Resident Evil Requiem's 5 million sales have made it one of Capcom's all-time top 20 bestsellers in just 4 days

Resident Evil Requiem’s 5 million sales have made it one of Capcom’s all-time top 20 bestsellers in just 4 days | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Resident Evil Grace’s actor in Resident Evil Requiem says that Capcom ‘wanted to go back to the horror Resident Evil games’ Resident Evil Should you destroy or release Elpis in Resident Evil Requiem? 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PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Resident EvilArc RaidersBest PC gearGame Quizzes Games Horror Resident Evil Resident Evil Requiem Resident Evil Requiem’s 5 million sales have made it one of Capcom’s all-time top 20 bestsellers in just 4 days News By Wes Fenlon published 4 March 2026 Call it the Leon bump. (Or don’t call it that). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Capcom) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. 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The ninth game in the series—not counting twice that number of spin-offs and remakes—has taken off like a rocket, selling more than five million copies since its release on February 27.Resident Evil Requiem had the series’ biggest-ever launch on Steam by far, beating out Resident Evil 4 Remake’s launch numbers by some 100,000 concurrent players. That’s quite a feat for a singleplayer game, and as of this writing the game remains firmly in place at the top of Steam’s Global Top Sellers list. Well, okay, there are currently more people spending their entire paychecks on Counter-Strike 2 gun skins, but Requiem is the top paid game on the chart closing in on a week after launch.While Resident Evil Requiem couldn’t keep pace with Monster Hunter Wilds’ astronomical launch sales of eight million copies in just three days, I have a feeling it may end up having the longer tail. Related articles Resident Evil Requiem pulls in 270,000 players in just 2 hours on Steam, beating Village, Biohazard and the Resident Evil 4 remake Resident Evil Requiem review: A jack of all trades 13 years after the disappointment of Resident Evil 6, Capcom is finally fusing survival horror and all-out action again—and this time I think it worked Regardless, it’s already one for Capcom’s history books. The publisher helpfully maintains a page of its all-time bestsellers, and Requiem’s first week of sales alone have earned it a spot in the top 20 list. Current numbers would slot it in between the original 1998 Resident Evil 2 (#19) and the HD-ified update of Resident Evil Remake, released in 2014 (#18). That means RE9 has already passed the lifetime sales of 2024’s Dragon’s Dogma 2, as well as dozens of Capcom classics.Requiem has a long way to go to climb to the very top of the list. The first two spots are occupied by Monster Hunter: World and