Don't hold your breath for a Resident Evil 5 remake

If you've been waiting for Capcom to follow its acclaimed RE4 remake with a Resident Evil 5 remake, that wait is likely much longer than expected. Insider Dusk Golem — who has a strong track record on Capcom leaks — posted on ResetEra / Dusk Golem that there is currently no strong internal desire at the company to remake RE5, let alone RE6. For fans who assumed the studio was simply working through the numbered series in order, this clears things up.

Not next in line

Capcom confirmed Resident Evil Code: Veronica at Summer Game Fest 2025, with a 2027 release window. According to Dusk Golem, RE0 follows around 2028, and a remake of the original Resident Evil — itself already remastered in HD in 2002 — is expected somewhere between 2030 and 2031. RE5 doesn't appear anywhere in that pipeline.

The reasoning, per Twisted Voxel, is that Capcom greenlights remakes based on a combination of fan demand and internal developer enthusiasm — not by working through a back-catalogue checklist. The teams behind RE2 and RE4's remakes wanted to make those games. Right now, the equivalent passion inside the studio is apparently pointing toward a Resident Evil Revelations remake, not RE5.

As Dusk Golem put it: "I think a Resident Evil 5 remake will happen one day due to high fan demand. But right now, as far as I know, there isn't a strong desire within Capcom to work on that specific game. The team has other projects they're more interested in."

The RE5 problem

RE5 is Capcom's best-selling numbered entry with over 19 million copies sold, so commercial logic alone would suggest a remake makes sense. But the game's Africa setting and enemy designs have drawn ongoing criticism, and any remake team would have to make deliberate choices about how to handle that legacy. That reputational complexity may be one reason no one inside the studio is raising their hand to lead the project.

What this means

Capcom's remake strategy is selective by design. If you're a Code: Veronica fan, 2027 looks good. If RE5 is your game, there's no roadmap to point to — and no official word from Capcom itself, since all of this comes through insider channels rather than any company announcement. Fan pressure has moved Capcom before; Veronica, Zero, and the RE1 remake are all reportedly fan-driven. Whether RE5's fanbase can generate the same pull remains to be seen.