Silent Hill has also seen a rise in sales, totalling up to 14 million units. This marks a growth in sales by a million, since Konami had previously confirmed 13 million units sold for the franchise back in October. These sales were likely helped by the critical acclaim seen by Silent Hill f, alongside anticipation for future games in the horror series.

Other console game franchises listed by Konami include Pawafuru Puroyakyu, which has sold 26.3 million, Yu-Gi-Oh!, which has sold 32.5 million, and Momotaru Dentetsu, which sits at 19.9 million. Free-to-play mobile games Jikkyu Pawafuru Puroyakyu and Professional Baseball Spirits A (Ace) have been downloaded 53 million and 66 million times, respectively. Titles available on consoles and mobiles have also been listed; eFootball sits at 950 million downloads, while Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has been downloaded 90 million times.

The latest entry in the Metal Gear franchise has been a remake – Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Having launched in August 2025 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, the title has seen critical acclaim by veterans of the series and a new generation of gamers. You can check out more details about it in our review.

In December, series producer Noriaki Okamura spoke about this being the ideal time to have remade the seminal Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and how much respect he and director Yuji Korekado have for the original creators.

“Because the series has been around for a long time, we have a wide variety of fans,” said Korekado. “And we are conscious of being respectful to the previous games in the series. With this remake, we thought about how it would be best to bring the game to modern players, while respecting the thoughts and concepts of the original creator. However, if you reproduce the original work exactly as it is, some aspects can be difficult to play [for today’s gamers], so we adapted them.”

As for Silent Hill, the title has seen continuous support through the release of free updates. One of these, released in November, brought with it a new difficulty mode and the ability to skip more things during a New Game+ run. Writer Ryukishi07 also spoke earlier this month about why it made sense to use the fictional town of Ebisugaoka as the main setting for the game rather than its traditional setting of the eponymous Silent Hill.

“I discussed a lot of things with series producer Okamoto in a meeting after I received the request [to write Silent Hill f]” said Ryukishi07. “Like ‘Why is it set in Japan?’ and ‘What exactly is Silent Hill?’ In the end, we came to the conclusion that Silent Hill is not just the name of a place; it is a phenomenon. Looking back, I think I was able to create a pretty satisfying base for the story and world from this.”

For more on Silent Hill f, check out our review. It is available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

In the interview, Okamoto spoke about the possibility of setting a future Silent Hill game in Central or South America where the writers and developers tap into more unique local folklore to craft an interesting story. He went on to note that places like Russia, Italy and South Korea might also end up as potential settings for future games in the series.

“We believe we could perhaps take similar approaches with other cultures across the globe,” said Okamoto. “For example, in Central or South America, we could perhaps tap into the more local, shamanistic beliefs and see how that ties in. But we could also try to expand our horizons and look into other regions, like possibly Russia, Italy, or South Korea, because all those areas have their own unique types of belief systems. I believe that will be a gateway for us to expand our concepts further.”

When asked about those places in particular, Okamoto spoke about the various political upheavals that they had seen, from military governments to coups. He noted that this would lead to interesting folklore arising from these locations.

“Those areas have been affected by a lot of military governments and coups,” he said, “There is a type of bravado and ‘machismo’ that comes from these political landscapes. There’s also the more folkloric angle coming from shamanism and local beliefs.”

He ultimately did acknowledge the fact that developing games that make use of these settings and their local folklore would be difficult, especially if Konami were to take on Central or South America as future locations for Silent Hill games. This is due to the fact that these locations don’t have many developers that could handle the scope of a project as large as a major horror franchise.

“There is one issue: Central and South America do not have very many prominent development studios for video games capable of handling an IP like Silent Hill,” he explained. “So while they have a lot of interesting movies, books, and tales, how we would translate that into games is something we still have to explore.”

The release of Silent Hill f this year, along with the Bloober Team-developed Silent Hill 2 remake from 2024, marks a major comeback for Konami, especially with regards to its commitment to the horror franchise. Okamoto had noted that the company unveiled three titles back in 2022—Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill f, and Silent Hill: Townfall to show its commitment to bringing back the series.

Silent Hill f is available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. For more details, check out our review.

