Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the first game of the Resident Evil series to switch from 3rd-person to fully 1st-person perspective. A complete refresh of gameplay systems simultaneously propels the survival…
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an adventure developed by Capcom Development Division 1, released 24 January 2017 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $7.44 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 10.9 hrs to finish.
What Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an adventure game developed by Capcom Development Division 1 and released in 2017. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Google Stadia, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RE Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is set in mid-2017 somewhere in the southern United States after the dramatic events of Resident Evil 6. The game features a new protagonist named Ethan Winters, a civilian searching for his missing wife Mia which leads him to a derelict plantation mansion occupied by an infected family.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 58 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Resident Evil series
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the 109th of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Deluxe Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 85 is 11 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.
How it was received
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 1,126 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 26 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $7.44, that works out to about $0.68 per hour of the main story, or $0.29 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz 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 24GB. 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, 63% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard launched on 24 January 2017, within three weeks of For Honor, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: For Honor, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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