Capcom Adds All 3 OG Resident Evil Games to Steam, but There's a Catch

Surprise! The first three instalments of Capcom's storied Resident Evil franchise — 1996's Resident Evil 1, 1998's Resident Evil 2, and 1999's Resident Evil 3: Nemesis — are now available to play on Steam. From today, the games are available for $9.99 each, but all are currently for sale with 50% off, dropping the price to a collective $14.97 for the full OG trilogy. The first game — which spawned not just a franchise, but an entire genre — sees you join the Alpha Team of Raccoon City's Special Tactics and Rescue Service (STARS): Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, Joseph Frost, Brad Vickers, and Albert Wesker. Deployed to the Arklay Mountains, together they explore Spencer Mansion in search of the missing Bravo Team. Resident Evil 2 picks up a couple of months after the events of the first and is our first introduction to Resident Evil: Requiem co-lead Leon Kennedy, and Chris Redfield's sister, Claire. The third sees you reunite with Jill Valentine again and take on one of gaming's most stubborn antagonists, bioweapon Nemesis. Despite the initial excitement, however, some are reporting that the Steam editions have "unnecessary" DRM protections and don't "work at all on S