Leon Kennedy, a rookie cop on a new assignment, and Claire Redfield, sister of the still-missing S.T.A.R.S. member Chris, arrive at Raccoon City to discover a necropolis. A botched attempt by the Umbrella Corporation to retrieve a devastating mutagenic weapon has resulted in a horrifying viral outbreak, transforming the city's population into the living dead. And all of them are hungry.
Claire and Leon have one chance to save themselves: get to Raccoon City Police headquarters and find a means of escape. But others have sought refuge in the police precinct, and not all of them are on the same side.