The 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
Counting down the best Resid💙ent Evil♈ games ever, from Code Veronica to RE2

Few names in horror match up to the best Resident Evil games. Capcom's survival horror legacy𒉰 was born in 1996, and between its stunning host of reꦯmakes and new mainline instalments, it's no question why Leon, Claire, Chris and Jill fast became household names.
While not every game in the series ranks among the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best horror games – as much as I love Dead Aim's villain Morpheus – the best Resi games still would take up most of the spaces on that list by themselves. So, to give this iconic series the flickering spotlight it deserves, we've gone through all the classic and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new games in the undead catalog and ranked the essential experiences below. Whether you'💜re still on team Leon or h♋ave rallied behind Ethan since day one, choosing your favorite RE title will be much easier with our help.
We've also kept in mind that some of the best Resident Evil games are hard to get hold of on modern consoles.🔥 So, we've flagged the most relevant games to save you the hassle of digging your PS1 and Dreamcast out of your mother's attic, too. So here are the 10 best Resident Evil games to play right now as we look ahead to RE9 - whenever it gets announced, of course.
10. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Released: 2015
Platform(s): PC, PS4, Xbox One
Resident Evil Revelations 2 felt like something of a homecoming, particularly after the cinematic action-focus the series had become enamored with following the success of Resident Evil 5. Designed around cooperative play and initially released as an episodic adventure, Revelations 2 was able to takeꩲ the over-the-shoulder gunplay popularized by Resident Evil 4 and ground it once again in a world of survival and horror.
Resident Evi💃l Revelations 2 remains an entertaining side attraction to the mainline series, a way to spend some additional time with fan-favorite characters and get a sense of how the series may have evolved had Capcom taken it down a different path.
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9. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Released: 1999
Platform(s): PC
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis found success in its capacity to subvert expectations. The introduction of Nemesis, an unkillable monstrosity that made the streets of Raccoon City more deadly than ever before, made it so the🅘re was never a safe place to hide; triggering a door animation would create a little distance, sure, but never a feeling that you were truly safe from harm.
In presenting a world thick with tension, along with improved combat mechanics and mobility options, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is one of those rare survival horror games that grips you within minutes and never dares to let you🦩 loose.
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8. Resident Evil Village
Released: 2021
Platform(s): PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resident Evil Village s𝔍ought new ways to scrutinize the Resident Evil playbook and largely succeeded. Cap🐎com furthered the story of Ethan Winters, intertwining it more explicitly with the wider Resident Evil universe, and pushed to strike a better balance between humor and horror.
The outsized torture of Ethan's hands was a body horror breath of fresh air against some of the more overt scares – the stalking by Lady Dimitrescu and the Witches Three, not to mention a dollhouse section that rivaled the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Silent Hill games in terms of pure tension. Resident Evil Village may have had the occasional stumble. Still, it pro💧ved to be another compelling example of the power Resident Evil can wield when it casts its action from a first-person perspective.
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7. Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X
Released: 2000
Platform(s): PS3, Xbox 360
Resident Evil &ndaℱsh; Code: Vero🉐nica was originally designed to carry the Resident Evil series into the future. While Nemesis ultimately landed with 'Resident Evil 3' emblazoned across its title screen, it's clear today that Code: Veronica was deserving of the title.
It introduced r🍨eal-time 3D environments and a more dynamic camera to sit in them, furthering Resident Evil's foray into action territory without exorcizing the spirit of survival that embodied its core scenario design. Code: Veronica closed out Resident Evil's first chapter; it's a time capsule that honors Resident Evil's past and hints at where it will go in the future.
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6. Resident Evil 4 Remake
Released: 2023
Platform(s): PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X
澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resident Evil 4 Remake is one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best action games of the modern era. Ca🌠pcom was not only able to preserve the spirit of the 2005 original but successfully modernize elements of its design – updating the plot, artistic direction, and structure to make it more palatable to players joining the series in 2023.
With its slick, claustrophobic combat and stunning set pieces, RE4 Remake is absolutely worth your time and attention. Naturally, ther𒀰e's some debate as to whether or not the Remake is able to beat the original, but as far as we're concerned, it🥃's a fantastic interpretation of one of gaming's masterpieces.
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5. Resident Evil 2 Remake
Released: 2019
Platform(s): PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One
To play the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resident Evil 2 Remake is to look through a window into an alternate history. The way it is able to coalesce the methodical challenge of the original Resident Evil games with the tight, over-the-shoulder third-person combat popularized 𝓰by Resident Evil 4 shows where the series could (and should) have gone after Capcom changed the naꦕture of play in 2005.
It's a stunning love letter to the legacy of Resident Evil 2 and is fearless in its attempt to make the past feel fresh for the present. Resident Evil 2 Remake is an incredible reimagining of a legendary game that stands as one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best survival horror games of the modern era.
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4. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Released: 2017
Platform(s): PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One
Following the disappointment of Resident Evil 6, the future of the series seemed uncertain. It had gotten too messy and๊ convoluted for its own good, a series bloated by time and expectation. It's in this environment that Resident Evil 7 was born, a true overhaul that kickstarted a new era for the Resident Evil series.
Cast from a first-person perspective, set in an intricately-designed single-set location, fra𝄹med around a core set of monstrous (and no less larger than life) characters, and a return to the survival horror foundations the series was first built upon, Resident Evil 7 emerged as one of the best horror games of the modern era.
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3. Resident Evil 2
Released: 1998
Platform(s): PC
Creating the foundation for a successful franchise is one thing; developing a successful sequel to it is something else entirely. Resident Evil 2 took the suspensef♛ul action of its predecessor and the suffocating atmosphere that lingered in the Spencer Estate and draped it across a sprawling city under siege from the living dead.
Resident Evil 2 is an ingenious survival horror game, bringing meticulously crafted 𝔉spaces together with perfectly paced scenario design to form an experience that's as gripping today as it was in 1998. Resident Evil 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever made and the game that established Resident Evil's place in history as one of gaming's best franchises.
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2. Resident Evil 4
Released: 2005
Platform(s): PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Resident Evil 4 is arguably one of the best shooter games of all time and undoubtedly one of the most important releases of the last two decades. When🅠 it arr𝓡ived in 2005, Resident Evil 4 was a sweeping reinvention of the Resident Evil framework, the camera's perspective fixed firmly over the shoulder of Leon S. Kennedy.
It's perfectly paced and utterly relentless, an experience designed toꩲ overwhelm from the first minute through to the last, and self-aware enough to revel in the ridiculousness of its own narrative arc. Resident Evil 4 is a truly remarkable game, one that changed the entire 🍨industry around it.
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1. Resident Evil Remake
Released: 2002
Platform(s): PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Resident Evil Remake was truly astounding when it landed on GameCube back in 2002, and it has lost none of its power in the years since. It's a lovingly crafted REmake (if you will), taking the bones of the 1996 original and rendering it anew – introducing new terrifying threats in the Crimson Head zombies, improved combat mechanics, and refined resource management ✅to make what was once old feel fresh again.
Resident Evil Remake is also stunningly evocative, its overhauled visual design so impressive that it i♕s still able to make the jaw drop, so many years later. Resident Evil Remake took an impressive game weathering the decay of time and preserved it in amber, ensurᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing that one of survival horror's most formative experiences would remain as good to play today as the day it was first unleashed upon the world.
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