Resident Evil

Resident Evil dominates as the best-selling survival horror franchise ever, with over 150 million copies sold, a figure 60% higher than #10 Halo's 90 million lifetime sales. The 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake exemplifies this momentum, selling 7 million units in its first year alone—a pace 3x faster than Halo Infinite's opening 12 months. Across 12 mainline entries each averaging $60 per unit, the franchise's per-game efficiency outpaces the category average of 120 million for horror series. Its 28-year legacy of iterative survival mechanics and reinvention, from fixed cameras to over-the-shoulder action, has consistently yielded $1 billion per mainline installment since 2005, proving #9’s position is built on both critical and commercial endurance.