The Silent Hill franchise has similarly seen a rise in sales, coming in at 13 million copies sold since the franchise first made its debut back in March 1999. This marks a 1.3 million rise in sales since the end of June. The sales of both Metal Gear and Silent Hill franchises were likely buoyed by the release of newer titles in their respective series – Silent Hill 2’s remake, Silent Hill f and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

Interestingly, the largest spike in the update figures comes from digital trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, which now sits at 80 million – 10 million higher in cumulative sales and downloads when compared to March 2025.

Aside from Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel and the eFootball series – currently at 900 million in cumulative sales and downloads – Metal Gear is currently the best-selling franchise for the company. Konami has also noted earlier this month that it remains committed to the Silent Hill franchise as well.

The statement came from series producer Motoi Okamoto, who revealed that Konami announced three projects simultaneously – Silent Hill 2 remake, Silent Hill f and Silent Hill: Townfall – to show how committed it was to bringing the franchise back into the mainstream.

“Three years ago, in 2022, we announced three titles: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill f, and Silent Hill: Townfall,” wrote Okamoto on social media. “We didn’t want to just announce a single remake to ‘test the waters.’ We wanted people to feel how serious we were about reviving the series. Developing a remake and a new title simultaneously naturally involves risks, but we wanted to convey our commitment first and foremost.”

“Only when a new game is announced can the future of a series be seen,” he continued. “Users won’t feel motivated to engage with an IP unless they can sense it has a future. If the company takes a wait-and-see approach, so will the players. The company needs to show how serious it is so that users can get genuinely excited. I think that’s only fair.”

Silent Hill f is the most recent title to have been published by Konami. Developed by NeoBards and featuring writing by Ryukishi07, the title has seen an incredibly positive response from fans of the Silent Hill franchise as well as fans of the overall horror genre.

Konami had also confirmed that last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake had sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide, helping the franchise cross the 10 million units milestone. This indicates that Silent Hill f has likely sold somewhere around 2 million copies since its release earlier this month. For more details, check out our review of Silent Hill f.

He noted that, while Konami could have simply gone with an approach that would allow it to “test the waters” for Silent Hill returning with a single release or remake, this wasn’t what the company wanted to do. Rather, Konami has been quite serious about reviving the franchise, which in turn would involve both a remake as well as a new entry in the series.

“Three years ago, in 2022, we announced three titles: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill f, and Silent Hill: Townfall,” wrote Okamoto. “We didn’t want to just announce a single remake to ‘test the waters.’ We wanted people to feel how serious we were about reviving the series. Developing a remake and a new title simultaneously naturally involves risks, but we wanted to convey our commitment first and foremost.”

The risky move has quite clearly paid off for Konami, with both Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake, as well as NeoBards’ Silent Hill f seeing quite a bit of critical and commercial success. He noted that players not already familiar with the series wouldn’t have engaged with a new entry as deeply if they didn’t think that there was a future for the series.

“Only when a new game is announced can the future of a series be seen,” he wrote. “Users won’t feel motivated to engage with an IP unless they can sense it has a future. If the company takes a wait-and-see approach, so will the players. The company needs to show how serious it is so that users can get genuinely excited. I think that’s only fair.”

Konami recently announced that the Silent Hill 2 remake from last year had sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. This, in turn, has helped the overall Silent Hill series hit a new sales milestone of over 10 million units. The most recent entry in the franchise was Silent Hill f which came out just last month. Developed by NeoBards and featuring writing by Ryukishi07, the title has been described quite positively by fans of the horror genre.

Earlier this month, voice actor Konatsu Kato – who plays Silent Hill f protagonist Hinako Shimizu – spoke about her time in the recording booth, as well as how she was emotionally affected by the writing and performance. While noting that the recording started off “smoothly,” Kato then revealed that she started asking herself questions, especially when it came time to having recording with her own character.

“Since I was playing Hinako, and the other actor was also playing Hinako, I’d get confused about who I was—both in the role and in reality,” she explained. “There were times back then when tears would just come out even though I wasn’t thinking about anything. The confusion grew in proportion to the “time spent facing each other,” so I remember having days when I felt like I might lose my mind.”

