Resident Evil 4 achieves the best launch of the franchise on Steam

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Resident Evil 4 achieves the best launch of the franchise on Steam

Just released, the remake of Resident Evil 4 has already set a first record. In fact, it records the best start in the history of the franchise on Steam. As we write these lines, the game brings together approximately 130,000 players simultaneously on Valve's platform.

This is much more than Resident Evil Village and its 106,631 users, or even than Resident Evil 2, which peaked at 74,226 players at launch.

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