Resident Evil 4 Remake moves the Steam community like no series part before. First numbers are impressive.
There are currently only two themes on Steam: Counter-Strike 2 and Resident Evil 4. The remake of Capcom’s horror classic from 2005 is moving the masses: Over 168,000 people played Leon Kennedy’s new old adventure on Saturday – a new record for the series.
At the same time, over 19,000 Steam reviews sing the praises of Resident Evil 4 Remake. The user tests paint an »extremely positive« picture 96 percent positive reviews. This is an absolute top value and fits in with the very positive press reviews of the RE4 remake:
Resident Evil 4 Remake: The number of players is so high
After the release on March 24, 2023, the remake of part 4 of the Resident Evil series became a huge hit with Steam players over the weekend. Statistics website SteamDB shows the highest value with 168,191 simultaneously active players.
That was Resident Evil 4 Remake yesterday the most played single player game on Steam. Only the big four multiplayer titles Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Apex Legends and PUBG: Battlegrounds were able to unite more players.
Incidentally, our test video for the game could not be created for the release, Fritz explains the reason for this:
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Resident Evil 4 – Why did we decide against making a test video for the remake?
Influencer Benji-Sales points out that Resident Evil 4 Remake set a record for the series and puts the Steam figures for the last parts in relation:
- Resident Evil Village – 106,631 players
- Resident Evil 2 Remake – 74,227 players
- Resident Evil 3 Remake – 60,293 players
- Resident Evil 7 – 20,449 players
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At the same time, the horror action game is of course still a long way from the numbers of a Hogwarts Legacy, which scored 879,308 players active at the same time in February.
Steam Reviews: This is what users say about Resident Evil 4
There were just 666 (!) negative reviews at the time this article was written. This compares to 18,443 players who Resident Evil 4 Remake auf Steam gave a thumbs up. In the lyrics the users roll over themselves with praise. You can read here what GameStar writes in the test for the remake and what rating we give at the end:
banane777 writes on Steam: »Stay factual? falls hard The game is just great [sic!] in every way.« Akito agrees: »Pure nostalgia. The most important things have been retained and optimized. Bad passages were improved or completely rewritten. In my opinion the best Resident Evil and a more than worthy remake.«
Especially given the difficult PC past of Resident Evil 4 (the initial port was extremely weak), many players are pleased with the technical condition of the remake. Even those who find points of criticism about the game classify them as not so bad in view of the many positive aspects. “I hate Ashley, the rest of the game is great,” says ExtremeChan, probably speaking from the heart of many fans.
Have you played into the remake yet? Whats your opinion? Would you rate Resident Evil 4 positively or negatively on Steam? Tell us in the comments!
