Oppressive atmosphere and tension
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Great atmosphere, amazing graphics, and the RPD exploration is unforgettable.”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗
Resident Evil 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2019Survival Horror · Horror · Action
The verdict
A tense, atmospheric survival horror remake with a brilliant police station and a relentless Mr. X. Skip it if you hate backtracking, bullet-sponge zombies, or expect truly different A/B campaigns.
Great for
Fans of tense, resource-scarce survival horror and puzzle exploration, including horror newcomers
Main risk
Repetitive key-hunting, backtracking and bullet-sponge zombies, plus a near-identical second campaign
What players love
Mr. X stalker keeps pressure on
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“His entrance into the room completely changes the game's tempo and truly creates a sense of panic.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗
Great RPD level design and puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The map design’s straight up chef’s kiss, puzzles hit just the right difficulty n all the clues tie together super smoothly.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
Great entry point for horror newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I was scared a lot and had a lot of anxiety, and I sometimes had to force myself to continue playing, but I managed to finish the game”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
Excellent remake with high replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I've played through this game countless times while working toward 100% achievements, yet I never got bored for a single moment.”
Steam review · 48.5 h played ↗
Resource management and inventory tension
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Resident Evil 2 forces you to sweat over every single bullet and agonizingly juggle your painfully small inventory.”
Steam review · 47.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Tedious backtracking and item hunting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This is purely an "Item searching simulator", it starts off fun, but then QUICKLY gets tedious and tiring.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Bullet-sponge, reviving zombies
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“A zombie should not need 10+ headshots to kill. I actually laughed when I shot a zombie three times with a shotgun to the face and it got up like nothing happened.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Claire's scenario B too similar to Leon's
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The second run system completely ruined this game for me. Having to do the same puzzles all over again”
Steam review · 17.3 h played ↗
Mr. X is annoying and breaks tension
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“No way to lose him or escape, he's just constantly on your ass.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Stiff controls, slow movement and weak combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Stiff shooting, with stiff character movement, and enemies that love to grab you just doesn't work.”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
Scarce ammo and cramped inventory
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“ammo is so scarce in resident evil 2 even on easy difficulty that it's genuinely unplayable”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support26 GB
Minimum
OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460
Storage26 GB available space
Recommended
OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 with 3GB VRAM
Storage26 GB available space
OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460
Storage26 GB available space
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