(R) GeForce® GTX 650 or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better
Storage15 GB free hard drive space
ProcessorIntel Core™ 2 Quad 2.4GHz or better, AMD Phenom™ II x4 3.4GHZ or better
Memory4GB or better
Graphics512 MB VRAM, NVIDIA® GeForce 9800 series or better, ATI Radeon HD 7770 or better
Storage15 GB free hard drive space
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