☂ Umbrella Corp. · In-Universe Story Chronology

RESIDENT EVILLore Timeline

// Ordered by canonical in-universe date //
Main Series
Remake (canonical)
Spin-off / Side
July 1998 Raccoon City Outskirts
JULY 23–24, 1998
Resident Evil Zero
// REBECCA CHAMBERS · BILLY COEN
Aboard the Ecliptic Express, Rebecca and Billy uncover the origins of the T-Virus. Direct prequel to the Spencer Mansion incident.
Prequel2002
JULY 24–25, 1998
Resident Evil (REmake)
// JILL VALENTINE · CHRIS REDFIELD
S.T.A.R.S. investigates the Spencer Mansion. The Umbrella conspiracy and the Tyrant program are uncovered.
Remake 2002Main Series
Sept.–Oct. 1998 Raccoon City
↓ RE3 begins one day before RE2 – both overlap chronologically ↓
SEPT. 28, 1998
Resident Evil 3 (Remake)
// JILL VALENTINE
Jill's escape from Raccoon City begins one day before RE2. The relentless Nemesis hunts her through the dying city.
Remake 2020Overlapping
SEPT. 29, 1998
Resident Evil 2 (Remake)
// LEON S. KENNEDY · CLAIRE REDFIELD
Leon's first day on the job turns into a nightmare. Raccoon City is fully infected. The police station becomes a death trap.
Remake 2019Main Series
SEPT.–OCT. 1998
RE Outbreak 1 & 2
// CIVILIANS
Parallel stories of ordinary citizens during the Raccoon City outbreak. Grace Ashcroft's mother appears here.
Spin-off2003–2004
Dec. 1998 Rockfort Island · Antarctica
DECEMBER 1998
Code: Veronica
// CLAIRE REDFIELD · CHRIS REDFIELD
Claire is captured on a prison island. Chris travels to Antarctica to rescue her. Key lore about Umbrella's founders is revealed.
Main Series2000
2003 Russia · Umbrella's End
2003
Umbrella Chronicles
// CHRIS · JILL · WESKER
Flashbacks to RE0, RE1, and RE3, plus "Umbrella's End" – the final dissolution of the Umbrella Corporation in Russia.
Spin-off2007
Autumn 2004 Rural Spain
AUTUMN 2004
Resident Evil 4 (Remake)
// LEON S. KENNEDY
Leon rescues the President's daughter from a parasite cult in Spain. First mission after Umbrella's fall. Wesker lurks in the background.
Remake 2023Main Series
2005 Mediterranean Sea · Queen Zenobia
2005
Revelations
// JILL VALENTINE · CHRIS REDFIELD
The BSAA investigates a luxury cruise ship in the Mediterranean. A new bio-virus and a mysterious terrorist organization emerge.
Revelations2012
2009 Kijuju, Africa
MARCH 2009
Resident Evil 5
// CHRIS REDFIELD · SHEVA ALOMAR
Chris and Sheva combat bioterrorism in Africa. Final showdown with Wesker – the series' ultimate villain.
Main Series2009
2011 Central America · Island
2011
Revelations 2
// CLAIRE REDFIELD · MOIRA BURTON
Claire and Moira are trapped on an island. Barry Burton searches for his daughter. Alex Wesker's experiment begins.
Revelations 22015
2012–2013 Worldwide
DEC. 2012 – JULY 2013
Resident Evil 6
// LEON · CHRIS · JAKE MULLER · ADA WONG
Global bioterrorism via the C-Virus. Three parallel missions in China, Eastern Europe, and North America unfold simultaneously.
Main Series2012
2017 Dulvey, Louisiana
2017
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
// ETHAN WINTERS
Ethan searches for his wife Mia in a derelict Louisiana estate. The mold bioweapon Eveline and the Baker family. A franchise reboot.
Main Series2017
2021 Eastern Europe · Village
2021
Resident Evil Village
// ETHAN WINTERS
Ethan fights to rescue his kidnapped daughter Rose. Connects the Winters saga to the broader RE lore. Rose's story extends to 2037.
Main Series2021
ca. 2028 Condemned Hotel
CA. 2028 · EXACT DATE UNKNOWN
Resident Evil: Requiem
// LEON S. KENNEDY · GRACE ASHCROFT
Leon and FBI agent Grace Ashcroft investigate a cursed hotel that was the scene of a crime 8 years prior. 30 years after Raccoon City.
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