Capcom has won the best april fools “joke” For Many players On Steam

Welcome to the arcade. survival-horror fans if you booted up Steam today (April 1, 2026) expecting the usual parade of prank announcements, you probably did a double take when Capcom dropped what might be the most perfectly timed “gotcha” in gaming history. While everyone else was busy fake announcing Resident Evil 9 free dlc releasing today as a dating sim or whatever, Capcom quietly rolled out their Spring Sale and made the original classic Resident Evil games available (and heavily discounted) right on the dot of April Fools’ Day.

Yes, you read that right. The games that started it all the tank controls, the door-loading screens, the amazing “Jill sandwich” dialogue, are now on Steam.

For years, the OG Resident Evil trilogy (plus RE0 and the Director’s Cut versions but we don’t talk about that) lived in that weird “they’re technically there but buried behind remakes” corner of the library. Today? Capcom said “hold my herb” and just… released them properly into the Spring Sale spotlight. We’re talking the 1996 original, the 1998 sequel, the absurdly tense Resident Evil 3 that still hurts the REmake never captured that tense atmosphere with nemesis, and even the prequel that made everyone scared of leeches forever. All of them sitting pretty with massive discounts that honestly feel like the developers are laughing at us in the best possible way for such a surprise.

Players are losing it in the Steam reviews and forums right now. One guy wrote, “I thought this was an April Fools post until I actually added it to cart and the price dropped to $4.99.” Another posted a screenshot of his 20-year-old save file from the PS1 era with the caption “I never thought I’d be scared of a hallway again in 2026.” The community is united: Capcom didn’t just drop a sale… they dropped the ultimate mind game.

And let’s be real this is peak Capcom. They know exactly what they’re doing. They could have picked any random Tuesday in March. Instead they waited until the one day of the year when gamers are conditioned to be suspicious of every announcement, then casually handed us the chance to relive the games that invented the genre. It’s not even a fake out; it’s a real, legitimate sale… on April Fools’ Day. That’s not a joke. That’s psychological T-Virus executed with love.

So if you’ve been putting off revisiting Raccoon City because “the graphics are ancient” or “I already played the remakes,” today is the day. The originals are cheaper than Leon handing you one bullet for your requiem, the nostalgia is stronger than the Weskers voice lines, and the “this has to be a prank” energy is off the charts.

Go. Download. Survive the horror. And thank Capcom for the best non-joke of 2026.

See you in the mansion, survivors. Just remember… the zombies aren’t the only thing waiting for you in the dark today. The sale ends soon too.

RE1 OG https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249100/Resident_Evil_1996/?curator_clanid=33273264

RE2 OG https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249110/Resident_Evil_2_1998/?curator_clanid=33273264

RE3 STAAAAAARRRRRRS
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249120/Resident_Evil_3_Nemesis_1999/?curator_clanid=33273264