Resident Evil 4 MOD APK (Classic Android Port)

The description of Resident Evil 4 MOD APK (Classic Android Port)

Resident Evil 4 MOD APK is Capcom's 2005 survival-horror classic in the one form it ever reached Android: the old mobile port, packaged as an APK. There is no current Google Play release and no Android version of the 2023 remake, so an APK is the only way Leon's campaign lands on an Android phone at all, that is exactly why this page exists.

Read this before you download. The build listed here is under review by our editors, and the mobile port itself is a 2013 release that Capcom pulled from stores years ago. Below we explain what the Android version of Resident Evil 4 actually is, what to expect on a modern phone, and where the honest limits are, no marketing, just the facts we can stand behind.

What is Resident Evil 4 on Android?

Resident Evil 4 on Android is a cut-down mobile port of the console game, released in Japan in 2013 under the name Biohazard 4 Mobile with the package jp.co.capcom.android.googleplay.bio4. It never launched worldwide, and it was later removed from the store, so today it survives only as an APK passed around outside official channels.

It is still the real game underneath, not a clone. You play Leon S. Kennedy on the mission to rescue the president's daughter: the opening village, the castle, the island, boss fights, the Merchant and his shop, and the weapon-upgrade system that fans remember. The graphics are simpler than on consoles and parts of the campaign were trimmed for phones of that era, but the core loop is Resident Evil 4.

One thing to clear up, because it is the most common mix-up: the Resident Evil 4 Remake from 2023 is a different product, and it is not on Android. Capcom released the remake on iPhone, iPad and Mac only. If you are picturing the modern, high-detail RE4, that game does not run on Android in any form, what you get here is the older 2013 port.

What the MOD gives you

Resident Evil 4 is an offline, single-player game, so a MOD here means built-in cheats rather than any online currency. The kind of tweaks that circulate for this port are what you would expect for a survival-horror game:

Two honest notes. First, exactly which of these the file on this page carries is listed in the MOD info line at the top, and that file is currently being re-checked by our editors, so treat the label as provisional until we confirm it. Second, a MOD cannot add remake content, new areas or online features that were never in this port; it only toggles what the 2013 game already had.

How to install Resident Evil 4 on Android

The mobile port normally ships as two parts, an APK plus an OBB data file, and both would come from this page. The steps are the same as any large Android game:

1. Tap the green Download button at the top of this page. If an OBB file is listed below it, grab that too, the game needs both.
2. Allow installation from unknown sources for your browser or file manager (Settings → Security).
3. Place the OBB in the Android/obb/jp.co.capcom.android.googleplay.bio4 folder if the download includes one.
4. Install the APK and launch the game.

First time dealing with an OBB? Our APK & OBB install guide walks through the same steps with screenshots.

Now the part we will not sugar-coat: this is a 2013 build, and old ports do not always agree with Android 13, 14 or 15. Some users report the game opening to a loading or download screen that never finishes. We are testing the current file to see how far it actually gets on modern hardware, and we will note the result here honestly rather than promise it "just works". If it fails on your device, that is a known risk with a port this old, not something you did wrong.

Why Resident Evil 4 is not on Google Play

The short version: Capcom delisted the mobile port, and it was only ever sold in Japan to begin with, so there is no Google Play listing to send you to anywhere in the world. That is the whole reason a game this famous is only findable as an APK. We are not presenting this as an official download and we make no claim to represent Capcom, the page states plainly what the file is and where it came from. If Capcom ever brings Resident Evil 4 back to Android officially, buying it there would be the way to go.

Tips for playing RE4 on a touchscreen

Resident Evil 4 was built for a controller, so the touchscreen port takes a few minutes to get used to. A few things that help:

• Turn on aim assist in the options if it is available, the port's manual aiming is fiddly on glass, and assist saves a lot of missed shots.
• Aim for the legs, then move in for the melee kick. It saves ammo, which matters on a small screen where precise headshots are hard.
• Do not hoard healing herbs and ammo the way you might on console. Cramped controls mean you will take more hits, so spend what you pick up.
• Save often at the typewriter. Old ports can crash, and there is no shame in a fresh save before a boss.

MOD or wait for an official version?

If you want to replay the classic Resident Evil 4 on your phone and you accept that it is an old, unofficial port with rough edges, the APK on this page is the only route Android has. If you would rather have a polished, supported version, the honest answer is to wait, the 2023 remake is on Apple devices for now, and nothing official has been announced for Android. For more console-grade action on Android, see God of War, and if it is horror you are after, try Granny MOD or Horrorfield, or browse more action games in the catalog.