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Complete canon timeline Resident Evil

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Updated · September 2026

18Games
2DLC
4Movies
2Books
30Stops
First departure
Chronological order, or release order?

If you’re here it’s either because you did some games and want to discover the other media or want to do all the games again and add the rest. If you just want to discover the games in chronological order uncheck the rest, all other medias are bonus content (some important). This guide is spoiler free like the others.

This guide works for first-time plays as well as replays.This guide follows the order the works came out, from 2001 to today, but you can switch back to a chronological version higher up.
How to read this
The Calendar

The saga happens in "our" world so we’ll count in years like we do.

Flashback

Some events work better as a FLASHBACK for understanding, and are marked as such.

Canonicity

The main games are all being remade and are fixing the timeline issues so until everything is remade some little things can be a bit odd. In RE and RE: 2 you have to choose between characters but the canon story is a mix of both paths

What’s left out and why?8 entries
Original games
Original game if a remake exists
Ports
Ports of some games on other consoles (like Nintendo DS)
Novelizations
Novelizations of games/movies, DVD bonus, documents...
Japanese-only media
All Japanese-only media: not canon for the most of them
Survivor games
Survivor games: arcade spin-offs hard to find these days and don’t add much to the lore
Biohazard 4D-Executer
Biohazard 4D-Executer: not canon
Live action movies and shows
Live action movies and shows: their own canon
Multiplayer and mobile games
Multiplayer only games and mobile games
Filters, search, legend and sources30 / 30 shown
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Media types
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