It received generally favorable reviews, with praise for its gameplay, setting, and variety, but criticism for its puzzles, boss fights, and performance issues on the Windows version the increased focus on action divided opinions. Resident Evil Village was announced at the PlayStation 5 reveal event in June 2020 and was released on for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, followed by a macOS version and a cloud version for Nintendo Switch in October 2022. However, it adds more action-oriented gameplay, with higher enemy counts and a greater emphasis on combat. Village maintains survival horror elements from previous Resident Evil games, with players scavenging environments for items and managing resources.
Players control Ethan Winters, who searches for his kidnapped daughter in a village filled with mutant creatures. It is the sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017). Resident Evil Village is a 2021 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom.