Resident Evil Requiem Reaches Over 300,000 Concurrent Players in its First Weekend!

Resident Evil Requiem is the latest entry to the beloved survival horror franchise. Aside from bringing back Leon, who is dearly beloved, to work with the new protagonist Grace Ashcroft, fans also get to return to Raccoon City and uncover more about the disaster that nearly ended humanity. If you'd like to know what our writer thought about it — or just learn more details about the gameplay — you can check out our review here!

It seems CAPCOM's efforts are paying off, as the game has received nothing but praise from the community, garnering an Overwhelmingly Positive response on Steam! At the time of writing, the game had over 300,000 — or 344,214, to be exact — concurrent players throughout its first weekend.

Comparisons to masterpieces and calling it the best entry yet are some of the comments seen among the community, and it's echoed by our writer, too. It seems CAPCOM has really outdone itself this time!

Resident Evil Requiem is available now on Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.