Resident Evil Requiem

About Resident Evil Requiem

Resident Evil Requiem is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom, the ninth main game in the Resident Evil series. It came out in late February 2026 on PC (Steam and the Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. It is set in October 2026, 28 years after the outbreak in Raccoon City, the Midwestern city that was home to the Umbrella pharmaceutical company until a zombie outbreak in 1998 ended with a government missile strike on the city, later covered up.

You play two characters whose stories interweave. Grace Ashcroft is an FBI intelligence analyst, withdrawn and focused on her work since her mother's death, who goes alone to the condemned Wrenwood Hotel to investigate that death. Leon S. Kennedy, a survivor of the Raccoon City incident and now an agent fighting bioterrorism, is looking into a string of deaths in the Midwest. Their paths lead through the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center and back to the ruins of Raccoon City.

Grace's chapters are the slow, frightening ones, played like Resident Evil 7 and Village: you search rooms, solve puzzles, fit what you carry into a few inventory slots and leave the rest in supply boxes. She is hunted by the Girl, a creature that normal damage does not hurt and that can come at her through walls and holes in the ceiling. You crouch, sneak, hide under tables and throw glass bottles to pull enemies away. A lighter shows the way in the dark but draws the Girl, and light is also its weakness. On Standard and Insanity difficulty you save with ink ribbons at typewriters, and autosaves are few.

Leon's chapters lean into action. He carries firearms and a hatchet that can parry blows and be sharpened, does takedowns, picks up the weapons enemies drop, and keeps his gear in a briefcase. Both characters can be played in first or third person: Grace starts in first person and Leon in third, and you can change either in the menu. The infected are the common enemy; a zombie whose head is left intact can rise again later as a faster, tougher Blister Head.

It was well received by players and critics, with an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, a Metacritic score of 92 on PC and 4.88 of 5 stars on the PlayStation Store, and Capcom says it has sold over 8 million copies. It suits long-time fans of the series and newcomers who want a modern survival horror game with both hiding and fighting; a free demo is listed on the PlayStation Store for those who want to try it first.

How to play Resident Evil Requiem

1. Choose first-person or third-person view for each character; Grace starts in first person and Leon in third, and you can change either in the menu.
2. As Grace, explore carefully, search rooms for supplies and files, and solve puzzles to open the way forward.
3. Keep your few inventory slots for what the next stretch needs and leave the rest in supply boxes.
4. When the Girl appears, do not fight: run, hide, and head for well-lit rooms, since light is her weakness.
5. On Standard or Insanity, save with ink ribbons at typewriters, since autosaves are few.
6. As Leon, use guns, takedowns and the hatchet to push through heavier fights as the two stories come together.

Tips

• Read every file; they explain the story and often hold puzzle answers.
• Do not spend Grace's supplies on enemies you can walk around; look for another way past or keep your distance.
• Destroy the heads of zombies you put down, with Grace's Hemolytic Injector or Leon's hatchet, or they may come back later as faster Blister Heads.
• Throw a glass bottle to draw an enemy away from the path you need, and keep the lighter off when you do not need it.
• With Leon, parry with the hatchet and sharpen it when its durability runs low; staggered enemies drop the weapons they carry, which you can take.

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