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Resident Evil 2

A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

Developer
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Publisher
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Franchise
Resident Evil
Release date
Jan 24, 2019
Store page updated
May 22, 2026
Price
−80% $39.99 $7.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

88.3/ 100

Based on 437 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 1,582
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 222,994
“remakes of RE2 and RE4 are very fun to play”
生化危机2和4的重制版太好玩了，感觉9会是这两部的结合体

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.28
Difficulty +1.85

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Story & World
+3.49
World +4.25
“ラクーンシティの雰囲気は完璧で、恐怖感とサスペンスのバランスが素晴らしい” (154)

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Content Volume
+0.52
Replayability +2.18

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Visuals & Sound
+4.16
Visuals +4.33
“visuals look incredible with great art direction” (60)

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Multiplayer
+2.57

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +1.14

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Fairness
-1.72

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Balance -2.44

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Tech & Ops
+0.56

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Performance +2.83

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
80%85%90%95%100%
Jan 2019Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,521 reviews, peak 110/day
0100200
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 436 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English25%
  • Russian18%
  • Chinese17%
  • Portuguese10%
  • Turkish9%
  • Spanish8%
  • Other13%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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