The Complete Resident Evil Timeline Explained

The Resident Evil franchise has a sprawling timeline that interweaves its complex narrative across seven mainline games, a handful of spin-offs, and countless DLC expansions. But how does it all tie together?

From the convoluted creation of the Umbrella Corporation through to the swampland horror of Resident Evil 7 via Chris Redfield’s boulder-punching antics in Resident Evil 5, this is the complete timeline of Resident Evil.