Resident Evil hits 200 million sales as franchise celebrates 30 years of horror

The Resident Evil franchise breaks 200 million cumulative sales as the franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary, highlighting one of gaming's best-selling series of all time.

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The iconic Resident Evil franchise is one of the most enduring mainstays of the gaming world, helping define multiple console generations across the last three decades. As the series celebrates 30 years of terror this year, Capcom has announced that Resident Evil has now crossed over 200 million copies sold, with the major sales threshold broken by the highly successful RE9 Requiem.

Capcom's latest earnings report gives an update on its top sellers, including Resident Evil, which is now at 201 million driven by the strong sales performance of the franchise throughout FY25. According to the numbers, the publisher sold 26.76 million Resident Evil games in the period, and a quarter of the franchise's total-year sales alone were from the ninth game, Requiem.

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Other franchises got an update in Capcom's results, showing steady sales for its other myriad longtime properties. The top 5 best-sellers, for example, have all been around for multiple decades; Resident Evil just turned 30, and retro series like Street Fighter and Mega Man are 39 years old.

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Those sales look like this:

1. Resident Evil - 201 million
2. Monster Hunter - 127 million
3. Street Fighter - 59 million
4. Mega Man - 44 million
5. Devil May Cry - 38 million

Capcom has seen success with its transmedia deals, with the Devil May Cry TV series on Netflix helping boost series sales to nearly 40 million. The publisher expects to sell 67 million games this fiscal year, FY2026, and sold a whopping 54 million games last year thanks to a strategy of well-timed discounts and new releases.

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