Resident Evil Requiem ties Clair Obscur at 9.5 on Metacritic

A 9.5 Metacritic user score just landed Resident Evil Requiem in a tie for the highest-rated game ever by players.

Requiem's launch week by the numbers

• Resident Evil Requiem pulled 340K-plus concurrent players on Steam at drop.
• Capcom hasn't put out any official sales data yet.
• PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2 all got it simultaneously.
• Critics and fans are both showering it with love.

Metacritic's all-time user rankings shaken up

• Requiem sits tied at 9.5 with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the top spot.
• Clair Obscur briefly fell behind before clawing back to a deadlock.
• Scores will probably keep leapfrogging as more ratings trickle in.
• Silent Hill 2, Chrono Trigger, and Metal Gear Solid 3 all got bumped down.

Game of the Year race heating up early

• Resident Evil Requiem already looks like a legit 2026 GOTY contender.
• Staying power is the real question for both top-ranked titles.
• Fresh releases rarely jump straight into all-time-great conversations like this.

What the review actually said

• Nathan Birch gave props for stitching a decade of franchise evolution into one beast.
• The scariest and most intense stretches the series has ever delivered got highlighted.
• Some portions land as just okay, but nothing registers as outright bad.
• Requiem should hit enough of the right notes for most longtime fans.