Resident Evil 4 Remake Slammed On Steam For New DRM That Makes The Game Run Worse

Capcom swapped Resident Evil 4 Remake's DRM from Denuvo to Enigma, causing significant PC performance drops. Testing shows framerates falling from 140+ to low 90s, with CPU strain increasing by 1.9ms and up to 20% performance loss during gameplay. Digital Foundry called the result "not acceptable" and highlighted a broader issue: publishers treating PC versions as "mutable testbeds" without budgeting DRM resource requirements into performance targets from the start.

Appeared in 2026-02-12.