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Resident Evil (1996)
Developer CAPCOM Co., Ltd., GOG.com
Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation. It is the first main installment in Capcom's Resident Evil series. Set in the fictional Arklay mountain region in the Midwest, players control Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of the elite task force S.T.A.R.S., who must escape a mansion infested with zombies and other monsters. Resident Evil was… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
259 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 8, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
238 positive · 21 negative
95% range 88–95%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,614 of 1,776 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Overwhelmingly positive reception for this classic survival horror pioneer.
Players celebrate the return of the original Resident Evil on Steam, calling it a timeless classic and a masterpiece that still holds up. Many express joy at finally being able to play the game that started it all on modern platforms. [1][4][8][11][14][19][21][24][25][28]
However, many criticize the inclusion of DRM (Enigma Protector), lack of Steam achievements, and lack of Steam Deck support. Some recommend buying from GOG instead, and note that the port feels minimal. [15][18][29][30][34][35]
Praised Classic atmosphere and gameplay · Nostalgia and historical importance · Works well on modern PC
Criticised DRM (Enigma Protector) · No Steam achievements · No Steam Deck support
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 8, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 259 · most liked firstDO NOT BUY RE1 FROM STEAM, BUY IT FROM GOG. Now that that's out of the way: This version of RE1 has a lot of the improvements from the GOG release, adds unnecessary DRM, and doesn't work at all on Steam Deck. This mirrors the exact same issues that DC1 and DC2 had when they came to Steam, and it's been over a month since those came out so I doubt Capcom would ever fix those issues here. Windowed mode is broken, no steam overlay, no achievements, minor graphical issues, and more. These issues…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i thought this was April Fool's joke when I saw this game on my front page, but appaprently it's not haha. Plays surprisingly well on modern gaming PC, and you can't beat the original!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →we need steam os / steam deck support and cloud save option! capcom, come on! and yes its finally on steam. i love it so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Capcom is adding DRM Enigma Protector to their back catalog of games. Prevents modding, cheat engine, and reduces performance by up to 10-15 fps with stutters. (Also Capcom being hostile to Valve's testing of their games for the Steam Deck makes them major ♥♥♥♥ heads while I'm at it) Go eff yourself, Capcom. I will not be buying future Biohazard titles due to you wanting to install Malware (hello…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game but... It really doesn't need DRM. What it needs it's achievements, trading cards, and the steam overlay to actually open when you launch the game. Right now it feels like you just added the GOG version to your library.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genuinely really good even after all this time. Get rid of the DRM Capcom, this game has been emulated to death and I literally only bought it here because I wanted to have it in my library, which I coulda done with GOG or some other service anyway.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Friends, I have bought and played and beat this game more times than I think anyone has bought and played and beat a game. 1996: I got it as an 8th grade graduation present from Funcoland in Danbury, CT (next to the mall). Spent the entire Summer of 1996 beating this game twice with Jill, twice with Chris, 4 ending variations in both playthroughs plus the extra outfits, which led to all 8 possible endings (alone, with either one of the supporting characters, and with all 3 alive). I was so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally CAPCOM brought their classic trilogy to Steam, I couldn't resist and bought all 3 games! I have a lot of affection for this franchise, THANK YOU CAPCOM!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update: Follow this guide to get the game running on SteamOS/Linux: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3697492100 So! This release is not great. For me, I own it and the other two classic RE games just to own them on Steam. If that's what you want, stop reading this review and just buy them for the library entries. But for a game to actually play? You're in for a bit of a mess without installing mods - and by installing mods, I mean deleting everything Steam downloads and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Negatives: No Steam Overlay. No Steam Deck support. No cloud saves. No native "quit game" option. Default controls might be horrible and need to be reassigned. No native controller support, it seems. DRM implementation for absolutely no reason other than they hate you. A horrible launcher with features that should've been implemented into the game itself. No Achievements. Asks for weird Registry Rights when first launching the game. Positive: Looks fantastic in 4K resolution. Everything loads…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lazy developers. Game asks to "Chack" to register the registry. No, Capcom, just give me cloud saves, achievements, and stop using DRM on old games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For many years, I was told that the remake was better and that it improved upon the original in every way. This is not true. Resident Evil 1 feels more eerie. The mansion is uncanny: its corridors are longer, the spaces are liminal, it's rawer, less detailed and unsettling. The game is more silent. The silence allows for more introspection. No crimson heads. Exploring the mansion becomes a more relaxing and less annoying experience. The game has less bloat and is therefore…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't currently work on Steam Deck. Proton should eventually update but currently it doesn't work. Edit: It works with some tinkering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZPrYxSA62s