For more details about the recent entries in the Silent Hill franchise, check out our reviews of Silent Hill 2’s remake and Silent Hill f. In the meantime, Bloober Team has confirmed that it has begun working on a remake of the original Silent Hill.

Along with starting work on the Silent Hill remake, Bloober Team has also revealed that one of its teams is working on five different projects, with all of them likely being in their early stages of development.

“We have two first party production teams, one of which is working on the Silent Hill 1 project and the other has started work on the next project,” said the studio in response (via machine translation). “As part of the second party, there are currently 5 projects.”

The studio also revealed other details about its recent releases, noting that PC (via Steam) accounted for approximately 25 percent of sales for Cronos: The New Dawn. The same team is also now being noted as working on multiple projects at the same time, while focusing one main project and four smaller ones.

As for the Silent Hill 2 remake from 2024, Bloober Team has also noted that issues that the title might be facing in terms of performance or optimisation problems are largely up to Konami to fix. It also didn’t make any note of potential updates or DLC releases for the title.

Konami had confirmed that Bloober Team would be working on the remake of Silent Hill back in June. While the publisher didn’t reveal too many details about the remake, it did release a short video featuring the announcement, which also had musical nods to the PlayStation original which first came out back in 1999.

The decision to remake the original Silent Hill was likely made by Konami since a jump to remaking Silent Hill 3 wouldn’t be an enticing prospect for players, since much of the latter game’s plot revolves around the consequences of the events in the original.

Back in February, Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto wrote about Konami’s decision to work with Bloober Team for the remake of Silent Hill 2. In a post, Okamoto wrote about how game design expertise isn’t as important when it comes to creating horror experiences as genre expertise and experience tends to be. This, he noted, was what made Bloober Team the right choice for the remake.

“No matter how broad a game design expert’s knowledge is, they won’t be hired to work on a fighting game if they have no experience developing fighting games,” wrote Okamoto. “The same goes for horror. But then, with companies requiring such genre-specific experience, you realize that everyone has to start out as a novice for the given genre at some point. Nowadays, indie development has become the way to overcome that.”

“In modern times, regardless of the genre, if there’s passion, one should be creating something, and by properly evaluating that, it should be possible to discern whether someone can take on genre fiction,” he continued.

The Silent Hill franchise has been going quite strong recently, especially thanks to the release of Silent Hill f just last week. For more details, check out our review.

With the game now in players’ hands, it also feels like the right moment to take a trip down memory lane and reflect on how and why the Silent Hill franchise has long captivated players and how this latest entry both honors and redefines that legacy.

To that end, here are all of the mainline Silent Hill games ranked from worst to best. Know that we’re not counting the visual novels or mobile titles among them, although those are quite entertaining in their own right.

14. Silent Hill: Ascension

Konami’s combined effort with Genvid Entertainment to bring a creative new touch to the Silent Hill formula does deserve credit for adapting the franchise’s narrative for the Massive Interactive Live Event format. The story of two families on the cusp of discovering the very dark secrets that Silent Hill was hiding, with viewers deciding on the fate of its characters, was quite an innovative idea.

However, the execution of an ingenious idea failed the show/video game, leading to its failure to enthrall its audiences. While we do praise the effort, Ascension is certainly the weakest among its counterparts in the franchise and is thus at the bottom of our rankings.

13. Silent Hill: Book of Memories

Wayforward Technologies’ spin-off based on the franchise was quite good as a dungeon crawler, and the fact that there were multiple endings made it quite a good idea for the PlayStation Vita, considering its replay value. It also brought a very Death Note-like vibe to its story, mixing in psychological elements with the franchise’s more traditional horror trappings to create a compelling story and gameplay loop.

However, it did ultimately prove a little too basic for everyone’s tastes, and many found that it failed to capture the essence of a Silent Hill game sufficiently enough to be considered a title that merited a place of reverence among its ranks. For our part, we still say it’s quite fun to play, but it loses out on a better spot thanks to other games doing everything it does, and better.

