From (even) Sexier Leon to Arachnophobia tampering, here are the best Resident Evil Requiem mods I’ve found

Resident Evil Requiem is already one of the most popular games in an ever-popular series, if you don't count Resident Evil 6. It can, however, get even better, or be different, at the very least. So, let's look at its best mods.Play the entire game as Leon Research not funded by Umbrella has been conducted, and one of the main reasons Requiem was such a big hit is something scientists call the “Leon factor”. I don’t know if that’s entirely true, but I know Leon is a tremendously popular character that everyone loves to play as, but RE9 isn’t a Leon-only RE game. This mod fixes that problem by making RE9 a Leon-only campaign that skips over all of Grace's segments. If that's not enough Leon for you, there's also...Shirtless Leonhttps://youtu.be/reLkZdpzS54 It's exactly what the name says, with the bonus of letting players wear Leon's gun holsters or his coat. It's as simple as it gets, and somehow it’s one of the most popular mods out there. People really like Leon. Now, if you want even more Leon, why not simply replace Grace entirely?Mod that lets you play as Leon in Grace’s sections Image via Capcom Grace is a great character with many great sections in Resident Evil Requiem, and skipping them would be a mistake. Full Playable Leon doesn’t simply put Leon in Grace’s shoes; it swaps the models while keeping Grace’s animations. The result pokes fun at the obvious imbalance in badassness between the two main characters, and has Leon looking like an incredibly scared kitty most of the time. I love it because the game’s native animations are so good that the mod finally allows us to see what Leon would look like if he were to ever get scared. Also, you get to see two Leons working together, how's that for "Leon factor?" Image via Capcom And if you're into Leon's gameplay, there's also a mod where we get to play as Grace as if she were Leon, meaning she goes from mostly helpless to a killing and suplexing machine, like if she’d been through the same training as Leon had between Resident Evil 2 and 4.All the arachnophobia mods Image via Capcom It seems as if there are monsters that people like to face, such as skinless hulks that’ll lick you to death, huge beasts that’ll crush your skull with one hand, and putrid once-humans who’re out there to eat you alive, and then monsters too scary even for many hardened gamers, like regular spiders. That’s right, gamers really don’t like spiders, so modders have already come up with not one, but a plethora of mods to make spiders more palatable. So far, you can replace a spider with more Mr. X, Thomas the Tank Engine, or something akin to the smoke monster from Lost.Realistic headshots I love Resident Evil 4, but it introduced hard-headed zombies, and I really need my zombies to die with one headshot. Seeing zombies that can casually shrug away my John Wick-level headshots is a huge turnoff, and the realistic headshots mod fixes that simple-but-relevant problem.More zombies If you’re that good at pulling off headshots and think that the mod above will make things too easy for you, then, well, get more targets. The post From (even) Sexier Leon to Arachnophobia tampering, here are the best Resident Evil Requiem mods I’ve found appeared first on Destructoid.

Mar 24, 2026 - 01:35

From (even) Sexier Leon to Arachnophobia tampering, here are the best Resident Evil Requiem mods I’ve found

Resident Evil Requiem is already one of the most popular games in an ever-popular series, if you don't count Resident Evil 6. It can, however, get even better, or be different, at the very least. So, let's look at its best mods.

Play the entire game as Leon

Research not funded by Umbrella has been conducted, and one of the main reasons Requiem was such a big hit is something scientists call the “Leon factor”. I don’t know if that’s entirely true, but I know Leon is a tremendously popular character that everyone loves to play as, but RE9 isn’t a Leon-only RE game. This mod fixes that problem by making RE9 a Leon-only campaign that skips over all of Grace's segments.

If that's not enough Leon for you, there's also...

Shirtless Leon

https://youtu.be/reLkZdpzS54 It's exactly what the name says, with the bonus of letting players wear Leon's gun holsters or his coat. It's as simple as it gets, and somehow it’s one of the most popular mods out there. People really like Leon.

Now, if you want even more Leon, why not simply replace Grace entirely?

Mod that lets you play as Leon in Grace’s sections

Image via Capcom Grace is a great character with many great sections in Resident Evil Requiem, and skipping them would be a mistake.

Full Playable Leon doesn’t simply put Leon in Grace’s shoes; it swaps the models while keeping Grace’s animations. The result pokes fun at the obvious imbalance in badassness between the two main characters, and has Leon looking like an incredibly scared kitty most of the time. I love it because the game’s native animations are so good that the mod finally allows us to see what Leon would look like if he were to ever get scared. Also, you get to see two Leons working together, how's that for "Leon factor?"

Image via Capcom And if you're into Leon's gameplay, there's also a mod where we get to play as Grace as if she were Leon, meaning she goes from mostly helpless to a killing and suplexing machine, like if she’d been through the same training as Leon had between Resident Evil 2 and 4.

All the arachnophobia mods

Image via Capcom It seems as if there are monsters that people like to face, such as skinless hulks that’ll lick you to death, huge beasts that’ll crush your skull with one hand, and putrid once-humans who’re out there to eat you alive, and then monsters too scary even for many hardened gamers, like regular spiders. That’s right, gamers really don’t like spiders, so modders have already come up with not one, but a plethora of mods to make spiders more palatable. So far, you can replace a spider with more Mr. X, Thomas the Tank Engine, or something akin to the smoke monster from Lost.

Realistic headshots

I love Resident Evil 4, but it introduced hard-headed zombies, and I really need my zombies to die with one headshot.
Seeing zombies that can casually shrug away my John Wick-level headshots is a huge turnoff, and the realistic headshots mod fixes that simple-but-relevant problem.

More zombies

If you’re that good at pulling off headshots and think that the mod above will make things too easy for you, then, well, get more targets.

The post From (even) Sexier Leon to Arachnophobia tampering, here are the best Resident Evil Requiem mods I’ve found appeared first on Destructoid.

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