Resident Evil 5

Buy87%

Very Positive · 68k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Capcom · Co-op · Sep 15, 2009

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
70
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio1 of 9
Subtitles11 of 9

Should I buy Resident Evil 5?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 163 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 90 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 68k player reviews · updated

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
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
163 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You cannot top this as a coop campaign IMO, and I eagerly pray CAPCOM don't remove that aspect in the long-teased RE5R.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
90 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story is ancillary to RE, but the story here in my opinion is GOOD.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
83 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This makes the game feel more akin to something like Gears of War, and it even features similar wall hugging mechanics.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The roster of guns are arguably the largest of any third-person-shooter except maybe MGS4 with its breadth of Drebin Point weapons you can buy.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
MTF will run on a toaster, while still delivering impressive visuals and performance and a small file size.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Then there's Mercenaries, the best iteration IMO with the largest roster of characters, which gets even bigger and better with the Mercenaries Reunion and its NO MERCY difficulty.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op163 reviews
Story90 reviews
Gameplay83 reviews
Combat63 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Difficulty17 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Interface
85% still recommend
Performance
90% still recommend
Bugs
79% still recommend
Controls
91% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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