Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil Village

Developers
	Capcom
Engines
	RE Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 7, 2021
macOS (OS X)	October 28, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Unlock
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Survival horror
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror, Zombies
Series	Resident Evil

Resident Evil Village is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. It is the eighth main installment in the Resident Evil series, and a narrative sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. The game was announced at the PlayStation 5 reveal event in June 2020 and released on May 7, 2021. It also includes the post-release online multiplayer mode Resident Evil Re:Verse.

A demo version of Resident Evil Village was announced at the Resident Evil Showcase on April 15, 2021. The demo was originally set to be accessible only for 24 hours on May 1, 2021 but due to extensive feedback was made available from May 2, 2021 to May 10, 2021.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Gold Edition also available.
		Gold Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Gold Edition also available.
Humble Store		Gold Edition also available.
Mac App Store
Steam		Gold Edition also available.

All Windows versions require Steam DRM.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the Windows version on April 10, 2023.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires a one-time real-money purchase to play.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Mr. Raccoon Weapon Charm	Pre-order bonus. Available for purchase since July 8, 2021.
Survival Resources Pack	Pre-order bonus. Available for purchase since July 8, 2021.
Trauma Pack	Included in the Deluxe Edition.
Winters’ Expansion	Adds a third-person mode to the main campaign, the additional campaign Shadows of Rose, and three additional characters to Mercenaries mode.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Can purchase various cosmetic DLC for the game using real money purchases.
Unlock	Various DLCs, acquired using real money purchases, give the player various in-game resources, in-game weapons, and unlocks the Village of the Damned difficulty without needing to complete the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.ini
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1196590/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1196590\remote\win64_save
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1196590/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ ultrawide support.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive Fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Trilinear, 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Choice between TAA or TAA + FXAA and additionally SSAA referred to as Image Quality ranging from 0.5-2.0 in 0.1 increments. See Anti-aliasing (AA) to disable AA.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 1.0, MTLFX
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On/off toggle.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Maximum framerate can be set to 30, 60, 120, and variable.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Supported in fullscreen mode. HDR calibration settings within game.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced global illumination, ambient occlusion, and reflections.

Field of view (FOV)

Use REFramework-nightly to modify the general, zoom and global FOV values, plus much more

Use Lazy FoV and Vignette Fix to modify the general and zoom FOV values

Use Flawless Widescreen to modify the general and zoom FOV values

Use Fluffy Manager to modify the normal and aiming FOV values

Anti-aliasing (AA) and Sharpening

Modify the game's executable to disable anti-aliasing and the Sharpening filter.

Download and open this Cheat Engine table. Run the game, and wait for startup videos to be end (or skip them). This is important, otherwise the patch will crash the game. When you'll be at the main menu, click on the checkbox near "Disable_Patch_AA" in the Cheat Engine table. A new memory record called "TAA" will pop up and will be set to 5 (which means it is disabled, along with the sharpening filter) You need to select TAA in the game's graphics menu.

Vignette

Use REFramework Nightly to modify the general, zoom and global FOV values, plus Vignette values

Input

Camera settings

Control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Full key remapping, including the ability to swap left and right mouse buttons with the Mouse Button Inversion option.
Mouse acceleration		Overriding OS options.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis can also be inverted. Both axes can also be inverted together.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Remapping is limited to pre-configured presets.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis can also be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		DualShock 4 controllers can be used by enabling "PlayStation Configuration Support".
DualShock button prompts		No native support for DualShock 4 prompts. Can be modded.
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Steam Controller button prompts

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  Keybinding options

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  Gamepad preset (exemplary for all four presets)

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  Game settings

Audio

Audio settings

Language settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Voice, BGM, Sound Effect, Menu volume from 0-10.
Surround sound		Native support. Additionally, a "Virtual Surround" option is present for headphone surround emulation.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Indonesian				Fan Translation by IGTC Team
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish				Fan translation
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Thai

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		Z3D Officially supported.

Issues unresolved

Performance drops while using ray-tracing

Restarting the game occasionally on long play sessions fixes the issue. Lowering the texture quality option also helps keeping VRAM usage low.

Issues fixed

Ray-tracing grayed out in the options menu

Update Windows 10 to version 2004 or newer.

Crash on startup

Use REFramework

Stuttering (killing enemies, taking damage, etc.)

Use REFramework

Reduce textures setting if graphics card's VRAM is getting exceeded

Crashing at loading screens

Game consistently crashes when Image Quality is set specifically to 1.3 with RT enabled. Disable RT or set Image Quality to any value other than 1.3

Tested on AMD Radeon RX6950XT & Ryzen 5800X System with SAM enabled on Driver Version 23.4.2

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12
Metal support

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise	With Convolution Reverb and Microsoft Spatial Sound plug-ins.
Cutscenes	Windows Media Video

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-7500 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD Radeon RX 560 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 5700

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is required to support ray tracing.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	12.0
Processor (CPU)	Apple M1
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	27.4 GB