Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Ethan Winters is on a journey to find his wife, Mia, who has been missing for years, when he discovers a suspect family with an evil secret. Elements in this game include insects, kidnapping, torture, eye trauma, and heavy gore & horror. Players must also utilize 'drugs' to upgrade character features and heal.

• Release date: 01-24-2017
• Developer: Capcom
• Publisher: Capcom
• Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PSVR, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Triggers for this game

Animals & Wildlife

• Arachnids

  Marguerite's level features a lot of spiders and spider imagery

  • Can't be avoided

• Birds

  Dead or alive. May be seen munching on carcasses.

  • Can't be avoided

• Insects

  Cockroaches often run out from rotting food or dirty areas. Marguerite's level features a lot of insects (spiders, bees, centipedes). Spiders and bees will attack you.

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Animals & Critters

  Taxidermied deer, dead fish

  • Can't be avoided

• Rodents

  Rats and rat noises

  • Can't be avoided

Crime

• Attacks on Law Enforcement

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  Jack kills a local police officer

  • Can't be avoided

• Being Held Against Will

  • Can't be avoided

• Explosions & Bombs

  Extra explosions in Lucas' level (TV explodes after viewing, and explosive wire traps and supply boxes)

  • Can't be avoided

• Fights

  • Can't be avoided

• Guns & Shooting

  Pistols, shotguns, flamethrowers, grenade launchers

  • Can't be avoided

• Hostage Situation

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  Lucas holds both Mia and Zoe hostage to get Ethan to cooperate

  • Can't be avoided

• Kidnapping

  • Can't be avoided

• Murder

  • Can't be avoided

• Theft

  • Can't be avoided

• Torture

  • Can't be avoided

Death & Loss

• Abandonment

  Depending on player choice

  • Is avoidable

• Death of Friend

  Depending on player choice

  • Is avoidable

• Death of Parent

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Spouse or Partner

  • Can't be avoided

• Drowning

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  Forced under water while discovering the ship with possible inferred drowning.

  • Can't be avoided

• Missing Person(s)

  Mia

  • Can't be avoided

Disturbing Sounds & Sound Design

• Clicking Sounds

  • Can't be avoided

• Distorted Voices

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Eerie Noises

  Eerie music

  • Can't be avoided

• Scratching

  • Can't be avoided

• Screams

  • Can't be avoided

• Sirens & Alarms

  An alarm goes off on the shipwreck for several minutes

  • Can't be avoided

• Wet Sounds

  • Can't be avoided

Drugs & Alcohol

• Alcohol Consumption

  Beer drinking in cut scenes

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Drugs & Alcohol Content

  Must use drugs to level up certain character features and heal

  • Can't be avoided

Financial & Resource Management

• Scarcity

  Resources, ancient coins (for character upgrades)

  • Can't be avoided

Gore

• Amputation

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  In the first section of the game, Mia cuts off Ethan's left hand with a chainsaw. Following this, Jack cuts off Lucas' hand at the dinner table during a cut scene.

  • Can't be avoided

• Beheading

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  Jack beheads a local police officer using a shovel

  • Can't be avoided

• Blood

  Blood spatter appears on screen when your character is injured, getting more intense as your injuries progress. Can be lessened in settings

  • Has options to lessen

• Body Horror

  Lucas pulls out 2 of his own fingernails on camera

  • Can't be avoided

• Cannibalism

  Possible cannibalism of dead bodies

  • Can't be avoided

• Dismemberment

  Have to collect dismembered body parts to advance the story. Disembodied & whole mannequins throughout levels.

  • Can't be avoided

• Guts

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Gore

  Dig through a backed up toilet. Multiple instances of people set on fire.

  • Can't be avoided

• Viscera

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  In one section, you must stick your hand down a decapitated head's neck hole

  • Can't be avoided

Hate & Discrimination

• Ableism

  Sanism

  • Can't be avoided

• Appearance Discrimination

  • Can't be avoided

• Classism

  • Can't be avoided

• Dehumanization & Objectification

  • Can't be avoided

• Hateful Imagery

  In the main house, there is a statue of a Confederate soldier holding a shotgun

  • Can't be avoided

Horror Themes

• Chase & Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

• Infection Horror

  In flashbacks and on video tape

  • Can't be avoided

• Jump Scares

  • Can't be avoided

• Mind Control

  Eveline can control minds of people affected by the Molded

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Horror Themes

  Bleeding from eyes, eating decaying food, eating misc. guts and body parts of unknown origin

  • Can't be avoided

• Monsters

  The Molded are tall, human-like creatures made of a black, goopy-looking moss or mold-like substance. Multiple other monsters are present, including a giant tentacle monster.

