Resident Evil 3

Third-person survival horror remake about escaping zombies and Nemesis

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · Released Apr 2, 2020

Action

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 126K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 1,097 in 30 days
Playing now: 831; peak 24h 969
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 years ago; Sep 25, 2023

Free demo available, 9 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)

What is Resident Evil 3?

This third-person action and survival horror remake follows Jill Valentine as she shoots zombies and moves through Raccoon City while trying to escape Umbrella's biological disaster and Nemesis. It also includes Resident Evil Resistance, an online one-versus-four mode in which four survivors face a Mastermind.

For you if...

+you prefer fast, action-heavy horror with third-person shooting
+you enjoy replaying campaigns on multiple difficulty settings
+you want asymmetric online multiplayer alongside a single-player campaign

Not for you if...

−you want slow survival horror centered on puzzles
−you expect broad, freely explorable city areas

What players say

83% of 126,444 reviews are positive · 87% of 1,097 in the last 30 days

Players praise the gunplay, smooth movement, dodge mechanic, and visuals. The main complaints are the campaign's short length, heavily scripted Nemesis encounters, and substantial cuts to areas and enemies from the original game.

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Resident Evil 3 system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 45 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: Anticipated performance at these specifications is 1080p/30FPS for Resident Evil 3 and 720p/30FPS for Resident Evil Resistance. If you don't have enough graphics memory to run the game at your selected texture quality, you must go to Options > Graphics and lower the texture quality or shadow quality, or decrease the resolution. An internet connection is required for product activation. In addition, an internet connection is required at all times when playing Resident Evil Resistance. (Network connectivity uses Steam® developed by Valve® Corporation.)

OS: WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 or better
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 with 3GB VRAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 45 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: Anticipated performance at these specifications is 1080p/60FPS. An internet connection is required for product activation. In addition, an internet connection is required at all times when playing Resident Evil Resistance. (Network connectivity uses Steam® developed by Valve® Corporation.)

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 32
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, HDR

Steam Deck: Playable

Resume from sleep not functional
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese. Text only: Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Thai, Spanish - Latin America.