Resident Evil 2
Fair · Shooter · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
A BANGER at $11.46, only fair at $39.99.
- Length
- 8.9h
- Value
- $4.49/hr
- Reviews
- 97% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 460, 26 GB of storage. Windows only.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
What drives the score
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The value story
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $7.99. It has been discounted 70 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 2 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 5 weeks. It becomes a BANGER at $11.46, a level the record has reached 38 times.
On value it sits in the top 22 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Resident Evil ($19.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Resident Evil 0 ($19.99, scores 49).
The press gave it 89; the people who bought it give it 97 percent. An 8-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data says about 10 percent of players ever finish it. On an 8.9-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see. Of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2026 to September 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 653 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 4,603 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic, unlock); the score docks it lightly for that.
Finishing takes 8.9 hours; clearing it takes 37, which is 4.1 times the campaign.
7 years after release it still had 1.1K people in it at once.
At 8.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
95% start to 10% finishMost players never reach the end. On an 8.9-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
1,123 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
This game really reminded me why I like survival horror. It's not just about zombies running at you. It's the constant feeling that you're never fully prepared for what's coming next. You check your inventory, count your bullets, look at the map, and somehow you're still convinced you've forgotten something important. I really enjoyed the whole RPD section. There's something about slowly unlocking more and more of...
I only played Leon's campaign, so I can't say anything about Claire's side of the story. Overall, I had a pretty good time with this game. The story was interesting, and I really liked how the ending left me with that feeling of being betrayed. I won't spoil it, but it definitely made an impression on me. The atmosphere is probably the best part of the game. Everything is dark, creepy, and uncomfortable, and the...
In preperation of the new Resident Evil coming out directed by Zach Cregger, I'm going back and playing the remastered RE's. Starting with 2, then 3. Got both on a deal for less than $20 which was a hell of a deal. Both great games, haven't played 3. Other than it being short I've heard it's good and well made. Excited to finish these then see what Zach's got planned for the series. Cheers!
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Resident Evil 2 scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/883710/resident-evil-2The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 11, price as of Sep 24.
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