Resident Evil 7: Biohazard


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Key points

Features many PC-specific customization options.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere^[2], Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on January 28, 2019.^[3]

Demo version is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Banned Footage Vol.1
Banned Footage Vol.2
End of Zoe
Not A Hero	Free.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Steam	<path-to-game>\re7_config.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/418370/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\418370\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/418370/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Other aspects than 16:9 are letter/pillarboxed.^[1] See the Mod DB files.
Multi-monitor		See the Mod DB files.
Ultra-widescreen		See the Mod DB files.
4K Ultra HD		^[1]
Field of view (FOV)	70-90°. See RE7 FOV & AR Trainer.
Windowed	^[1]
Borderless fullscreen windowed	^[1]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Listed as Texture Filtering.^[1]
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, TAA, FXAA+TAA, SMAA, and SSAA/Resolution Scaling.^[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)	^[1]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	^[1] Can be set to 30, 60 or Variable.^[1] Menu is capped at 100.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Post-processing

Disable post-process effects^{[citation needed]}

Download Resident Evil 7 3D Vision fix.
Extract the contents to the installation folder.

Hotkeys

F4: SMAA toggle. Not disabled by default.

F5: Barrel distortion toggle. Disabled by default.

F6: Vignette toggle. Disabled by default.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by setting the launch option `+set m_smooth 0`.^{[citation needed]}
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Triggers and sticks can not be swapped for lefties.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Mouse disables when trying to use KB+M with Steam Controller.^[4]

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Activating volume/loudness equalization under Windows sound settings/Soundcard driver is worth a try for better audio immersion in RE7.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output.^[5]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Uses Yamaha ViReal for HRTF.^[6]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Fan voice-over by «Team Raccoon».
Spanish

VR support

Resident Evil 7 VR is exclusive to PlayStation VR for a year.^[7]

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Resident Evil 7 biohazard.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Low frame rate

Enable Shadow Cache^{[citation needed]}
May increase loading stutter. Causes high VRAM usage.

Lighting issues/missing flashlight

On some systems, the flashlight beam may be missing entirely and indoor lighting is generally glitchy.

Disable Subsurface Scattering and/or Set Reflections to 'Off' and/or Set Framerate to 'Variable'^{[citation needed]}

DLC / Season Pass / Gold Edition Content won't download / install from Microsoft Store

Install the game and DLC to your System (Windows) drive

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 2.70 GHz AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	24 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 470 3 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/418370/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (418370) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/418370/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (418370) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/418370/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (418370) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[graphics_options-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 Resident Evil 7 PC Demo out on Dec. 19th, 2016 - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard / BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil

[connection-2] Phil Spencer: Resident Evil 7 confirmed for Xbox Play Anywhere (buy once, play on Windows 10/Xbox One)

[3] RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard / BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil Displaying change #U:9973659 - last accessed on 2019-01-28

[5] Game doesn't support simultaneous mouse, keyboard and gamepad control input

[6] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[7] Resident Evil 7: Biohazard [バイオハザード7] with 3D spatial sound (Yamaha ViReal HRTF)

[8] Resident Evil 7 VR is 'exclusive to PlayStation VR' for a year | PC Gamer

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Developers

	Capcom
Not a Hero	HexaDrive
Publishers
	Capcom
Engines
	RE Engine
Release dates
Windows	January 24, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	80