EVERY Resident Evil Game Ranked Worst To Best
Which game in Capcom's long-running survival horror franchise is the best? Let's get ranking.
Since its debut in 1996 on the original PlayStation, the Resident Evil franchise has made its presence known as one of the defining progenitors of survival horror. Not to mention, it's become one of Capcom's most successful and influential franchises with a huge following all over the world.
It's hard not to see why.
With its string of stagnation and revival, the journey the franchise has undertaken has been an intriguing one. It's managed to outlast just about every AAA franchise in the genre. While the likes of Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill drifted into a torturous demise, Resident Evil has come back time and time again for both good and ill. With the remake of Resident Evil 3 now available, it's time to take a look back at the venerable series.
With twenty-six titles, mainline or otherwise under its banner, putting all the games in order is no easy task. Excluding mobile games, we'll be looking at each game's overall quality, how they hold up today and what they did for the industry at the time.
26. Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps
Starting off with the lowest of the low, we have Umbrella Corps; releasing in-between the failure of Resident Evil 6 and the comeback of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Capcom needed an extra game to fill the four year gap.
Following up Resident Evil Revelations 2, which came out a year previously, the developer put out the multiplayer spin-off in June 2016. An experiment of sorts, the game put players in the shoes of corporate operatives battling each other across a range of maps.
While intended to break into the esports scene, Corps was shredded on release for its awful gameplay, unsightly bugs and terrible use of the Resident Evil license.
It ranks at the bottom of the list because unlike other weak entries in the series, this one had no effort and no care put into its development. It belongs in the same camp as Metal Gear: Survive and Fallout 76; useless cash grabs designed to take advantage of fans and make a quick buck.
The fanbase saw this disaster coming from a mile away and boycotted the title in droves. It was reported just one week after release that the game was dead on arrival, and remains unsupported to this day.