Just a few days after Capcom reported that Resident Evil Requiem had set a franchise best with 5 million sales in its launch week, the company has had to update those figures. The horror hit has increased its lifetime sales to 6 million units sold globally, which now makes it the fastest-selling Resident Evil game to date. In total, the Resident Evil franchise has now sold 183 million units since it kicked off in 1996.
Those numbers will likely increase in time as Capcom has confirmed that a new story expansion is in development, and while that won’t be out for a while yet, more immediate updates include a photo mode and a mystery minigame. Capcom had previously attributed the success of Resident Evil Requiem to a well-run marketing campaign and the game catering to a wide variety of players with its difficulty modes while still retaining its core survival-horror appeal. The company confirmed ongoing support and additional game content as the series celebrates its 30th anniversary.
“Capcom is readying various plans for this anniversary to delight series fans, such as a collaboration between Universal Studios Japan and Resident Evil Requiem in 2026, and orchestral concerts in Japan, the US, and Europe,” Capcom said in a press release.
Resident Evil Requiem still needs to shift a few more million units before it enters Capcom’s list of Platinum Titles. These are its top 10 best-selling games, and they include both recent mainline Resident Evil games and remakes of classics like Resident Evil 2-4. The 2020 remake of Resident Evil 3 is at no. 10 with 10.90 million sales to date, but at this rate, Resident Evil Requiem could usurp its position in time. Currently, the best-selling Resident Evil game on the list is 2019’s Resident Evil 2 remake with 18.2 million lifetime sales.
If you haven’t checked it out yet and you’re on PC, Resident Evil Requiem has a vibrant modding community. Several great mods have been released so far, making the game even harder with a No-Bite Mode and transforming Leon S. Kennedy’s fancy Porsche into the Patty Wagon from the SpongeBob SquarePants movie–remember, you don’t need a license to drive a sandwich.
“The result is a game that leans too hard on past successes and nostalgia, and so doesn’t show its fans any new ideas,” Phil Hornshaw wrote in GameSpot’s Resident Evil Requiem review. “But it knows its hits backward and forward, and it plays them near-perfectly.”
