Resident Evil (1996)

Resident Evil (1996)

Steam Deck Playable

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · Survival Horror · Apr 2, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

90%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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
42% of themes are praise50% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- The more campy tone of the story is fantastic and the live-action cutscenes are the cherry on top.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Gameplay holds up extremely well and is just as interesting as it was.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
And so was the voice acting (as you can see on the store page, this specific version, aside from the English language, also supports French, German, and Japanese, but exactly like it was on PS, all of those are subtitles-only).
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are nice for the time, definitely outdated by modern standards, but you get used to them fairly quickly.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
My Xbox controller did not require any tinkering to comfortably play.
30 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 love5 themes
Story and characters67 reviews
Gameplay44 reviews
Audio43 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Controls30 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Steam Deck37 reviews
65%
Interface28 reviews
82%
Linux compatibility27 reviews
74%
Difficulty16 reviews
94%
Combat9 reviews
89%
Performance7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes9 reviews
78%

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 $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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Player review score
90%
Very Positive
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