  • Can't be avoided

• Psychological Horror

  • Can't be avoided

• Zombies & Undead

  • Can't be avoided

Mental Health

• Family References

  You have to deal with the Baker family throughout the game, and they are implied to be less-than-sane

  • Can't be avoided

• Hallucinations

  Mia has hallucinations and flashes of Eveline

  • Can't be avoided

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

  Flashbacks of traumatic events

  • Can't be avoided

Non-Sexual Abuse & Violence

• Altercations

  • Can't be avoided

• Assault

  • Can't be avoided

• Bullying

  • Can't be avoided

• Domestic Violence

  The Baker family is incredibly violent towards each other, including amputating and other physical violence

  • Can't be avoided

• Emotional Abuse

• Gaslighting

  • Can't be avoided

• Harassment

  • Can't be avoided

• Magical Violence

  • Can't be avoided

• Manipulation

  • Can't be avoided

• Mutilation

  • Can't be avoided

Phobias

• Acrophobia

  Many falls from 10 feet or higher throughout the story

  • Can't be avoided

• Agliophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Agoraphobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Arachnophobia

  Marguerite's level features a lot of insects, including spiders who will attack you

  • Can't be avoided

• Automatonophobia

  Robot during the "Happy Birthday" playable video

  • Can't be avoided

• Claustrophobia

  Must squeeze through spaces between walls, under floor boards, and in vent shafts

  • Can't be avoided

• Emetophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Hemophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Katsaridaphobia

  Cockroaches often run out from rotting food or dirty areas

  • Can't be avoided

• Melissophobia

  Marguerite's level features a lot of insects, including bees who will attack you

  • Can't be avoided

• Merinthophobia

  Multiple characters tied up during game play and cut scenes

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Phobias

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  Amychophobia: Fear of scratches, Angrophobia: Fear of anger or becoming angry, Antlophobia: Fear of floods, Aquaphobia: Fear of water, Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty, Basophobia: Fear of falling, Botanophobia: Fear of plants, Carnophobia: Fear of meat, Chemophobia: Fear of chemicals, Chronomentrophobia: Fear of clocks, Cleptophobia: Fear of stealing, Climacophobia: Fear of climbing, Dendrophobia: Fear of trees, Dysmorphophobia: Fear of a real or imaginary body defect, Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents, Entomophobia: Fear of insects, Gelotophobia: Fear of being laughed at, Globophobia: Fear of balloons, Helminthophobia: Fear of worms, Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles, Homichlophobia: Fear of fog, Hoplophobia: Fear of firearms, Hylophobia: Fear of forests, Koniophobia: Fear of dust, Lepidopterophobia: Fear of butterflies and moths, Musophobia: fear of mice or rats, Nyctohylophobia: fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night, Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes, Ornithophobia: Fear of birds, Pediophobia: fear of dolls, Pharmacophobia: fear of drugs, Pyrophobia: Fear of fire, Scatophobia: fear of fecal matter, Hylophobia: Fear of wooded areas, Zelophobia: Fear of jealousy, Tokophobia: Fear of pregnancy (references to Mia possibly being pregnant)

  • Can't be avoided

• Necrophobia

  Have to explore a morgue and a dissection room, along with encountering multiple dead bodies

  • Can't be avoided

• Nyctophobia

  Several very dark levels, especially while exploring the shipwreck

  • Can't be avoided

• Ommetaphobia

  Monsters with random eyeballs are the trademark of the G-virus

  ShowHide potential spoilers or triggers

  Early in the game, Jack murders a local police officer by using a shovel to cut his head in half, also cutting through his eyeballs/sockets. Later in the game when you battle mutated Jack, you must shoot the many eyeballs on his body.

  • Can't be avoided

• Thalassophobia

  Flooded areas (basements, under floor boards)

  ShowHide potential spoilers or triggers

  Mutilated Jack forces you under the water during boss fight. Forced under water while discovering the ship with possible inferred drowning.

  • Can't be avoided

• Traumatophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Trypanophobia

  Must use drugs to level up certain character features and heal

  • Can't be avoided

• Trypophobia

  Marguerite's level features doors with many tiny holes in them where spiders can reside

  • Can't be avoided

Physical Health & Body Issues

• Acquired Disability

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  Ethan's left hand is amputated during the beginning scenes of the game. For a short time, he no longer has this hand. Afterwards, it has been re-attached. As you play the game, you continue to see the seems holding his hand onto his wrist.

  • Can't be avoided

• Body Modification

  Amputations, forced tattoos

  • Can't be avoided

• Pain & Physical Suffering

  • Can't be avoided

Traumatic Events

• Accidents

  Shipwreck

  • Can't be avoided

• Human Experimentation

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Traumatic Events

  • Can't be avoided

• Structure Fire

  Multiple structure fires, including during boss fights

  • Can't be avoided

War & Military

• Civil War

  In the main house, there is a statue of a Confederate soldier holding a shotgun

  • Can't be avoided

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