Highlights

  • The Resident Evil franchise hit a rough patch before roaring back with games like RE7 and RE2 remake, signaling a triumphant return for the series.
  • With RE4 remake breaking records, it's likely that RE5 will also get the remake treatment soon, possibly being the next in line for an upgrade.
  • Similar to past remakes, RE5 remake will likely follow certain patterns with its achievements/trophies, including tasks where players finish the game without saving or accessing storage, S rank completions, maxing out inventory space, and so on.

Resident Evil is enjoying an era of success that began around the time of the middle of the previous console generation's cycle and into the present landscape. After weathering a rockier period from around 2009-2012, specifically when RE5 and RE6 were released and received a less-than-warm welcome due to many fans' displeasure with their deviations from the series' survival horror core into more bombastic action territory, developer Capcom turned things around for Resident Evil with the reboot of the franchise in 2017's Resident Evil 7. This was followed two years later by the remake of RE2, widely considered one of the best remakes in the industry to date, and setting the stage for RE's triumphant return.

With 2023's Resident Evil 4 remake becoming the fastest selling RE release, it's pretty much a guarantee that RE5 will be getting the remake treatment eventually, and possible sooner rather than later, according to some reports. Fans are also awaiting news about the next mainline entry, presumably Resident Evil 9, assuming Capcom's pattern of alternating releases between new titles and the numbered remakes holds firm. Though a RE5 remake may have its share of issues carried over from the original that could impact how it ends up, there is another pattern seen in an element of the preceding remakes that it will likely adhere to, namely its achievement/trophy list and requirements.

Though nothing has been officially announced at the time of writing, recent leaks point to there being multiple Resident Evil games currently in the works at Capcom, with the RE5 Remake widely assumed to be among them.

image showing the platinum trophy and achievement in the re4 remake.
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Resident Evil 4 Remake: All Achievements/Trophies (& How to Get Them)

Here’s the complete list of all forty achievements and trophies in the remake of Resident Evil 4, including hidden and secret ones.

Resident Evil 5's Trophy/Achievement List Is Almost a Lock to Resemble Previous Remakes

Resident Evil Remake's Shared/Similar Trophies List

The Resident Evil remakes have seen a consistent pool of similar achievements, albeit with some slightly varied requirements depending on the title. Some of the more major shared trophies from the RE2 remake through RE4 include:

Trophy Title

Requirement

Minimalist

Don't open an item box/use only a knife and handgun (RE4)

Frugalist/I Might Need These Later

Use no/only one (RE3) recovery items.

Sprinter

Complete the game under a certain time limit

Vermin Extermination

Destroy all Mr. Raccoon figures

Goodbye, Charlie!

Destroy all Charlie dolls

Revolution Wind-up

Destroy all Clockwork Castellans toys

Leon "S." Kennedy/Jill Valentine/S+ Rank Investigator

Complete the game with S+ Rank and/or on hardest difficulty

There are also a handful of others across all that have the same general requirement, such as upgrading weapons, expanding inventory to max slots, as well as enemy-specific achievements (shooting Mr. X's hat off in the RE2 remake, or downing Nemesis in RE3, for example.) Certain sections of each game also usually include some for specific segments, like escaping an encounter or solving a puzzle within a time limit etc. Finally, all titles featured a sort of subclass list that, while not tied directly to any trophies, offered a range of additional achievement-like challenges.

Resident Evil 5 Will Likely Follow the Other RE Remakes' Trophy List Closely

If the above can be taken as continuing to be consistent going forward, then regardless of any other updates or changes Capcom might make for the Resident Evil 5 remake, fans can then expect that it's a good bet that it will follow in the other remakes' footsteps and contain most, if not all, of the above listed ones in some form, keeping their broad aspects under the same umbrella.

​​​​​Something else to keep in mind too is that Resident Evil 5 was originally designed with a heavy co-op focus, and though that decision proved somewhat divisive with fans, it may be also be a factor for Capcom to consider regarding if it will also lean into co-cop for its trophy list, which will be interesting to see. In any case, it is a high probability that RE5's all but certain eventual remake will fall in line with previous achievement parameters.