Still holds up today
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It still holds up in 2026 as one of the best action-horror games ever made.”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Capcom2014Survival Horror · Horror · Action
The verdict
A timeless, goofy action-horror classic with great pacing and tons of content, but the PC port has dated tank controls, QTE and framerate problems. Skip it if you can't tolerate stiff controls or tweaking mods.
Great for
Fans of the remake or classic RE who enjoy campy action and don't mind installing fix mods
Main risk
Tank-style controls and port issues (QTEs, fps, launch failures) can make it frustrating or unplayable
What players love
Charming cheesy story and Leon
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I really love how the game never takes itself too seriously. Goofy moments, Leon cracking jokes often, and over the top action”
Steam review · 19 h played ↗
Excellent pacing and addictive gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The pacing is flawless, the different enemy types are unique and fun to fight, and the varied levels keep the game consistently fresh as you move through it.”
Steam review · 63.3 h played ↗
Great mods (HD Project, re4_tweaks) fix the port
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Would highly recommend getting re4_tweaks, it adds a bunch of quality of life improvements like an FOV slider, reloading without aiming, improved camera controls, disabling QTEs if you want”
Steam review · 67.9 h played ↗
Atmosphere, art direction and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“RE4 features some of the best atmosphere, sound design and art direction of any video game ever, horror or otherwise.”
Steam review · 63.3 h played ↗
Plenty of extra content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“As far as features go, this game has nothing but content. Mercenaries and the side stories like Assignment Ada and Separate Ways are obvious standouts here.”
Steam review · 43.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky tank controls and aiming
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Horrible controls, I never once felt like I was fighting or surviving anything other than the game itself.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Crashes, won't launch and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I've had my game freeze, stutter and crash. I recently delt with RE4 crashing my whole pc.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Remake is better; original feels dated
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Playing the remake first really highlights how old and annoying this game's mechanics are by comparison.”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Repetitive, overlong and not scary
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game overstays its welcome, i had fun at the beginning of the game but it should have ended already”
Steam review · 14.5 h played ↗
Poor mouse and keyboard support
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“But these mouse and keyboard controls are absolute AS5!”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Frame-rate-tied QTEs and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“QTEs are hella bugged and at some point i was on the same mash button QTE for 2 hours”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 Ghz or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 or better
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Quad 2.7 Ghz or better, AMD Phenom™ II X4 3 Ghz or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 or better
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows® 10
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 Ghz or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 or better
Storage15 GB available space
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