One-off purchase
Resident Evil 2 cost to play
What the original 1998 Resident Evil 2 costs on Steam UK since its 2026 re-release, and its PEGI 18 age rating.
Resident Evil 2 gameplay, images and trailer
© CAPCOM Co., Ltd., Resident Evil 2 trailer “RE2_Claire Intro” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £7.99: Cheapest standard price: Resident Evil 2 (1998) (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 6 h to beat: Main story: 6 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £1.33 an hour: £7.99 ÷ 6 hours (main story)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 21 January 1998
- Developer
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
- Platforms
- PS3, GameCube, PC, PlayStation, PSP, Dreamcast, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS, PS5, Mac, Xbox One
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action, Shooter
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
What Resident Evil 2 costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident Evil 2 (1998) (Steam UK, standard price) | £7.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Resident Evil 2?
Resident Evil 2 takes about 6 hours to finish the main story, and about 16 hours to complete everything.
- Main story6 h
- Main + extras9.5 h
- Completionist16 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£1.33
£7.99 on Steam UK ÷ 6 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Resident Evil 2 is rated
GamesChart Score
87.4, #44 of 3,236 rated games
#2 of 1998 · #4 of the 1990s · #9 in Puzzle · #10 on Mobile
Critics
Players
Built from 176,662 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Includes Resident Evil 2 (2019). Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #43
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Resident Evil 2 questions
How much does Resident Evil 2 cost in the UK?
Resident Evil 2 (1998) (Steam UK, standard price): £7.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Resident Evil 2 free to play?
No. Resident Evil 2 is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Resident Evil 2?
Main story: about 6 hours. Main + extras: about 9.5 hours. Completionist: about 16 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £7.99, that's £1.33 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Resident Evil 2?
Resident Evil 2 is rated PEGI 18.
Who makes Resident Evil 2?
Resident Evil 2 is developed by CAPCOM Co., Ltd..
Resident Evil 2 is a survival horror game in which rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield try to escape a zombie-overrun Raccoon City. It was developed and published by Capcom and first released in 1998 on the original PlayStation. A re-release of the 1998 game, which Steam lists as co-developed by GOG.com, came to Steam on 1 April 2026 and is sold at a one-off price. Capcom's 2019 remake is a separate game with its own store listings.
How it plays
Resident Evil 2 offers two separate adventures. You can play as Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer who arrives for his first day on duty to find carnage, or as Claire Redfield, who is searching for her missing brother. The publisher describes it as a test of survival, with more horror and more mutant creatures than before.
This release includes complete versions of both the original US and Japanese releases. Extra modes are open from the start: the 4th Survivor and Tofu modes, the game's secret scenario, and an Extreme Battle Mode in which you fight through hordes of zombies in a challenge that changes each time you play. There is also a picture gallery.
The PC version adds an improved renderer, a windowed mode, aspect ratio and scaling options, improved cutscenes and subtitles, and better key-binding and audio settings. Steam lists it as single-player with partial controller support, in six languages.
What it costs
At standard price Resident Evil 2 (1998) costs £7.99 on Steam UK. It has no DLC. GOG also sells the 1998 version, but its page didn't show a price in pounds when we checked, so we haven't listed it.
Age rating
The Steam UK store data for the 1998 version shows PEGI 18 for violence and ESRB M for blood and gore and violence. The 2019 remake has its own PEGI 18 rating on pegi.info.
It ranks #44 in our best games of all time ranking.
How we checked
The price is the Steam UK listing, read on 21 October 2026 at standard price. We also checked the GOG store page on the same day. Steam Charts had no data for this Steam listing on 21 October 2026, so this page has no player count. The age rating is from the Steam UK store data. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from CAPCOM Co., Ltd.'s Resident Evil 2 Steam store page. © CAPCOM Co., Ltd. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Official links: Steam
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Resident Evil 2 Steam store screenshots (CAPCOM Co., Ltd.), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Resident Evil 2, published by store.steampowered.com
- GOG – Resident Evil 2, published by gog.com
- PEGI rating – Resident Evil 2 (1998) (Steam UK store data), published by store.steampowered.com
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