Resident Evil Requiem is back inside Steam's most-played top 100, giving Capcom's horror sequel another visible PC rebound while the game is discounted and its free demo is being pushed on the store.
In Gamers Now's 17:50 UTC reading of Steam's public most-played chart on June 5, Resident Evil Requiem ranked No. 73. That is up from No. 127 in Steam's weekly comparison, with a 15,634-player weekly peak and 7,008 players in-game at the latest reading. Recent comparable readings had been closer to the mid-4,000s.
The chart jump comes during a more approachable window for holdouts. The Resident Evil Requiem Steam page currently lists the game at 20% off, bringing the standard edition from $69.99 to $55.99 in the US, and also points players toward a free demo.
Sale and demo put Requiem back in front of PC players
Resident Evil Requiem launched on February 26 as Capcom's latest mainline survival horror game. Its Steam listing describes a dual-protagonist story starring FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy, with players able to switch between first-person and third-person views.
Capcom has also had to clean up the demo rollout. In a Steam announcement posted June 3, the publisher said anyone who downloaded the Resident Evil Requiem demo before May 26 at 9 PM PDT or May 27 at 5 AM BST should uninstall and redownload it because the Japanese version had been unintentionally published globally.
The sale and demo put Requiem in front of two audiences at once. Returning players have the recent Leon Must Die Forever mode, while curious PC players can try the demo or buy in below the launch price. Requiem's last major Steam rebound came in May, when Capcom added Leon Must Die Forever and the game returned to Steam's top 40.
Requiem is back in the visible chart band
Resident Evil Requiem is lower than the top-40 placement it reached after the free Leon mode, but the latest move still puts it back in Steam's top 100 with a player count above its recent level and a weekly peak above 15,000.
That is enough to stand out in Steam's lower chart. The top end remains crowded by Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds and other daily fixtures, while older single-player releases often need a sale, update or demo to regain visibility. Requiem has all three within the past month, including Leon Must Die Forever, the current discount and the corrected demo rollout.
For Capcom, the Steam movement keeps Requiem visible after launch-window coverage has faded. For players, the practical change is simple: the game is cheaper than it was at launch, Capcom has told early demo downloaders how to get the corrected version and the PC audience is active enough to put it back in Steam's top 100.