What Resident Evil games are in the main series

I just completed the 4th resident evil game. Now I am on a bit of a Resident Evil hype and want to play more games. Something that bothered me was not understanding all the relations that characters had with each other. Therefor I am looking to play more of them. I have however trouble identifying which games belong to the "Main series".

To further clarify. I mean games that directly tie into events regarding the Resident Evil Universe. So a spin-off game that really isn't a fully fledged standalone game but more a quick add-on does not qualify (unless it has actual canon to the main series). I am also looking for those that can be played on the PC. (yes Remasters are fine as long as they are on PC).

I know game identification is not allowed but I feel like this falls outside that spectrum. If people disagree I will remove the question .

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Resident evil series, order by story line, not release date Also with roles:

• Resident Evil Zero (main series)

  Rebecca Chambers (S.T.A.R.S Member)

• Resident Evil 1 - or remake (main series) Also Umbrella Chronicles (spin-off)

  Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield (S.T.A.R.S Member)

• Resident Evil 2 (main series)

  Leon S. Kennedy (S.T.A.R.S Member), Clair Redfield (Chris's sister)

• Resident Evil Outbreak (spin-off)

• Resident Evil 3 (main series)

  Jill Valentine

• Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 (spin-off)

• Resident Evil Survivor (spin-off)

• Resident Evil CODE:Veronica (main series)

  Clair Redfield

• Resident Evil Survivor 2 (spin-off)

• Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles (spin-off)
• Resident Evil Dead Aim (spin-off)

• Resident Evil 4 (main series)

  Leon S. Kennedy

• Resident Evil Revelations (main series)

  Jill Valentine

• Resident Evil 5 (main series)

  Chris Redfield

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 (main series)

  Clair Redfield

• Resident Evil Umbrella Corps (spin-off)

• Resident Evil 6 (main series)

  Chris/Leon

• Resident Evil 7 (main series)

  Chris (Just in not a hero DLC)

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Which resident evil games are in the main series?

Resident Evil 0

Resident Evil 1 and it’s remake.

Resident Evil 2 and it’s remake.

Resident Evil 3 and it’s remake.

Resident Evil: Code Veronica.

Resident Evil 4 plus Separate Ways.

Resident Evil Revelations.

Resident Evil 5 plus Lost in Nightmares and Desperate Escape.

Resident Evil Revelations 2 plus The Struggle and Little Miss.

Resident Evil 6.

Resident Evil 7 plus Not a Hero and End of Zoe.

Resident Evil Village.

Oh yeah, quick edit. I must also mention the daughters DLC for RE7. It’s a prequel dlc to the main game.

And yes, I mentioned all the dlc’s here because they are essentially extensions to the main games themselves. I recommend playing them.

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