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Give us a couple of bucks, and we'll give you a 30 year old game that's bundled with some ♥♥♥♥ ass DRM. And no, we will not include Steam Deck support, Steam achievements, or cloud saves. How's that sound?" Well Capcom, that sounds about as good as the Mansion Basement theme from the Resident Evil Director's Cut OST.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1) DRM for absolutely no reason, while being the GOG version. 2) It's the most barebones edition of the game, it has none of the content from Director's Cut Edition or the NDS edition. Go buy the GOG version instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After so many years, Capcom decided to randomly shadow drop the original PS1 trilogy on steam. I own all of these games physically on ps1 and play them at least annually since I very heavily enjoy them. I have played both the original release and Director's cut extensively, So I was very excited to finally have a digital version of these games as well. For this review, I did both a complete Jill and Chris run. Unfortunately, I do think this port is rather underbaked in several ways. Firstly,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All thanks to GOG and Capcom for bringing this masterpiece after so many years, it's not the best version but the more the classics become available the merrier.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3 So buying these 3 games on Steam was a no-brainer for me because I like flexing my playtime. What you get here is the GOG versions of the games which is a pretty passable way to experience them. Including texture filtering, Anti Aliasing, variable resolutions etc. And it ran for me pretty well out of the box. The same cannot be said for some other people: Some people struggled to get the game running on Linux because the game makes registry changes in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's crazy how well this game holds up today. I personally think, after remapping my buttons, this game is substantially easier to control on the pc than the remake, and because you can SKIP THE DOOR SCENES, it honestly feels so much smoother than the remake at times. I couldn't have asked for a better ported version!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It can feel clunky and slow, but it is also tense, frightening, and far from outdated. More than just the start of a legendary series, it still feels like the foundation for everything that followed. Even in 2026, RE1 still stands on its own for a reason.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is where it all started. Everyone knows the 2002 remake did it best, but I still think this game is great and worth buying if you’ve never played it or if you just love the franchise like I do. The biggest flaw for me is there are still no achievements. I want to earn them all! Also, Capcom, please put Clock Tower and Haunting Ground on Steam!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, what a mansion! A Timeless classic which started it all. Still worth playing along with OG 2,3 (Especially 3!) and RE1R simply by it's existence, along with the characters and gameplay basis. I'm flattered it finally made it to Steam. And remember..... Fear can't kill you. But... P.S: You almost became a Jill sandwich.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turns out tank controls aren't as bad as I initially thought they were. Truly a great game with even greater voice acting performances... If you know, you know.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a great game, although my PC has a hard time handling such stunning and powerful graphics...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Resident Evil deserves better for its 30th anniversary. - No core Steam functionality (can't even Shift+Tab for overlay, can't stream the game) - No achievements - No Steam Deck support - DRM - No Cloud support Also worse audio than the original release, although that's simply the nature of the PC port. I know this is echoing a common sentiment, but these releases really are pitiful. It's not necessary to repeat how asinine it is to enforce DRM on a 30-year-old title that, due to the quality…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →significantly worse than the gog version in every way. - enigma DRM - controls don't work out of the box - awful non-skippable launcher that makes it not work on steam deck - doesn't really work on linux at all really - no cloud support why did they do this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thumbs up for this amazing classic, thumbs down for The Enigma Protector DRM. GOG > Steam 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where it all began. An absolute classic, even though it has some jank. There's still something special about playing the game that started it all. An absolute masterclass and survival horror pioneer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Peak og Resident Evil expierence. Still holds up to this day. I recomment playing it with controller and to start with Jill, this way the game is a lot more explaining and lore filled.