Resident Evil Village Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-09-29
  • Excellent graphics and visuals
  • Great balance of horror and action
  • Compelling story and narrative
  • Less scary than Resident Evil 7
  • Inferior to Resident Evil 4
  • No FOV slider causes issues
Resident Evil Village header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
154,738
Positive
147,98495.6%
Negative
6,7544.4%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
10,280,497
Estimated revenue
$411,117,075
Game price
$40
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1500.53%
Estimated copies lost
9,966
Estimated revenue lost
$398,540
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1500.5%
Avg playtime 1h
2080.7%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
1,1344%
Avg playtime 21.1h
26,86594.7%
Avg playtime 27.3h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day14.4 rev/day
Last 30d55.1 rev/day
Quarterly752.5 rev/qtr
Days covered1,971.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
28,357 total
Organic purchasers20,19271.2%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations8,16528.8%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
28,357 total
First impression0-2h6382.25%
Voted up: 66%
Mid game2-10h6,59223.2%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h12,91945.6%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+8,20828.9%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.01% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
94.4%
Global baseline 95.5%
286 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 154,738 total.