![]() But this remake took the game to the next level, impressing critics so deeply that it became Metacritic's highest-scoring game of 2019. Resident Evil 2 was first released for PlayStation in 1998, when it scored extremely positive reviews. (Based on its GameRankings score of 56.46%, however, you could expect it to place somewhere toward the "worst" end of our worst-to-best rankings.)Īll photos courtesy of Capcom unless otherwise indicated. And one title, the 2002 Game Boy Color exclusive Resident Evil Gaiden, is also omitted-Metacritic did not cover Game Boy Color releases at the time and thus we do not have a Metascore. The 2020 remake is also included as a separate product, but only for PS4 (the version that was reviewed the most by critics). but if a title was substantially remade for another later-generation platform, the remake is treated as a separate game and included in our rankings.Īn example: We included the original 1999 release of Resident Evil 3 for PlayStation but not the subsequent PC, Dreamcast, or GameCube ports. If a title was later ported to other platforms, those ports are not included.If a title was released simultaneously on multiple platforms, we only included the version that received the highest quantity of reviews from professional critics.In general, the first release of each title is included.Rather than clutter our list with countless versions of the same game, we limited our selection as follows: ![]() Many RE games were issued on multiple platforms and in multiple versions. In the gallery on this page, we rank every* Resident Evil game to date by Metascore, from worst- to best-reviewed. The franchise has spawned over two dozen game titles-10 in the main series plus many more spinoffs and remakes-as well as a (fairly terrible) companion film series and two upcoming Netflix shows (one live-action, one animated). Now going on 25 years with no end in sight, Capcom's Resident Evil is the highest-grossing horror game franchise in history (as well as the Japanese gaming giant's best-selling property in any genre), with well over 100 million units sold even before this month's launch of the newest game, Resident Evil Village.
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