Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the original Resident Evil 3: Nemesis released in 1999. It updates the story and gameplay for a modern audience. Like the Resident Evil 2 remake, the game uses over-the-shoulder…
Resident Evil 3 is an adventure developed by Capcom Development Division 1, released 3 April 2020 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $7.44 at Gamesplanet.
What Resident Evil 3 is
Resident Evil 3 is an adventure game developed by Capcom Development Division 1 and released in 2020. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RE Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A series of strange disappearances have been occurring in the American Midwest within a place called Racoon City. A specialist squad of the police force known as S.T.A.R.S. has been investigating the case, and have determined that the pharmaceutical company Umbrella and their biological weapon, the T-Virus, are behind the incidents. Jill Valentine and the other surviving S.T.A.R.S. members try to make this truth known, but find that the police department itself is under Umbrella's sway and their reports are rejected out of hand. With the viral plague spreading through the town and to her very doorstep, Jill is determined to survive. However, an extremely powerful pursuer has already been…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 32 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Resident Evil series
Resident Evil 3 is the 136th of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil Resistance in 2020. Its critic score of 81 is 7 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.
How it was received
Resident Evil 3 holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 627 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 45GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.44 at Gamesplanet, 81% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Resident Evil 3 launched on 3 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Persona 5 Royal. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Persona 5 Royal.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Resident Evil 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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