The original three Resident Evil games are classics and incredibly influential. It’s vital that important games like these are readily available, and Capcom has a history of re-releasing its older titles on various systems. Now, for the first time, that iconic horror trilogy is available on Steam. Unfortunately, the process hasn’t been perfect.
You can currently get Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on PC for just $4.99! The price will increase to $9.99 on April 15th at 10 AM Pacific Time. All three games offer flexible display options, including different frame rates, resolutions, and aspect ratios, and feature enhancements like VSync, customizable graphics settings, and improved video playback, key binding, and subtitles.
Players Have Issues With the Classic Resident Evil Games on Steam
Despite the release of these games, things aren’t ideal for fans in Raccoon City. As IGN pointed out, all three titles have DRM, aren’t compatible with the Steam Deck, and lack features like cloud saves and the Steam overlay. They also don’t support achievements, mirroring the same problems players experienced with the recent Dino Crisis releases on Steam. Many Steam users have voiced their frustration in reviews, with some urging others to avoid purchasing these ports and criticizing what they see as greedy practices.
GOG, another online game store, also helped bring these older versions to players, having offered them since June 2024. Marcin Paczynski, a manager at GOG, explained that Capcom was hesitant at first, believing the remakes were better. However, after some discussion, Capcom agreed, and Paczynski reports the response has been incredibly positive, with strong sales numbers backing that up.
Since the Steam versions of the game include DRM, and GOG generally avoids it, many players recommend buying the game on GOG instead of Steam if they’re purchasing it for PC rather than resorting to emulation. Plus, some players have even managed to get these older versions, originally released on GOG, working on the Steam Deck.
Whether Capcom will fix these problems is still unknown, but fans are definitely making their frustrations heard. Capcom has struggled with DRM (digital rights management) before. For example, three years after its release, they changed the DRM in the Resident Evil 4 remake – the same DRM now used for the original trilogy’s Steam ports. This change caused noticeable performance issues, as confirmed by tech experts at Digital Foundry. Eventually, Capcom removed the problematic DRM with a quiet update.
Digital Rights Management, or DRM, aims to prevent piracy, but it often ends up annoying paying customers by slowing down games and limiting where they can be played. It feels odd to add these restrictions to older games, and it’s likely to cause a strong negative reaction from players.
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2026-04-03 00:41