Resident Evil 4 already ranked among Capcom's biggest modern horror wins. New market estimates now put the 2023 remake well ahead of every other remake and remaster released since the current PlayStation and Xbox generation began.
Alinea Analytics estimates that Resident Evil 4 has sold 16.8 million copies across PlayStation, Steam and Xbox. The tracking window starts with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S launch in November 2020, which makes this a current-generation comparison rather than an all-time remake chart.
Alinea puts Ark: Survival Ascended in second place at 7 million copies, followed by The Last of Us Part 1 at 6.3 million, Oblivion Remastered at 4.5 million and Dead Space at 4.3 million. By that measure, Leon's return has sold more than twice as many copies as its nearest remake rival.
Steam helped Resident Evil 4 keep selling
Alinea's platform split shows PlayStation still leading Resident Evil 4 sales, with an estimated 7.4 million copies. Steam is close behind on 6.8 million, while Xbox accounts for 1.6 million.
Revenue leans more heavily toward PlayStation. Alinea estimates Resident Evil 4 has generated $560 million in gross revenue across the three tracked platforms, with PlayStation making up 53.1 percent, Steam 34.1 percent and Xbox 12.8 percent.
Steam is where the long tail shows up most clearly. Alinea says Steam's share of Resident Evil 4 revenue has climbed from 28 percent during launch week to 34.1 percent now, helped by regional pricing and deeper discounts. China, Brazil and Russia are listed among the game's top five Steam territories.
That fits Capcom's own public sales strategy around older hits. In April 2025, Capcom said Resident Evil 4 had passed 10 million units worldwide, making it the fastest Resident Evil game to reach that milestone. At the same time, Capcom pointed to catalog sales growth across Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Village.
Resident Evil 4 is especially suited to that model. The remake modernized one of the most influential third-person action horror games ever made, then kept finding new buyers through discounts, PC sales and later editions after launch. It also sits in the middle of Capcom's broader remake run, with Resident Evil Veronica now planned as the next major remake.
Alinea's figures are estimates, not official Capcom shipment numbers, so they should be read differently from publisher-reported milestones. Even with that caveat, Resident Evil 4 has a lead that most current-generation remakes are nowhere close to matching.