Games like Resident Evil 2
If Resident Evil 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 7 Biohazard — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its graphics are stunning, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Resident Evil 2 is a 2019 action remake developed and published by CAPCOM Co., Ltd., currently priced at $39.99 USD. The game is verified to run on Steam Deck and holds a Metacritic score of 89 alongside a 97% positive rating from over 55,000 Steam reviews. Players navigate non-linear environments where resource management and tactical positioning are essential for survival. Reviewers describe the overall experience as atmospheric, dark, and stressful, with flesh-eating zombies and survival horror elements creating tension throughout. Puzzle-solving, third-person perspective, and gore feature prominently among its mechanics. Players highlight the Ghost Survivors mode as adding significant replay value to the package.
About Resident Evil 2: 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.
Players who liked Resident Evil 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Resident Evil 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Resident Evil 2.
Top pick for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Second-strongest match for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Resident Evil 2.
Third-strongest match for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Ranked #4 for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Ranked #5 for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil 0
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Ranked #6 for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story.
Dead Space
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Back 4 Blood
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Resident Evil 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Resident Evil 2
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Alan Wake
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
The Outlast Trials
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Reviewers of Resident Evil 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Resident Evil 2 at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Priced ~63% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Resident Evil 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Other recommendable Steam games by CAPCOM Co., Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Monster Hunter: World
WHY THIS
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
Monster Hunter Wilds
WHY THIS
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Devil May Cry 5
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Resident Evil 2.
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Resident Evil Requiem
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Resident Evil 2.
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Resident Evil 2.
Another title from CAPCOM Co., Ltd., the studio behind Resident Evil 2. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Resident Evil 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil Village
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Resident Evil 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Resident Evil 2.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Frequently asked about Resident Evil 2
- Is Resident Evil 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Resident Evil 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Resident Evil 2 cost?
- Resident Evil 2 is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Resident Evil 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Resident Evil 2 are Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.
- Who developed Resident Evil 2?
- Resident Evil 2 was developed by CAPCOM Co., Ltd..
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Resident Evil 2.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.