Resident Evil RE:Verse servers permanently closed after serving “original purpose”
Capcom shut down the servers forResident EvilRE:Verseon June 15, 2025, less than three years after its release.
Released in 2022 as a free pack-in with copies ofResident Evil Village, the game, designed as a celebration of Resident Evil’s 25th anniversary, was an online-only experience.
Players could either play as the survivors, tasked with escaping a compound by solving puzzles and defeating enemies, or as the infected, preventing the survivors’ escape.
In February 2025, Capcom announced in a now-unavailable blog post, RE:Verse’s end-of-service, stating:
“Resident Evil RE:Verse was developed in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil series, and your overwhelming support for the game has far exceeded our expectations since the time of its release.”
“Now that we’ve reached a new turning point for the series, we feel that Resident Evil Re:Verse has served its original, celebratory purpose admirably.”
The final day
That’s the official reason given by Capcom, but it’s no secret that RE:Verse never quite managed to find an audience. PerSteam Charts, the multiplayer-only title managed to hit an all-time peak of 2,080 players in October 2022.
From December 2022 onwards, it never managed to accrue more than double-digit concurrent player numbers.
As with many games known to be headed for retirement, RE:Verse experienced a 264% surge in interest during its final 24 hours, although this only resulted in a 24-hour peak of 86 players.
If you’re wondering how Steam Charts is still recording players online, it’s assuredly due to the fact that some players still have the game running on the title screen, which Steam counts as active play.
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It’s time to pour one out for RE:Verse, then, but not for Resident Evil as a whole. The franchise is arguably stronger than ever, with Capcom having released astring of critically acclaimed entries. Here’s hoping it strikes gold once more withResident Evil Requiemnext year.
