The Resident Evil 2 remaster released last night, and the PC version took just a few hours to become one of Capcom’s most-played Steam games ever. Last night, the game’s player count peaked at more than 55,000 players, and is still performing well this morning.

According to Steam’s own game stats, Resident Evil 2 reached a concurrent player peak of 55,164, making it the ninth most-played game on the platform last night, just behind Team Fortress 2 (which is somehow still pulling in the best part of 60,000 players ten years after its release).

At time of writing, the game is still going strong, with a player count well in excess of 40,000, and I expect it’ll continue to rise over the weekend. More impressive, however, is the fact that Resident Evil 2’s launch figures make it the second-most successful Steam game in Capcom history, with figures that also make it one of the most successful Japanese launches on the platform, behind the launches of other major franchises including Metal Gear Solid and Dark Souls.

In Capcom terms, it still sits behind the enormously successful launch of Monster Hunter: World, which peaked at 329,000 players last year and was still boasting more than 50,000 overnight. Compared to other entries in the Resident Evil series, it’s a huge success, more than tripling the figures achieved by Resident Evil 7 in 2017.

As some fans have pointed out, those sales make it likely we’ll see more Resi remakes in the coming years, with Resident Evil 3 likely to be first in line for an overhaul.

Those numbers are backed up by a very impressive game. Chris’ take on the game’s gore in his Resident Evil 2 PC review was extremely on-brand, and our Resident Evil 2 scores round-up suggests his enthusiasm was shared by plenty of other critics. Even if Leon has some terrible one-liners.