Action · September 15, 2009

Resident Evil 5 (2009)

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Story The Umbrella Corporation and its crop of lethal viruses have been destroyed and contained. But a new, more dangerous threat has emerged. Years after surviving the events in Raccoon City, Chris Redfield has been fighting the scourge of bio-organic weapons all over the world. Now a member of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), Chris is sent to Africa to investigate a biological agent that is transforming the populace into aggressive and disturbing creatures. Joined by another local BSAA agent, Sheva Alomar, the two must work together to solve the truth behind the disturbing turn of events. Content Description This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition. NOTE Does not support NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision which came with the original Games for Windows - Live version. If you have previously purchased the Games For Windows Live version of Resident Evil 5, you can redeem a free copy of the Steam version. Please check the below information for details. Steamworks Migration FAQ

Action releases from 2009

45 Action titles launched in 2009 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume49.1k Steam reviewsTop 13% in Action
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 49%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 77 — top 14% of Action titles
Concurrent peak566 playersTop 14% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours15 h averageTop 34% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Co-op · 541
  • Action · 513
  • Zombies · 505
  • Co-op Campaign · 392
  • Third-Person Shooter · 380
  • Online Co-Op · 377
  • Horror · 367
  • Multiplayer · 289
  • Adventure · 262
  • Third Person · 223
  • Survival Horror · 213
  • Shooter · 202
  • Local Co-Op · 195
  • Singleplayer · 190
  • Female Protagonist · 139

Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 49.1k reviews

42.7k positive · 6.4k negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

38.3k

Peak concurrent players

566

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Polish
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

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Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

15h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

11h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

70

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 15, 2009
DeveloperCapcom
Base price$4.99 -75%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Resident Evil 5