Resident Evil 4

Overview

Resident Evil 4 is a 2005 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the GameCube. Players control the special agent Leon S. Kennedy on a mission to rescue the president of the United States's daughter, Ashley Graham, who has been abducted by a religious cult in rural Spain. Leon fights hordes of enemies infected by a mind-controlling parasite and reunites with the female spy and mercenary Ada Wong. In a departure from the fixed camera angles and slower gameplay of previous Resident Evil games, Resident Evil 4 features a dynamic camera system and action-horror oriented gameplay.

Development began for the PlayStation 2 in 1999. Four proposed versions were discarded. The first was directed by Hideki Kamiya, but the series creator, Shinji Mikami, felt it was too great a departure, so it became a new game, Devil May Cry (2001). Other versions were discarded until Mikami took over as the director. Resident Evil 4 was announced as part of the Capcom Five, a collaboration between Capcom and Nintendo to create five exclusives for the GameCube.

Resident Evil 4 received acclaim for its gameplay, graphics, story, characters, and voice acting, and won multiple Game of the Year awards. It was ported to numerous formats, and became a multi-platform hit, selling 15.2 million copies by March 2025. Resident Evil 4 is widely cited as one of the best and most influential video games ever made. It influenced the evolution of the survival horror and third-person genres, popularizing the "over-the-shoulder" third-person view used in games such as Gears of War, Dead Space, and The Last of Us. Resident Evil 5 was released in 2009 and a remake was released in 2023.

Official trailer

2nd Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE Gameplay Walkthrough FULL GAME [4K 60FPS PS5] - No Commentary, MKIceAndFire. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Developer

Capcom Development Division 1

Publisher

Capcom

Series

Resident Evil

Engine

RE Engine

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ACB

R 18+

PEGI

18

USK

18

GRAC

19+

CERO

Z

CLASS IND

18

ESRB

M

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies47

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

5

Silver

11

Bronze

30

Total

47

Points

1530

Platinum time

50 hours

100% time

62 hours

Difficulty

6 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

7

Playthroughs for 100%

10

New Game Plus

Yes. New Game+ carries treasures, weapons and upgrades. S+ ranks need a fresh New Game.

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Gold Edition

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

Separate Ways adds 7 trophies: 6/10, 3 playthroughs, about 12 hours.

Missable trophies

22

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Region note

Screen languages in the US store.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

The PS4 version has its own list.

Players with the platinum

22.3%

Missable trophies

• A Masterpiece
• Astute Appraiser
• Bandit
• Burglar
• Capacity Compliance
• Hope You Like Thrill Rides!
• Knife Basics
• Minimalist
• My Preferred Piece
• Never Heard It Coming
• Overkill
• Raider
• Real Deadeye
• Revolt Against the Revolting
• Shield Your Eyes
• Silent Stranger
• Smooth Escape
• Talk About Near-Death Experience!
• Trick Shot
• Two Bugs, One Stone
• Wave Goodbye, Right Hand
• You Talk Too Much!