12. Silent Hill: The Short Message

There were quite a few things going in favor of this one. For starters, it was free. It was also a departure of sorts from Silent Hill (the location that is). However, its narrative was certainly right up there with some of the franchise’s best instalments. Anita’s attempts to piece together the fate of her friend Maya were an insightful trek through the pitfalls of bullying among teenagers and the adverse effects it could have on their psyches. It was the kind of introspective horror that put the franchise on the map in the first place!

But without a combat system and a largely predictable ending, this one falls short of true greatness in our book. And that’s a pity considering how it sells its material. It is what it is, though.

11. Silent Hill: Homecoming

It’s kind of surprising that Silent Hill f is drawing flak for its combat mechanics when Homecoming’s protagonist was literally a well-trained special forces soldier who brought over a few moves from Origins in his effort to find out what happened to his brother and his hometown.

Shepherd’s Glen was a gloomy and terrifying place, which was standard fare for a Silent Hill instalment. However, the story that it offered was a bit of a letdown, with a fight that was such a clear callback to Smeagol from The Lord of the Rings, it was almost laughable. His story didn’t feel in line with the kind of unique horror that the Silent Hill franchise had a reputation for at the time. Nevertheless, it does have its merits and nails the horror part quite well.

10. Silent Hill: Origins

As a return to the franchise’s literal roots, Travis Grady’s adventure was quite compelling and does a great job of weaving in the original game’s beginning into one of its endings. It stayed true to all of the elements that made the Silent Hill franchise as popular as it was while also allowing its gameplay loop to look and feel quite immersive and terrifying in equal measures.

However, a clunky combat system and a lack of innovation held it back from ranking higher among its counterparts. And that’s not counting its PS2 port, which did not manage to recapture the game’s essence well enough for it to be worth the effort. It’s a title that you kind of have to play for its lore, but it isn’t one you’re likely to revisit once you roll the credits on Grady’s adventure, irrespective of whether you achieve the canon ending or see him set off looking for his lost truck in a UFO.

9. Silent Hill: Downpour

Downpour certainly had a lot of what Silent Hill was known and loved for, returning the franchise to its survival horror formula, while its story was an inspired take on the mind of a convict whose actions could make him an anti-hero of sorts. The examination of his thoughts, presented through the franchise’s framework of psychological horror, was quite entertaining and is certainly worth a try.

However, it failed to capitalize on its strengths, with its combat system leaving a lot to be desired and technical issues at launch, which proved to be quite divisive. Although it shines brightly in short bursts, those aren’t enough to earn it a higher spot on our rankings, considering the other titles that we’re yet to discuss.

8. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

As a sort of parallel universe version of the original game, Shattered Memories’ premise is definitely among the franchise’s more inspired ideas. Its visual, gameplay loop, enemy designs, and story were all solid, as was the voice acting on offer. So why doesn’t it rank higher on this list?

For starters, its short runtime meant that there simply wasn’t enough of it to go around. Secondly, it was let down by a few odd design choices that held it back from achieving the dizzying heights that the titles we’re yet to discuss managed to achieve. Once again, it was a very bold idea that could have been more, but sadly couldn’t live up to what it wanted to be.

7. Silent Hill 4: The Room

A protagonist trapped in his own apartment with an undead serial killer? Sign us up!

Pair that up with a companion who is susceptible to being possessed by the game’s threats, and you’ve got a very potent recipe for a strong Silent Hill game, albeit one that doesn’t take place in the titular town. It was a plot that drew a lot of praise from critics and gamers alike, although its gameplay did not receive the unanimous praise that Team Silent had hoped for.

Nevertheless, it deserves a place of honor among the franchise’s best titles, albeit one that’s not as high as the best of the best.

6. Silent Hill

The game that started it all is obviously going to be among the franchise’s best titles. Its story, setting, gameplay, and protagonist were all show-stoppers at the time of its release, as was its basis in psychological horror. It has certainly earned its place among modern gaming’s greatest hits, and with good reason.

While its voice acting could have been better, and a few annoyances with regard to controlling your character did mar its gameplay a little bit, it still deserves recognition as a game that we’d revisit the minute The Bloober Team’s remake of it hits the shelves.

