All Resident Evil games from the worst to the best

Zombies and monsters, labyrinthine corridors, closed doors, conspiracy and betrayal, secret laboratories, multinational companies and the heroes who fight them. These keywords evoke one of the most popular video game series in history: “Resident Evil”, which is known as “Biohazard” in the country of its birth in Japan.

Resident Evil, the founder of the survival horror genre, turns 30 years old this year, and on the occasion of this 30th anniversary, Capcom has many plans, the main of which is the release of “Resident Evil 9” or “Resident Evil Requiem”.

In this ranking, by examining everything that is important in a video game, from story, gameplay to environment design, character and sound, we ranked the Resident Evil series from the last to the first to reach Resident Evil 9, and in the future we will write what position this game has achieved among all the titles on this list.

20. Resident Evil 6 (Resident Evil 6)

Publication year: 2012
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

The presence of Resident Evil 6 at the bottom of the ranking is not surprising. Although I played it many times in different eras and enjoyed the action and political story and the character and voice of “Derek Simmons” in the role of the bad guy, I must say that the multitude of main characters from Chris, Leanne and Ida to the so-called legacy characters like Sherry and Jake (voiced by young Troy Baker) and the twisting and turning adventures, falling into the abyss of pure action without any sense of fear and anxiety, the gameplay is a failure. and Unplayable inflicted deadly blows on Resident Evil and even pushed it to the border of farewell, but Resident Evil eventually survived the work blows and 6 conspiracies just like its heroes. Resident Evil 6 is at the bottom of the table, not because it’s a bad game (which it is), but because it failed to live up to the expectations it created. Resident Evil 6 is number 20 in our list, but it is not twenty in any way.

19. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles)

Publication year: 2007
Platforms: Nintendo Wii

This railgun shooting game (one of those games that moves by itself and you aim and shoot), tells the story of the rise and fall of the Umbrella Company, was made especially for the cool Nintendo V console, and includes Resident Evil Zero, One and Three. The Umbrella Chronicles concludes with a new story set in Russia that reveals how series villain Albert Wesker took over Resident Evil 4’s Umbrella control room. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles is interesting just for the memory of playing and experiencing a new model of Resident Evil, but it does not have the spirit of the series. Even though his team is very tough and has a different experience for the player, but struggling with it makes it difficult to enjoy the game.

18. Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles)

Publication year: 2009
Platforms: Nintendo Wii

The game “Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles” is a continuation of the previous part, Umbrella Chronicles, only gives players control of the shooting target and tells the adventures of Resident Evil 2 and Code: Veronica and the new story of Krauser and Leanne’s mission, and although it is devoid of the spirit of Resident Evil, it offers a better experience than its previous game to enjoy on its console.

17. Resident Evil Outbreak (Resident Evil Outbreak)

Publication year: 2004
Platforms: PlayStation 2

Capcom continued its experiments with the previous consoles and daily streams, and made an online multiplayer Resident Evil called “Resident Evil Outbreak” (Resident Evil Outbreak) for PlayStation 2, the story of which takes place on the night of the outbreak of viruses in Raccoon City. In this game, we control different people from student girl and mechanic man to the police. One of these characters is Alisa Ashcroft, yes you heard it right, “Ashcroft” and this journalist is none other than the mother of “Grace Ashcroft”, the main character of Resident Evil 9, and that’s why we classified this game among the main games of Resident Evil, because with the presence of Alisa’s daughter, the story of this game has become “Canon” in the continuation of the story of the main characters and the so-called aliens. This game, which is in the style of the classic games of the series, offers an interesting and scary experience of teamwork. You start the game in a cafe where everyone is gathered, and then you have to solve different puzzles with your friends and fight with Umbrella monsters. It is even possible that your friends who are eaten or killed during the game will turn into zombies and become a disaster for your life.

16. Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 (Resident Evil Outbreak File 2)

Publication year: 2005
Platforms: PlayStation 2

“Resident Evil Outbreak File 2” is actually the complete version of Outbreak. New stages have been added to the game, such as newer sections such as the zoo, which releases monsters from cages that look like they are straight out of our nightmares. From zombie monkeys and tigers and leopards to zombie elephants, everyone is out to kill us in Outbreak Fall 2. In general, File 2 is a better and more complete experience, and especially now that Requiem is about to be released, it is the right time to experience it and get to know Alyssa Ashcroft’s character more.

15. Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Resident Evil Revelations 2)

Release year: 2015
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

The story of the list is different from this ranking onwards, all games are important and valuable and differ in details. “Resident Evil Revelations 2” (Resident Evil Revelations 2), as the name suggests, is related to the “Revelations” sub-series, which tells a story full of revelations and suspense like a crime series, with the third-person action gameplay that became fashionable from Resident Evil 4 onwards. In this game, old series characters like “Claire” and “Barry” return together with new characters to reveal a scary reality on a remote island and get rid of the clutches of a bad guy who keeps referring to Kafka.

14. Resident Evil 3 Remake

Release year: 2020
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC

Fans are not happy about the modern remake of “Resident Evil 3: Nemesis”, but we must say that this game has many strengths both as a remake and as an independent work, and comparing it to the original Resident Evil 3 is a disservice to this work. The remake of Resident Evil 3 was made with Capcom’s new “RE” basic engine, and it is in this game that we see Jill for the first time with new graphics, and this time, Capcom planted flowers with her character design. The game has a relatively high speed and puts us in the role of Jill, who has to escape from the zombie-infested Raccoon City and the Umbrella Hunter, the same lovely nemesis made with a scarier appearance. Our encounters with the nemesis are done at specific points, which is also stressful. The remake of Resident Evil 3 has removed some things from the classic game and added places like the power station, hospital, and Umbrella’s lair beyond the original version, and according to the regular Resident Evil games, it has a high replay value.

13. Resident Evil Revelations

Publication year: 2012
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

Resident Evil: Revelations is another crime game from the Resident Evil series that seeks to reveal the hands behind the scenes. “Revelations” is based on Lovecraftian aesthetics and has a world based on the fear of the unknown under the seas, and instead of zombies, we fight with aquatic monsters. In this game, for the first time, we have Jill as the main character in the new Resident Evil gameplay, and along with Chris and other new characters, we have to uncover the hands behind the scenes of the latest biological incident. Resident Evil Relations tells the story of the origins of the BSAA and how it rose to power.

12. Resident Evil Zero (Resident Evil Zero)

Publication year: 2002
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube

“Resident Evil Zero” (Resident Evil Zero), as the name suggests, is a prequel to other games in the series, which was first released exclusively on the Gamecube console years after the original games. Resident Evil Zero is the last game in the series, which has the gameplay and mechanics of the first games of the series with minor changes! For example, the game does not have a chest and is for two players, and in it we take the lead of Rebecca, a member of the famous Stars, and Billy, a rebel soldier. Resident Evil Zero also shows fans the past of Umbrella people such as Albert Wesker and Dr. William Birkin when they were still human (!) and we realize that being a monster is not as ugly and beautiful as it seems, and for example, people were monsters before they were genetically mutated and infected.

11. Resident Evil 4 Remake

Publication year: 2023
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC

After the remake of Resident Evil 2, we all waited to see the adventures of the lovely Leanne and the charming Ida in the remake of Resident Evil 4. The remake of Resident Evil 4, like other Capcom remakes of this series, turned out very well, but it has differences with the original version. Resident Evil 4 classic replaced fear and survival with anxiety for survival, but this reconstruction with atmosphere and atmosphere creation, which, thanks to the R-E Engine engine, tried to create a different atmosphere from the original version, and in certain places, anxiety prevails and in other places creates a scary environment, and it has succeeded in this and created a new experience of fear and survival. In this new Resident Evil 4, we also see the first time the reconstructed Wesker, and although his voice and appearance are somewhat different, he promises a new and attractive Wesker, especially for the future remakes of “Code: Veronica”, “Zero” and “Five”.

10. Resident Evil 5 (Resident Evil 5)

Publication year: 2009
Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

Unlike other Resident Evil games that start in the darkness of the night and end with the sunrise as a sign of victory over the darkness, Resident Evil 5 brings fear and anxiety to the players in the sunlight. The hero of this game, which takes place in the Black Continent and deals with the colonial roots of Umbrella and other European and American companies, is none other than the great “Chris Redfield” who, together with the African agent of the BSAA organization “Shua Alomar”, is supposed to destroy the days of Albert Wesker, oligarchs, mad scientists, and bioterrorists. The gameplay of Resident Evil 5 is in the continuation of the same flow that Resident Evil 4 threw this series on, and what a fun ride this final confrontation between Wesker and Redfield the Rock Breaker is!

9. Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Resident Evil Code Veronica)

Publication year: 2000
Platforms: Sega Dreamcast

The direct continuation of Resident Evil 2, which was supposed to bring Capcom into the new millennium with the new Sega Dreamcast console, but with the failure of the Dreamcast, it was about to destroy the series and Capcom with it. Fortunately, with the release of “Resident Evil Code Veronica”, it saved itself and the collection by jumping to other consoles of the same generation, i.e. PlayStation 2 and Gamecube. Code Veronica, which is one of the treasures of Resident Evil classics, tells the story of “Claire” on an island belonging to one of the founding families of Umbrella, who also have the illusion of militarism. Claire is looking for her brother Chris Redfield, and along the way she has to fight both Umbrella and her aristocratic masters and Albert Wesker. The gameplay of the game is in the style of the early games of the series and for the first time takes place in the castle, prison and military environments.

8. Resident Evil 2 Remake

Release year: 2019
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC

The king of Resident Evil remakes. We owe the point where we stand to experience Resident Evil 9 to the success of the remake of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 7 itself, which saved Capcom after the disaster of Resident Evil 6. In this remake, we take the lead of the two main characters of Resident Evil, Leanne S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who both enter the worst place at the worst time. Two simple young people, one a rookie police officer and the other one following his brother, have come to Raccoon City and their arrival coincides with the spread of viruses and the rampage of Umbrella monsters in the city, so they take refuge in the city police department to survive. The gameplay of the game has moved away from the classic style of the game and continues to follow the path of Resident Evil 4 in scary and dark corridors. This game, like its classic version, is actually two games, one with Claire and one with Lian, which have small and large differences and each tells its own story. In this game, not only people and zombie dogs are thirsty for your blood, a man in a raincoat is always following you and the sound of his footsteps will rob you of peace.

7. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Publication year: 2017
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC

“Resident Evil 7: Biohazard” shows the influence of Hideo Kojima like everywhere else in the video game industry; Yes, you read that right, Hideo Kojima. Now, if you’re wondering where Kojima and Resident Evil are, you should experience the masterful, ultra-scary, and mumbling PT demo that Kojima made for his unmade game Silent Hills, to see what would have happened to the beloved Resident Evil if it weren’t for Hideo Kojima and a game like Outlast. Resident Evil 7 changes the camera from the third person to the first person and puts the name of Biohazard, as the series is called in Japan. The game in a scary house where a family scarier than the house lives has returned to its roots to give a new life to the Resident Evil series, which was an animated dead like its own zombies, and the beginning of Capcom’s wonderful games with their exclusive game engine, RA Engine, which even got its name from this series. In this game, unlike the trained heroes of the previous games, we are in the role of an ordinary man named Ethan Winters, who has reached a house on the swamps of the Midwestern states of America in search of his missing fiancee Mia, whose inhabitants, the Baker family, are each looking for us in some way. A place that reminds us of American Southern Gothic stories and maybe near the infamous Raccoon City.

6. Resident Evil 8: Village (Resident Evil Village)

Publication year: 2021
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PC

Resident Evil Village is a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7, which ends the tragedy of Ethan Winters. The game is still first-person, which was added with an update to an incomplete third-person mode. At the beginning of the game, Chris Redfield arrives at the Winters’ home, coldly shoots Mia, and takes Ethan and their baby daughter, Rose, with him. On the way, their caravan is attacked and Ethan must find his daughter in a remote village in the middle of the mountains. The village is ruled by four lords, each symbolizing a part of Europe and its culture. Ethan must pass through the werewolves, the Draculaturous castle of “Lady Dmitrescu” (the Internet’s favorite lady), the haunted house of “Benvinto” to the Heisenberg machine factory to uncover the secret of this village, which also has a sign of Umbrella. If Resident Evil 7 is a tribute to the first part of the series, this game is actually a tribute to Resident Evil 4, which mixes the science-fiction atmosphere with folklore stories and creates a concoction of fantasies.

