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It Takes Two vs Resident Evil 4

It Takes Two is an action-adventure platformer game from Hazelight Studios (2021) while Resident Evil 4 is an action-adventure FPS game from Capcom (2005).

It Takes Two

2021 · Hazelight Studios

8.7GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Resident Evil 4

2005 · Capcom

8.7GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files It Takes Two under Action-Adventure and Platformer. In contrast, it files Resident Evil 4 under Action-Adventure and FPS.

It Takes Two

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Description from its Steam store page

Resident Evil 4

Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

It Takes TwoResident Evil 4
GamingPickz Score8.7/108.7/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (95%, 268,937)Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 274,646)
Critic aggregate89/10091/100
Price$39.99$39.99
Install size50 GB
Steam Deckverifiedverified
Released20212005
DeveloperHazelight StudiosCapcom

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

It Takes Two vs Resident Evil 4, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    It Takes TwoAction-adventure platformer game
    Resident Evil 4Action-adventure FPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    It Takes TwoCo-op, Split Screen, Local Co-Op
    Resident Evil 4Horror, Action, Survival Horror

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    It Takes TwoScore 8.7 · 95% on Steam · 89 critic
    Resident Evil 4Score 8.7 · 97% on Steam · 91 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    It Takes Two268,937 reviews · 1 add-on · 50 GB
    Resident Evil 4274,646 reviews · 27 add-ons

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    It Takes Two$39.99
    Resident Evil 4$39.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    It Takes TwoVerified
    Resident Evil 4Verified

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 0 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

AdventureStory RichAction-AdventureAction

Where they differ

It Takes Two is also

Co-opMultiplayerSplit ScreenLocal Co-OpPuzzleOnline Co-Op

Resident Evil 4 is also

HorrorSurvival HorrorThird-Person ShooterSingleplayerZombiesSurvival

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, It Takes Two is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Resident Evil 4 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

It Takes TwoResident Evil 4
Minimum GPUNvidia GeForce GTX 660AMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB
Minimum CPUIntel Core i3-2100TAMD Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i5-7500
Minimum RAM8 GB8 GB
Install size50 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: It Takes Two · Resident Evil 4.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 3 accessibility features for It Takes Two and 1 for Resident Evil 4. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are It Takes Two and Resident Evil 4 in scope?

It Takes Two has drawn 268,937 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 50 GB. Resident Evil 4 has drawn 274,646 Steam reviews and ships 27 add-ons.

Is It Takes Two or Resident Evil 4 better?

By the GamingPickz Score, It Takes Two rates higher (8.7 to 8.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, It Takes Two or Resident Evil 4?

It Takes Two is cheaper right now at $39.99, against $39.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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