5. Silent Hill 2 Remake

We’re not going to lie, we absolutely had a blast playing The Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2. It was a perfect recreation of the original title, with a healthy dose of current-gen goodness thrown in to make it a very appealing repackaging of a title that was already excellent to begin with.

As you may have guessed, we’re going to be talking about everything that was good about Silent Hill 2 in just a moment, but we’d be remiss not to give the Polish studio its due and comment on just how well it managed to modernize a title that remains among gaming’s greats.

4. P.T.

We’re still not over the cancellation of this one. Bringing Hideo Kojima into the Silent Hill fold should have been a shot in the arm for the franchise, a catapult to true greatness considering the legendary storyteller’s work with the Metal Gear franchise. Kojima’s penchant for introspective examinations of his thematic inspirations was the perfect vehicle for the franchise’s unique brand of horror.

However, it wasn’t meant to be, and the project was cancelled, and Norman Reedus’ take on a Silent Hill protagonist never saw the light of day. More’s the pity considering his work with Death Stranding.

3. Silent Hill 3

Atmospheric, suffocating, deliciously introspective, and absolutely terrifying, this was the Silent Hill franchise at its finest. Heather’s tryst with Silent Hill’s resident cult is a tale for the ages, bringing examinations of complex themes to a story that was riveting from start to finish.

It was sadly limited by a clunky control system but considering how well it presented everything that we know and love about Silent Hill games, this one deserves its place on our rankings.

2. SILENT HILL f

Silent Hill f marks the series’ first major entry in thirteen long years, and what an amazing return it is. Set in the remote Japanese town of Ebisugaoka during the 1960s, players step into the shoes of Hinako Shimizu, a high school student trapped amidst vicious monsters. With exceptional audio design, striking visuals powered by Unreal Engine 5, and engaging level design, Silent Hill f comes remarkably close to topping our list for this feature.

1. Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Silent Hill 2 is the undisputed champion of the franchise. There’s a reason that Konami and The Bloober Team selected it as the vehicle to bring the franchise into the current generation of gaming hardware and gamers, after all.

Its story and characters were unforgettable, and some of them haunt us even today. Its gameplay fired on all cylinders while exploring Silent Hill as James and searching for his lost wife was seriously unsettling. This was one of our favorite games on the PS2 and we would love to forget it just so we could experience it all over again for the first time, even without the modernized touches of the recent remake.

And there you have it! That’s all of the mainline Silent Hill games ranked. Do you agree with us on their places among the franchise’s many installments? Was there one you think deserves more?

“Silent Hill 1 Remake as far as I know started dev around 3 years ago roughly,” wrote AestheticGamer on social media platform X. He also went on to note that the schedule currently looks like it might have been a bit delayed because Silent Hill f needed some more time. Ultimately, he believes that we’ll see Silent Hill: Townfall come out next year, followed by the Silent Hill 1 Remake the year after that.

“If I had to take a guess at the Silent Hill game release schedule (all subject to change at the whims of game dev, Hell this whole OG plan was delayed by a couple of years+f & Townfall switched places as an example, & honestly good on Konami not just rushing them out & giving them time to cook), but right now if I had to guess based on the current situation it’d be; 2025: Silent Hill f (obviously), 2026: Townfall, 2027: Silent Hill 1 Remake, 2028: Internal SH Game,” he wrote.

Konami had confirmed that Bloober Team would be working on the remake of the original Silent Hill back in June. The news came as no surprise considering the critical and commercial success seen by Silent Hill 2 Remake, which had come out last year. Both companies had already confirmed that they would be working together more going forward back in February.

“By sharing knowledge and experience, we have been able to create high-quality production together,” said Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno about working with Konami on more projects. “Of course, we can’t reveal too many details at this time, but we are confident that fans will be just as excited about our collaboration as we are. We can’t wait to share something truly special with players when the time is right.”

Back in October, game director and designer at Bloober Team, Wojciech Piejko, had spoken about how the studio was open to working on more Silent Hill games with Konami in the future, be it another remake of a classic game in the franchise, or a brand new entry in the series.

“I think we are always open,” said Piejko. “If we like the opportunity, we’ll take it. There are opportunities that you have to seize,” he added. “Like Silent Hill 2, you can remake the legend. So yeah, I do believe that everything’s possible.”

