Resident Evil Requiem PS5

Capcom has already announced Resident Evil Requiem has sold over five million units since launch last week, and now we know just shy of 200,000 of those sales came from physical copies bought in Japan.

The latest Famitsu sales data, which tracks boxed copies purchased between 23rd February 2026 and 1st March 2026, has the PS5 version selling 155,373 units and the Nintendo Switch 2 version selling 38,793 units. This is the best-selling opening week a Resident Evil game has had in Japan since the launch of the Resident Evil 2 remake in 2019.

The title has done well for itself, but it's still completely dwarfed by the opening weeks for Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6. Looking through the archives, sales data estimates the former sold 391,000 copies in Japan during its opening week, while the latter managed to sell 676,000 units.

Here's how the opening week of Resident Evil Requiem in Japan compares to other recent entries, in terms of physical sales:

  1. Resident Evil 6 — 676,000 copies sold
  2. Resident Evil 5 — 391,000 copies sold
  3. Resident Evil 2 — 252,848 copies sold
  4. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard — 231,188 copies sold
  5. Resident Evil Requiem — 194,166 copies sold
  6. Resident Evil 3 — 189,490 copies sold
  7. Resident Evil 4 — 175,033 copies sold
  8. Resident Evil Village — 149,884 copies sold

Looking at the bigger picture, Capcom has confirmed total Resident Evil Requiem sales worldwide have surpassed five million units. "We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the over five million players who braved the horrors of Resident Evil Requiem," it said on social media. "Thank you for 30 years of support." Available for just two days in February, it was also last month's best-selling digital game on the PS Store in the UK, Europe, and USA.

For more information, click through to our Resident Evil Requiem PS5 review and Resident Evil Requiem guide.

Japan Retail Software Chart: Week Ending 1st March, 2026

  1. [PS5] Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom, 02/27/26) – 155,373
  2. [SW2] Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom, 02/27/26) – 38,793
  3. [PS5] Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Genki, 02/26/26) – 17,669
  4. [SW2] Mario Tennis Fever (Nintendo, 02/12/26) – 12,106 (66,205)
  5. [SW2] Mario Kart World (Nintendo, 06/05/25) – 10,847 (2,846,759)
  6. [NSW] Tales of Berseria Remastered (Bandai Namco, 02/26/26) – 9,798
  7. [NSW] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Square Enix, 02/05/26) – 9,640 (231,718)
  8. [SW2] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Square Enix, 02/05/26) – 8,748 (202,770)
  9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,429 (8,390,892)
  10. [SW2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo, 01/15/26) – 5,950 (78,521)

Japan Hardware Chart: Week Ending 1st March, 2026

  1. Switch 2 – 85,830 (4,579,815)
  2. Switch OLED Model – 10,881 (9,483,819)
  3. Switch Lite – 10,880 (6,877,731)
  4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 8,272 (1,198,192)
  5. PlayStation 5 – 3,996 (5,898,184)
  6. PlayStation 5 Pro – 2,780 (327,394)
  7. Switch – 499 (20,242,439)
  8. Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 307 (28,406)
  9. Xbox Series X – 241 (324,974)
  10. Xbox Series S – 100 (341,193)
  11. PlayStation 4 – 35 (7,930,336)

[source gematsu.com]