Resident Evil 2 overview

Overview

Resident Evil 2 comes from CAPCOM Co., Ltd. and is published by CAPCOM Co., Ltd.. It arrived on Steam on Jan 24, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV, and HDR available. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Resident Evil 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 3,548 players at 13 September 2026 - 02:31:30 UTC, with a tracked peak near 14,631. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 97% positive across 77,442 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Resident Evil 2 is available in 15 languages including:

10 regional rating boards including cero, kgrb, esrb, oflc, and nzoflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Resident Evil 2 has sold up to 4,000,000 units and has 155,686 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $118,300,000. On Twitch, 36 streamers are live with around 467 total watchers.

Resident Evil 2 overview details

Resident Evil 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Deluxe Edition The Deluxe Edition contains the main game and the Extra DLC Pack which includes the following items: -Leon Costume: "Arklay Sheriff" -Leon Costume: "Noir" -Claire Costume: "Military" -Claire Costume: "Noir" -Claire Costume: "Elza Walker" -Deluxe Weapon: "Samurai Edge - Albert Model" -"Original Ver." Soundtrack Swap About the Game The genre-defining masterpiece Resident Evil 2 returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up for a deeper narrative experience. Using Capcom’s proprietary RE Engine, Resident Evil 2 offers a fresh take on the classic survival horror saga with breathtakingly realistic visuals, heart-pounding immersive audio, a new over-the-shoulder camera, and modernized controls on top of gameplay modes from the original game. In Resident Evil 2, the classic action, tense exploration, and puzzle solving gameplay that defined the Resident Evil series returns. Players join rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield, who are thrust together by a disastrous outbreak in Raccoon City that transformed its population into deadly zombies. Both Leon and Claire have their own separate playable campaigns, allowing players to see the story from both characters’ perspectives. The fate of these two fan favorite characters is in players hands as they work together to survive and get to the bottom of what is behind the terrifying attack on the city. Will they make it out alive? A spine-chilling reimagining of a horror classic - Based on the original release in 1998, the new game has been completely rebuilt from the ground up for a deep…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Resident Evil 2 is listed as a game with $39.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV, and HDR available, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 3,548 players at 13 September 2026 - 02:31:30 UTC, a tracked peak of 14,631, and 97% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ZombiesSurvival HorrorHorrorSingleplayerRemakeThird PersonGoreActionPuzzleAtmosphericStory RichViolentMultiplayerSurvivalClassic

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Support and legal notes

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