Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

Steam Deck Playable

Capcom · Co-op · Sep 15, 2009

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

87%
Very Positive
67k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 138 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 118 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 67k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise59% are divided8% are caveats
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I play it regularly on at least one of them each year, most recently in 2026 doing coop with my friend who was new to the series, and not a single aspect of it shows its age.
138 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I played with a partner, and everything was better: the cheesy B-flick dialogue, Hollywood atmosphere, and tanky bosses.
118 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
MTF will run on a toaster, while still delivering impressive visuals and performance and a small file size.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
this game omg is such a overhated resident evil game. this game is one of my fav re games something i love about this game is how there is so many things and options for dlc and stuff like lost in nightmares,desprate escape, versus mode, and the best mercenaries with another mercenaries which is mercenaries reunion so there is so many options to play and another thing that is awesome about this game is co op and all the co op features it has like how u can play mercenaries co op and dlc co op everything about this game is so perfect and getting all achievements was also super fun to do besides the multiplayer ones lol but its still a awesome game. also i love how you get to see Chris and Jill and also Wesker in this game its honestly so awesome and way to overheated and should not be called one of the worst resident evil games because if u ask me its one of the best like ilk u cant walk and reload which makes gameplay a little harder but you also get a big selection of weapons which i think is awesome and how you can unlock points and buy action figures filters and costumes and also this games story is awesome and in general this game is perfect.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Co-op138 reviews
Story and characters118 reviews
Graphics24 reviews
Multiplayer19 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay72 reviews
88%
Combat69 reviews
86%
Interface47 reviews
89%
Difficulty18 reviews
89%
Performance17 reviews
88%
Audio16 reviews
94%
Controls13 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs22 reviews
77%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
70
total to unlock
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