Resident Evil Requiem hits 5M sales in 5 days—RE4 remake took 4 months for same milestone

The announcement from Capcom’s official press release confirmed the sales milestone reached between the game’s launch on February 27 and the announcement on March 4. This performance represents a significant acceleration compared to previous franchise entries. Resident Evil 5, which previously held strong launch records, took approximately two months to reach 5 million sales in 2009, while Resident Evil 6 required about five months despite shipping 4.5 million units at launch.

The launch coincided with the franchise’s 30th anniversary month, as the original Resident Evil debuted on March 22, 1996. Capcom’s press release noted that Requiem “successfully elevated the essence of survival horror by heightening the interplay between intense fear and exhilarating action.” The game offers multiple difficulty settings to accommodate players ranging from newcomers to experienced fans, along with the ability to switch between first-person and third-person perspectives in real-time.

According to Capcom’s announcement, Resident Evil Requiem was developed using the company’s proprietary RE ENGINE, which delivered “visuals in photorealistic detail, including the characters’ skin, teary eyes, and flowing hair, as well as the translucency of light.” The game was built exclusively for ninth-generation consoles with ray tracing capabilities, unlike the cross-generation Resident Evil Village.

The Steam performance data from SteamDB showed the game reached 344,214 concurrent players on February 28, 2026 at 3 PM UTC. This figure placed it in 40th position on Steam’s all-time peak player list, surpassing several major multiplayer titles. For comparison, the previous Resident Evil franchise record holder, the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake, peaked at 168,191 concurrent players, while Resident Evil Village reached 106,631 players at its peak.

The marketing campaign for Resident Evil Requiem began with the game’s announcement at Summer Game Fest on June 6, 2025. The reveal trailer was the show’s concluding segment and introduced protagonist Grace Ashcroft alongside Raccoon City as the primary setting. Within three weeks of the announcement, the game accumulated over 1 million wishlists across all platforms.

Prior to release, the game received four awards at Gamescom 2025 in August, including the Most Epic award. A playable demo was made available at both Gamescom and PAX West conventions. The Game Awards in December 2025 revealed Leon S. Kennedy as the second playable character, with gameplay sections that contrast Grace’s survival horror approach with more action-oriented combat sequences.