Release OrderRecommended
0 / 9 playedEvery main entry in release order, with remakes right after the modern entries.
Arcade classics
- 1 The House of the Dead Arcade debut with Rogan and G at Curien Mansion.
- 2 The House of the Dead 2 Outbreak in an Italian city with James Taylor and Gary Stewart.
2000s sequels
- 3 The House of the Dead III Shotgun entry set in a ruined 2019 facility.
- 4 The House of the Dead 4 Submachine gun entry returning to the Goldman case.
- 5 The House of the Dead 4 Special Short arcade epilogue with Kate Green and G.
Prequel spin-off
- 6 The House of the Dead: Overkill 1991 set prequel with Isaac Washington.
Modern era
- 7 House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Arcade sequel set in 2006 with Ryan Taylor and Kate Green.
- 8 The House of the Dead: Remake Remake of the 1997 original.
- 9 The House of the Dead 2: Remake Remake of the 1998 sequel, launched on Switch and PC first.
Chronological (Story) Order
0 / 9 playedThe same games arranged by in story year, from the 1991 prequel to the 2019 finale.
- 1 The House of the Dead: Overkill Story set in 1991, before the Curien Mansion case.
- 2 The House of the Dead Story set in December 1998 at Curien Mansion.
- 3 The House of the Dead: Remake Same 1998 story as the original.
- 4 The House of the Dead 2 Story set in February 2000.
- 5 The House of the Dead 2: Remake Same 2000 story as the original sequel.
- 6 The House of the Dead 4 Story set in 2003, after the Goldman incident.
- 7 The House of the Dead 4 Special Direct follow-up to the fourth game.
- 8 House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Story set in December 2006.
- 9 The House of the Dead III Story set in 2019, the latest point in the timeline.
About The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead is Sega's light gun rail shooter series about AMS agents fighting engineered creatures. Release order is the recommended play order, though Overkill is a prequel and HOTD III jumps to the future, so a story order list is included.
Good to know
The House of the Dead 2: Remake launched August 7, 2025 for Switch and PC, with other platforms to follow. A live action film from Paul W. S. Anderson is in development, though no release date has been confirmed.
