'Resident Evil: Requiem' Becomes Highest-Rated Game in Franchise in over 20 Years
Resident Evil: Requiem earned a 9.5 user score on Metacritic and an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, ranking as the joint highest user score of all time.
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'Resident Evil: Requiem' becomes highest-rated game in franchise in over 20 years
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - "Resident Evil: Requiem" has reached the series' highest review scores in over 20 years. The ninth installment in the franchise, released Friday, February 27, 2026, achieved a nearly 9.5 user score on Metacritic. It also earned a Metascore of 88 out of 100, which means the game earned generally favorable reviews. The franchise has only seen a score this high, outside of the remakes released in previous years, back in 2005 wi…
The release of Resident Evil Requiem is giving a lot to talk about. First, because of the enormous quality of Capcom's game, which is already one of the clear candidates for GOTY 2026, and that's just in March.Second, Requiem has become the most successful title of the saga on Steam, with record sales on its first weekend in the UK.And how did it go in the mainstream media?We gave him a 92 out of 100, and currently has an average score of 88 in …
For all games that are trampled by fans for one reason or another, there are other games that receive huge amounts of support. Last year we saw how Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received tons of love from fans, becoming the best rated Metacritic game of all time in the sense of User Score, with a 9.5/10. Now the same has also happened with Resident Evil Requiem. The game, which has been launched with a huge host among players, has also been a grea…
Resident Evil Requiem now has the joint-highest Metacritic User Score of all-time
For all of the games that get hammered by fans for one reason or another, there are other games that receive huge amounts of support. Last year we saw Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receive tons of love from fans, seeing the game become Metacritic's highest-rated game of all-time in a User Score sense at 9.5/10. This has now happened for Resident Evil Requiem too. The game, which has launched to an immense reception in a player-base manner, has be…
Three days after the release of Resident Evil Requiem, the title seems to be on everyone's lips. Capcom's new main title of the Survival Horror series has currently reached the highest user score, making it a surprisingly strong start. Especially the fan reactions are extremely positive in the first few days. Resident Evil Requiem was released on 27 February 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and also Switch 2. More
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