In just one week since launch, Resident Evil Requiem has rewritten multiple franchise records. The game’s positive reception hasn’t stopped at critics—players have driven it to the top in user ratings as well.

As of the 4th, Resident Evil Requiem is recording a 9.5 user score on Metacritic, marking the highest score ever achieved. This surpasses the 9.4 previously held by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which had remained in the No. 1 spot until recently. It’s a clear indicator that player response to the game is at the very highest level.

What’s more, this user rating is drawing attention because it’s even higher than the critics’ score. Generally, critics’ scores—intended to evaluate a game more holistically—tend to land higher than user scores, which can easily polarize into extremes of 0 and 10 due to review bombing and sharp differences in personal preference. In the case of Resident Evil Requiem, not only is the volume of ratings large at more than 6,000, but the fact that negative reviews account for just 3% played a major role in pushing the score so high. In other words, there were few elements that left enough people dissatisfied to hand out 0s.

In practice, Resident Evil Requiem has addressed the optimization issues that have surfaced across many games in recent years, and its return to Raccoon City delivered a sense of nostalgia that spans the entire series. Despite some lingering disappointment with parts of the story or the appeal of certain villains, praise has continued for how the game successfully captures both horror and action—two defining traits that emerged through the series’ evolution—and brings them together.

Beyond Metacritic, its performance on Steam is also impressive. Over the past weekend, the game hit a peak of 340,000 concurrent players on Steam—an all-time high for the series—and ranked 40th all-time in Steam’s peak concurrent player counts. Steam user reviews remain “Overwhelmingly Positive” as well: out of roughly 45,000 reviews, 96% are positive, sustaining that dominant approval.

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.