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lame drm, no steam achievements, doesn't run on the deck. cool it exists, but they couldn't have put less effort if they tried into this port. however that being said the game itself, of course is peak gaming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Consider that this game came out in 1996! It used to terrify me when I was a kid. 7 years old meeting The Keeper for the first time.. I dropped that controller and ran away.. Jill died as she stood still in raw, dumbfounded, childish terror. I don't think my parent's knew what this game was until it was too late. 10/10 I love this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had to leave the config page open to leave this review as the reg file system prevents the game from launching as it just throws up errors every time. Also; why add DRM when the game is 30 years old and is still being sold on GOG DRM free? Game only works by tinkering with the reg files to manually verify them, and inputting a DLL Override launch command.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The OG, the game that started it all, in its perfect, unaltered, uncensored version. Yes, it's 30 years old. Yes, it has tank controls. Yes, it has cheesy B-movie dialogue and charming cutscenes with real actors. And I love ALL of it. This is Resident Evil to me in its perfection. It's still as amazing as the day I first played it all those years ago. 10/10 GOAT, would almost become a Jill sandwich again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People who complain about the tank controls have the patience of a snail. You can master them in less than five minutes if you actually give them a chance. Honestly, I kind of miss games like that. The tank control allows a lot of cinematic camera angles with today's technology? They'd look absolutely amazing. Tank controls allow for a lot of cinematic camera angles, which would look absolutely amazing with today's technology. They also provide a unique kind of immersion that modern control…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My second favorite Resident Evil of all time! Unpopular opinion but I prefer the original Resident Evil over the remake version!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Resident Evil (1996) is one of the most important survival horror games ever made. It basically helped define the genre and set the standard for tension, exploration, and resource management in games. The atmosphere is easily the strongest part. The Spencer Mansion feels creepy, isolated, and full of mystery. Every hallway and room adds to the feeling that something could go wrong at any moment. The gameplay is slow and methodical, which actually works in its favor. Limited ammo, tight…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing job by Capcom re-releasing a 30 year old game as an April fools joke that is somehow still inferior to the GOG's port by slapping a modern DRM ontop of it which nobody asked for, still does not support achievement, has no steam os / steam deck support, doesn't have cloud save either, genuinely just complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, not even worth the 5 bucks I got it for from the launch sale, it would've been better spent on some cheap indie/hentai game that'd inevitably install malware on my PC and I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Capcop's sense of humor. on april first everybody always does silly stuff that doesn't ever really have lasting impact in their games, but then Capcom goes and shocks the entire world by actually porting the original resident evils over to steam. how many years has everyone been waiting for this and it just arrived so suddenly? APRIL FOOL!!! silliness aside, i am very pleased to be able to play the originals on steam now. this is a good thing i highly recommend also you should just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Runs like Butta'! Beautiful and amazing and still thrilling! This takes me back to when I rented it from Home Video in Texas on a stormy ass night! I had this and the Demo Disc with Bushido Blade and FFVII on it! I'm so happy they kept the original opening with color and blood and guts! This game gave this old man happy memories. One of my favorite games of all time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as i like the remake, this will always be the best version for me. Both games are good, but the original is a masterpiece.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a game! I can see why it gets so hyped up, it definitely doesn't disappoint. The tank controls take some getting used to though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't work on Steam Deck. To get it working, I had to use Protontricks to manually install the .reg files, I also had to add ddraw to the wineconfig library. Video files still unfortunately play small. More info by chumm: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3697492100
