Resident Evil Requiem Has Already Bought Over 5 Million Copies

Capcom has introduced that Resident Evil Requiem has already bought over 5 million copies since its launch on twenty seventh February 2026 (thanks, Eurogamer). Yeah, that is 5 million in lower than per week, people.

We’re undecided what the platform break up is for this working complete, however with the mixed launch of the standalone sport and the Era Pack bundle, we think about the Change 2 has seen its fair proportion of gross sales. Regardless, this can be a stellar begin for the sport, and a real indication that viewers urge for food for extremely curated, single-player experiences remains to be extraordinarily excessive.

The perfect-selling entry within the sequence up to now is Resident Evil 2 remake, which initially launched in 2019 and is at the moment sitting at 16.8 million models. It is a lot too early to say whether or not Requiem will come near and even surpass this quantity, however Resident Evil video games are likely to promote properly over lengthy durations of time, notably when reductions are utilized later down the road.

As for the sequence as an entire, Capcom has confirmed that it is now sitting at a working complete of 183 million models bought, making it the corporate’s most profitable franchise by a sizeable margin. Monster Hunter is, nonetheless, rapidly closing the hole, with each Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Rise surpassing Resident Evil 2’s gross sales at 22 million and 18.2 million respectively. The sequence is at the moment sitting at 125 million models bought in complete.

In our overview of Resident Evil Requiem, we referred to as it “an expertise paced to perfection”, praising the twin protagonist setup, nostalgic story, and mix of motion and survival horror. The dearth of a Mercenaries mode proved considerably disappointing, however we would not be stunned to see this added as DLC.