5. Resident Evil 4 (Resident Evil 4)

Publication year: 2005
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube

The whole genre of action shooting owes to Resident Evil 4 and Shinji Mikami. The gameplay mechanism that has become the standard of shooter games for decades has been incorporated into this game; We mean the same model of shooting from the shoulder and placing the character on the side of the image instead of in the middle. For the first time, Resident Evil 4 did a new trick in Resident Evil, and that was to replace the feeling of fear with anxiety and helplessness. The main character of this game, which is Lian, is no longer looking for the keys to the rooms in the empty corridors to face zombies and a monster, but is attacked by a mass of villagers who have been sent there to save the daughter of the American president. After all these years, the game still entertains you in the best way without any manipulation and it still hasn’t gotten old. Resident Evil 4 was the last time Shinji Mikami himself worked on this series.

4. Resident Evil 3 (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)

Publication year: 1999
Platforms: PlayStation

After the adventures of the Spencer mansion, Jill Valentine must now escape the zombie-infested Raccoon City. “Resident Evil 3: Nemesis” (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis) became a classic upon its release, and even now this PlayStation One game is worth experiencing with beautiful pre-rendered environments and engaging gameplay. It was Resident Evil 3 that introduced the concept of Stalker with its famous monster Nemesis. The monster you kick out of the door comes in through the window (literally!) and doesn’t leave us until the end of the game. The environment of this game is the most extensive among the raccoon city trilogy, and apart from the city police department (RPD), it covers other places such as parks, hospitals, alleys and streets to fully display the destruction of a city by human greed. Shinji Mikami was the producer of this game and directed by Kazuhira Ayuma.

3. Resident Evil 2 (Resident Evil 2)

Publication year: 1998
Platforms: PlayStation

The masterpiece of “Hideki Kamiya” caveman Shinji Mikami, the original creator of Resident Evil, which is probably the most famous and popular game of this series, and the part whose restoration caused a stir among fans and players. Kamiya has really gone all out in making “Resident Evil 2”. The game was released on two discs, which was a heavy volume for that time. One disk for Leanne S. Kennedy, a young rookie officer of the Raccoon City Police Department, and another disk for Claire Redfield, who came to Raccoon City after her brother Chris’s adventures at the Spencer mansion. Kamiya locks the player in the police station and puts all kinds of traps and puzzles in front of him to find a way to escape. In this Resident Evil 2, for the first time, the Lakers showed the famous monsters of this series their claws and teeth to the player. This game also has its own stalker, who is now known as Mr. X, but is actually an umbrella monster in the Tyrant model. The game still entertains you with the same quality as PlayStation One and has the ability to compete with today’s games.

2. Resident Evil 1 (Resident Evil)

Publication year: 1996
Platforms: PlayStation

It all started here; The nightmare that the legendary Shinji Mikami, the Shogun of Fear and Survival, occupied generations and started a style and series that, if not the most popular, is definitely among the five most popular series in video game history. Cops who are trapped in a cursed mansion full of walking dead, which has corridors more scary and confusing than a labyrinth, where you have to open many doors to find a key, and it is not known what nightmare awaits us behind each one. Pre-rendered backgrounds with static frames and characters that became the pillars of this series and some of the most popular video games. Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield and Albert Wesker, the last Jedi who is a strange creature, we lived with them during these thirty years and now we are even in their middle age days. “Resident Evil” (Resident Evil) is the standard of the survival horror genre, and the subsequent games all boasted a large environment, but they made their game based on the map of Spencer’s mansion.

1. Resident Evil 1 Remake (Resident Evil HD)

Publication year: 2002
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube

The reconstruction of the first part of the series was done by the founder of the style and the creator of the series, Shinji Mikami, who offers the best experience of the classic gameplay of Resident Evil. The remake of Resident Evil 1 is different from the later remakes like 2 and 3 which were made with a different and modern gameplay and is very faithful to the original gameplay and only takes the graphics to the top, which is still fresh with its pre-rendered backgrounds and scary frames and the updates it has received. The atmosphere of the game has no words and with a small number of zombies that keep coming back, it creates a relaxing atmosphere in Spencer’s mansion and even scares the player with lightning.

Resident Evil 1 remake is the pinnacle of the Resident Evil game experience that you will never forget and nothing will replace it, even Resident Evil 9, which seems to have all the good things of the entire series in one place.

Let’s enjoy these games until we get to Resident Evil Requiem.

To enjoy the story of Resident Evil 9, we suggest that you play at least the remake of Resident Evil 2, the remake of 4, and unfortunately 6 itself, because it is as if Resident Evil 9 is a direct continuation of the sixth part of the series instead of 8, to see where Resident Evil 9 fits in this list.