Terrifying, oppressive atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Even simple things like opening a door start to feel risky.”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2017Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
The verdict
A tense first-person return to survival horror, strongest in the Baker house, with a weaker, more action-heavy second half. Skip it if you dislike scripted chases, repetitive enemies or unskippable cutscenes.
Great for
Horror fans who want slow-burn dread, a memorable villain family and puzzle-driven exploration
Main risk
Strong opening gives way to a scripted, repetitive second half with few enemy types
What players love
Good story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I've never been so emotionally invested in a resident evil game story.”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗
Memorable Baker family villains
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The Baker family is easily one of the best parts of the entire series.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Brings the series back to survival-horror roots
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“RE7 literally revived the franchise and brought back all the things we love about Resident Evil.”
Steam review · 40.8 h played ↗
First-person view boosts immersion
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The switch to first-person view is simply a genius move.”
Steam review · translated · 5.1 h played ↗
Worthwhile DLC and bonus modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“what a Season Pass, they absolutely cooked with it.”
Steam review · 45.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Scripted, clunky gameplay and weak bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Those pointless hide-and-seek sequences you have to restart until you stumble on exactly what the developers expect from you, what a nightmare.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Game falls off after the Baker house
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“outside the 1st quarter of the game [spoiler] after the baker household [/spoiler] the game takes a steep decline into a very heavy nose dive”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Doesn't feel like Resident Evil / not scary
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I was expecting a real Resident Evil experience, not a cheap Outlast copy.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Very little enemy variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the enemy variety is practically nonexistent. Aside from the family, you are just shooting the same two generic, sludgy Molded over and over again”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and PC port problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I went through probably 50 rounds of him falling, me chain sawing him, and him getting back up. The boss fight does not end”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes hurt replay
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“long unskippable cutscenes absolutely kill replay value”
Steam review · 82 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support24 GB
Minimum
OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460
Storage24 GB available space
Recommended
OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required) / Windows 11 (64-BIT Required)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7 3770 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 3GB VRAM
Storage24 GB available space
OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460
Storage24 GB available space
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