Grind

• Gun Fanatic: obtain all weapons, including the Handcannon

• Cuz Boredom Kills Me Obtain all trophies. Platinum 22.3% of players
• Knife Basics Parry an enemy with a knife. Bronze 91.82% of players
• My Preferred Piece Upgrade a weapon. Bronze 88.71% of players
• A Masterpiece Get the exclusive upgrade for a weapon. Bronze 62.76% of players
• Nice One, Stranger! Complete a request for the Merchant. Bronze 87.64% of players
• Talk About Near-Death Experience! Rescue Ashley as she's being carried away by the enemy. Bronze 83.01% of players
• Revolt Against the Revolting Destroy a Clockwork Castellan. Bronze 80.31% of players
• Harpoon Hurler Defeat Del Lago. Bronze 85.48% of players
• Grilled Big Cheese Defeat Bitores Méndez. Silver 81.35% of players
• Wave Goodbye, Right Hand Defeat the Verdugo. Bronze 50.86% of players
• No Thanks, Bro! Defeat Ramón Salazar. Silver 75.24% of players
• You Used to Be a Good Guy Defeat Jack Krauser. Bronze 73.45% of players
• You're Small Time! Defeat Osmund Saddler. Gold 72.9% of players
• Shield Your Eyes Defeat 3 enemies at once with a flash grenade. Bronze 63.35% of players
• Never Heard It Coming Defeat a Garrador using only knives. Bronze 37.8% of players
• Two Bugs, One Stone Kill 2 parasites inside a Regenerador with a single bullet. Bronze 53.78% of players
• You Talk Too Much! Throw a grenade into Ramón Salazar's mouth. Bronze 38.58% of players
• Overkill Use a cannon to defeat a zealot. Bronze 75.04% of players
• Hope You Like Thrill Rides! Make it through both minecart sections in the underground tunnel without taking any damage. Bronze 36.45% of players
• Capacity Compliance Reach the top of the clock tower without the lift stopping once. Bronze 32% of players
• Smooth Escape Escape on the water scooter without taking any damage. Bronze 39.57% of players
• Astute Appraiser Sell a single treasure for at least 100000 ptas. Bronze 54.51% of players
• Bandit Obtain all treasures indicated on the village treasure map in a single playthrough. Bronze 36.26% of players
• Raider Obtain all treasures indicated on the castle treasure map in a single playthrough. Bronze 32.89% of players
• Burglar Obtain all treasures indicated on the island treasure map in a single playthrough. Bronze 39.97% of players
• Gun Fanatic Obtain all weapons. Bronze 25% of players
• Jack of All Trades Complete all requests from the Merchant. Silver 38.16% of players
• Revolution Wind-up Destroy all Clockwork Castellans. Silver 34.12% of players
• Promising Agent Complete the main story on Standard mode or higher. Bronze 63.85% of players
• Mission Accomplished S+ Complete the main story on Standard mode with an S+ rank. Silver 23.97% of players
• Proficient Agent Complete the main story on Hardcore mode or higher. Silver 36.23% of players
• S+ Rank Investigator Complete the main story on Hardcore mode with an S+ rank. Gold 24.02% of players
• Peerless Agent Complete the main story on Professional mode. Gold 29.73% of players
• Sprinter Complete the main story within 8 hours. Silver 32.53% of players
• Frugalist Complete the main story without using a recovery item. Silver 26.79% of players
• Minimalist Complete the main story using only knives and handguns. (Excluding specific battles.) Silver 26.8% of players
• Silent Stranger Complete the main story without talking to the Merchant once. Silver 27.4% of players
• Amateur Shooter Complete a game at the shooting range. Bronze 82.01% of players
• Real Deadeye Earn an S rank in all games at the shooting range. Gold 31.77% of players
• Trick Shot Shoot through and destroy 5 targets at the shooting range with a single shot. Bronze 39.27% of players
• Giant Slayer Defeat El Gigante in Separate Ways. Bronze 53.52% of players
• "It" Kept You Busy Defeat Pesanta in Separate Ways. Bronze 51.29% of players
• Had Enough of Preachers Defeat Osmund Saddler in Separate Ways. Bronze 50.15% of players
• Capable Operative Complete Separate Ways on Standard mode or higher. Bronze 45.35% of players
• Skilled Agent Complete Separate Ways on Hardcore mode or higher. Bronze 24.89% of players
• The Perfect Mission Complete Separate Ways on Professional mode. Silver 18.87% of players
• Ada the "S+"py Complete Separate Ways on Professional mode with an S+ rank. Gold 15.62% of players

Space and patches

Space needed58.5 GB

Update patch01.590.000

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

One story expansion, Separate Ways, plus cosmetic and weapon packs. The Mercenaries mode was a free update. All still on the PlayStation Store.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
Separate Ways	2023-09-21	Ada Wong's side of the story	US$9.99	Yes
Extra DLC Pack	2023-03-24	Costumes, treasure map expansion, accessory, soundtrack swap and deluxe weapons	US$19.99	Yes
The Mercenaries	2023-04-07	Mercenaries mode	Free	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player, on disc and on the PlayStation Store.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

No online features. The whole game plays offline.

Services

Service	Status
Online features	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer	Capcom
Publisher	Capcom
Directors	Yasuhiro Anpo, Kazunori Kadoi
Producer	Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
Designer	Hidehiro Goda
Programmer	Masatoshi Fukazawa
Artist	Hirofumi Nakaoka
Writer	Matthew Costello
Composer	Kota Suzuki

Credits

Publisher

Capcom

Developer

Capcom Development Division 1

Director

Yasuhiro Anpo, Kazunori Kadoi

Released

2023-03-24

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 19.8 hours