Resident Evil 3

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%2020

The verdict

A fast, polished, cinematic action-horror ride with great visuals and Jill and Carlos, but very short, linear and heavily cut from the original. Skip it at full price or if you want RE2-style survival horror.

Great for

Fans of RE2 Remake wanting a quick, action-heavy sequel on sale, especially those who never played the original

Main risk

Very short, linear game with heavy content cuts that feels like RE2 DLC at full price

What players love

Jill and Carlos are likable characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Strong character interactions between Jill and Carlos.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

“Pity Carlos won't appear anywhere else, a charismatic, cool guy.”
Steam review · translated · 13.5 h played ↗

Great graphics and optimization

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Resident Evil 3 runs phenomenally.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗

“The graphics are solid and the optimization is good”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗

“No optimization problems were noticed (on my GTX1660S).”
Steam review · translated · 10.4 h played ↗

Good value on sale, enjoyable if you skip the original

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“if u never played the og like i havent, this game is really good!”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗

“if you take it as its own game, its really quite fun.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗

Intense Nemesis chases and atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“nemesis sprinting full speed at you is terrifying”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

“The main plus is Nemesis. The real superstar of the game.”
Steam review · translated · 28.3 h played ↗

Fun, fast-paced action and combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“The movement is smooth, the combat feels tighter than RE2 Remake, and the presentation is great from start to finish.”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗

“The combat feels fantastic. The dodge mechanic makes Jill feel quick and aggressive.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

Replayable with harder difficulties and achievements

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“the harder difficulties add a lot of replayability.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗

“Inferno difficulty is the ultimate test of your skills, reaction and knowledge about the game.”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Heavy content cut from the original

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“No clock tower, no park, no factory, over half of the city sections cut.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗

“They cut the park, the graveyard and a full clock tower.”
Steam review · translated · 11 h played ↗

Very short game

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The campaign is only around 3–4 hours long, depending on how you play, which is less than half the length of the original.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

“extremely short game, i finished my first playthrough in just 3:30 hours and got all the achievements in 10”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗

“Even with me taking my time exploring every single nook and cranny, I still finished it in just 6.7 hours.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗

Nemesis is scripted and not a real stalker

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Nemesis himself is a joke, his randomized encounters from the original are gone, now its only a few pre-scripted sequences.”
Steam review · 26.9 h played ↗

Linear, cutscene-heavy, few puzzles

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“How did you manage to make an RE game into a boring Call of Duty tier linear campaign”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗

“Cutscene, running around. Cutscene, running around. Like this almost the whole game. Only 2 puzzles.”
Steam review · translated · 27.7 h played ↗

Frustrating dodge, stunlocks and boss fights

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“You do a perfect dodge against Nemesis, slow-mo kicks in... and you immediately take the next hit of his combo.”
Steam review · translated · 47.1 h played ↗

“Almost all boss fights include some attack that stun locks you until you die.”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗

Too expensive at full price, feels like DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“This game at full price is an absolute scam.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

“DLC at full price; only worth getting in a bundle with the RE4 and RE2 remakes.”
Steam review · translated · 4.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Storage45 GB available space

Recommended

OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT) / 11

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

Storage45 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

Storage45 GB available space

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