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Resident Evil 1 is a so so great; it scratched an itch I didn't even know I had for 3 evenings straight - a total joy from start to finish. This is my first real experience with the franchise (aside from being a kid anxiously watching a friend play RE4) and, I think this game was truly revolutionary for its time. I liked having to make choices on which enemies were worth clearing, and which ones were easier to avoid for the sake of preserving my finite resources. I think the player's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →get rid of the DRM, its not needed. It tanks performance, makes the game larger and messes with support for certain controllers. do better capcom. GOG has a DRM free version that frequently goes on sale for the same sale price as here. It's less than a Gigabyte and you own it forever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I though it was April fool when one of RE's fans said the original classic RE1 - RE3 are released... But it turned out to be real. Though it is not remastered, but it runs well on my PC. Capcom provided new setting for steam user to play this game at up to 4k resolution. Old but classic. 10/10. RE fans, including young ones, you all should collect this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There’s something undeniably cool about seeing the original trilogy land on Steam. For a lot of us, these games aren’t just nostalgia, they’re ritual. So it’s baffling that achievements were left out. No unlocks, no digital scars, no way to mark that you’ve bled through every hallway and puzzle again. The fact that mods like RE Enhance work with this release is a huge win. I want to love this release without hesitation. But as it stands, the lack of achievements is the one nagging flaw that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought it with the intention to play it on my Steam Deck LCD and right now, it will launch into a settings menu followed by a registry check that has unhandled exceptions which won't let me proceed further. Hopefully this is fixed soon for Steam Deck compatibility!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Resident Evil Trilogy are some of my favorite games of all time, I was gladly willing to buy them all again on steam. I went to install these games on steam OS (Legion Go S) I had the most confusing discovery that these games require Registry Editor to access the game JUST TO LAUNCH IT... I will continue to play the games on my windows desktop. But until these games can actually be played on steam OS I can't recommend buying these at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's hard but good. Had to have my dad help me a little but so far its worth the money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its really cool that capcom and gog released the original 3 resident evil games on steam and its nice to experience the classic games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ahhh good old 1998 Resident Evil, i remember all the puzzles from this game after all these years lol love it! this is the game that started all for me. and the bad acting and voice over always cracks me up,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First game i've ever seen ask for admin privileges to change REGISTRY KEYS.... The Horror tag is accurate!!! IM SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The DRM is annoying and it doesn't launch on Steam Deck because of it which is frustrating because that's where I really wanted this for. PC works great. At $5 it's cheaper than a Jill sandwich. Happy to have them all in one place finally. Code Veronica next?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first Resident Evil game and a classic of survival horror. It’s really interesting to finally play where the series started, especially after playing some of the later games. The atmosphere is probably the biggest highlight for me. The mansion is such a great setting for a horror game and the fixed camera angles work really well with it. The survival horror aspect with the limited resources, inventory and ammo is also really good. The tank controls definitely took some time to get used to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic. Not as good as the remake but really impressive for its time minus the really funny voice acting lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lacks the rearranged mode, adjusted enemy placement, advanced game mode and alternate costumes of the Director's Cut
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the beginning, I thought this game was awful. When I got used to the tank controls I started having a blast. Resident Evil's tank controls combined with the fixed camera angels didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. This game is very overhated
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah fun game, no reason to dislike it really. Controllers work fine, upscaled graphics. No bugs, no glitches. Well worth the £3.99 I paid
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid way to experience the original RE1 Finally having the original 1996 Resident Evil on Steam is a massive win for both long time fans and those interested in the roots of Resident Evil. One of the best additions is the ability to skip the door opening animations, while they were great for building tension and hiding the loading screen in the 90s, being able to bypass them now makes the gameplay loop feel much faster and more responsive. The game offers some replayability thanks to being…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Already beat the game on GOG but gotta add it to my Steam library This game is absolute cinema. No flaws whatsoever. I also love sandwiches too.
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