A short PS5-exclusive Resident Evil Village demo is now available for free on the PlayStation Store.
Resident Evil Village producer Peter Fabiano revealed the demo during Thursday’s Resident Evil Village Showcase.
The short narrative slice, titled ‘Maiden’, is one of two demos that Capcom plans to make available. This spring, the second demo will hit all platforms ahead of Resident Evil Village’s May release. Right now, PS5 players get the first shot at experiencing the sequel to Resident Evil 7.
Instead of protagonist Ethan Winters, the PS5 demo follows the titular Maiden. It’s a standalone experience set in the same world, much like Resident Evil 7’s ‘Kitchen’ demo. But the way players interact with the demo is drastically different: though ‘Maiden’ is set within the Resident Evil Village universe, it takes a pacifist approach to horror, so there’s no combat, nor the ability to block or fight back in any capacity.
According to Fabiano, the team meant for the demo to act as a way for players to explore the setting of the main game, but eventually grew into something bigger. “The ‘Maiden’ demo doesn’t take place during the main story of ,” he said. “‘Maiden’ was originally designed as a visual demo that would allow you to explore the inside of Dimitrescu Castle, but it evolved to include a short story and puzzle solving.”
