Resident Evil Village

Three years after the events at the Baker estate: Ethan Winters has settled into life with his wife Mia and their newborn daughter Rosemary. The idyll falls apart in a single night. Chris Redfield bursts into the house, and soon Ethan comes to in the middle of a snowy village, where four Lords, a cult and the mysterious Mother Miranda await him.

The campaign takes 12-15 hours on a first playthrough. The whole game is played strictly in first person, with no separate cutscenes: the world is seen only through Ethan's eyes. After the introduction to the village, the four Lords' domains open in any order.

Each Lord brings a different kind of fear: Castle Dimitrescu is a gothic mansion with chases (Alcina Dimitrescu became a viral phenomenon even before release), House Beneviento is psychological horror without weapons, Reservoir Moreau is body horror, and Heisenberg's factory is industrial action with monsters of iron and flesh. The finale is a fight with Mother Miranda and the climax of Ethan's story.

The base version includes the arcade mode The Mercenaries with a timer, enemy placement and global leaderboards. Official Russian voice-over: Capcom released dubbing in 15 languages at the same time, and the community singles out the voices of Heisenberg and the Duke.

What is included (Standard Edition): the main campaign + The Mercenaries. The Winters' Expansion add-on (appid 1731080) adds a third-person view for the whole campaign, Shadows of Rose (playing the adult Rose, ~3-4 hours, events 16 years later) and an expanded Mercenaries with playable Dimitrescu, Heisenberg and Chris.

This is a game people start "just to take a look" and finish at 3 a.m.: every Lord ends at the most interesting point.

Survive in a cursed village ruled by four Lords. Official Russian voice-over, 15+ hours of campaign, one of the strongest horror games of the decade. 14.9 million copies sold, "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating on Steam.