Update 09/03/2026: On top of being tied with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem is now the highest-rated game on the PlayStation Store by its five-star user rating review system.
Spotted on ResetEra, the game has over 51K ratings with a score of 4.91/5, while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sits at 4.85/5 based on over 92K ratings. Its larger sample size is definitely a factor in why it has a lower score, but the point stands that Resident Evil Requiem is really resonating with players.
Original Story 02/03/2026:
Resident Evil Requiem arrived on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2 just days ago from the time of this writing. It's practically an understatement to say that it's been a massive hit, with critics (including Wccftech's Nathan Birch) and fans alike loving the ninth mainline entry in the horror series, with over 340K players jumping into it on Steam alone right when it launched this past Friday.
While Capcom hasn't shared any sales figures at the time of this writing, if you needed another sign pointing to how much of a hit Requiem has been, a quick look at Metacritic's ranking of the Best Games by User Score will provide. Resident Evil Requiem is now tied with 2025's Game of the Year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, as the highest-rated game by user score, with both games sitting at a 9.5 user score.
Requiem had surpassed Clair Obscur for a short while, before Clair Obscur came back to tie things up. You can probably expect both games to trade places as more people come to each of them and submit their own scores to Metacritic, but the fact that Requiem has established itself as the number two title above some all-time games like Silent Hill 2, Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear Solid 3, and Disney's Cory in the House is no small feat.
Okay, that last entry might be more of a joke than anything else, but its place above the rest of those games is, once again, no small feat. It's not every day that a new game comes out and can immediately be discussed amongst some of the best video games in history. Of course, only time will tell if Requiem and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will have the staying power to remain in those conversations, but it is no denying that Requiem is already one of 2026's Game of the Year contenders.
In Wccftech's review of the ninth mainline entry in the Resident Evil franchise, Birch praises how "Capcom has taken all the things they've done with the franchise over the past decade or so and stitched them together into a towering monster of a survival horror game."
"Parts of this game are the best, scariest, and most intense this series has ever been, other parts are merely alright, but no part of the game is bad and it's all very distinctly Resident Evil. While it won't be everyone's favourite, Resident Evil Requiem should hit enough right notes for most fans."
For more on Resident Evil Requiem, check out our complete walkthrough and guides hub for help on puzzles, combat, stealth mechanics, and more.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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