The original Silent Hill came out all the way back in 1999 for the original PlayStation. The story of the game revolves around Henry Mason and his daughter Cheryl, who were on their way to the resort town of Silent Hill for a vacation. Things, however, start going wrong when Harry swerves his car out of the way to avoid hitting a girl standing in the middle of the road, and when he recovers, finds his daughter missing.

Recently, Bloober Team announced a new sci-fi survival horror title in Cronos: The New Dawn, and with the unequivocal success of Silent Hill 2 under its belt, the developer is hoping to double down on that with its next project.

Speaking in a recent interview with GameSpot, Wojciech Piejko – co-director of the aforementioned Cronos: The New Dawn – spoke about how Bloober Team was able to successfully prove doubters wrong with Silent Hill 2, and how that is going to uplift the entire studio, including the entirely different team working on Cronos.

“It was tough for those couple of years before [Silent Hill 2’s] release,” he said. “They made it. We made it. Bloober made it. And now, it’s very good spirits inside [the studio.] We want to show what we can do on our own, how we can evolve our ideas.

“They recreated a legendary game. They made the impossible possible, and it was a bumpy road because of all the hate on the internet. The pressure was big on them, and they delivered, and for the company, it’s an amazing moment.”

Co-director and producer on Cronos: The New Dawn, Jacek Zieba, added that Bloober Team intends to stick with the horror genre with its future projects, and says that the studio now intends to take a significant step forward- as it did prior to the development of Layers of Fear, when it set out to stop making “sh***y” games.

“We want to be a horror company,” he said. “We want to find our niche, and we think we found our niche, so now we just–let’s evolve with it. […] And how that happens is more complex, but it also happens organically in a way, like with [2016’s] Layers of Fear, people in the studio were like, ‘Okay, we made some shitty games before, but we [can] evolve.'”

Piejko added, “We gathered a team that loves horror. So I think, for us, it would not be easy to switch [to other genres], and we don’t want to.”

Silent Hill 2 is available on PS5 and PC, while Cronos: The New Dawn is due out for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2025. Meanwhile, Bloober Team also very much seems to be open to working on more Silent Hill games. Read more on that through here.

Speaking in a recent interview with IGN, Wojciech Piejko – game director and designer at Bloober Team – stated that the studio is “open” to working on another Silent Hill remake, or even an entirely new entry in the franchise.

“I think we are always open,” Piejko said upon being asked the question. “If we like the opportunity, we’ll take it.”

“There are opportunities that you have to seize,” he added. “Like Silent Hill 2, you can remake the legend. So yeah, I do believe that everything’s possible.”

This isn’t the first time Bloober Team has suggested it could continue to work on Silent Hill. Shortly prior to the recent remake’s release, CEO Piotr Babieno said that it was “not the end of the adventure with Konami” for Bloobter Team. Meanwhile, in an interview with GamingBolt last year, when asked about the possibility of future Silent Hill 2 producer Maciej Głomb said, “never say never.” Read more on that through here.

Silent Hill 2 sold over a million units in its first three days, and has enjoyed widespread critical acclaim, so presumably, Konami will be happy with its performance- hopefully enough to greenlight a follow-up with Bloober Team onboard.

Meanwhile, Bloober Team recently announced Cronos: The New Dawn, a sci-fi survival horror title due out next year. Read more on its premise through here.

Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake is incredible. It’s the sort of remake that strikes the perfect balance between being smartly faithful to its source material and adding in its own ideas and flourishes, and in doing so, delivers a game that feels like a sufficiently enhanced and expanded form of what was an already stellar gaming experience. Not only does it keep the strengths of the original intact, the new Silent Hill 2 even enhances those strengths, with the end result being a survival horror remake that is good enough to stand in company of other modern classics in that very specific subset of games, including the likes of Resident Evil 2, and Dead Space.

The question, of course, is this- what’s next for Bloober Team and Konami? And cutting right to the chase, we can probably safely assume that Silent Hill 2 isn’t the last time the two will be collaborating on the psychological horror franchise. There is, in fact, a very good chance that Bloober Team is going to develop another Silent Hill remake, which is something that the studio has strongly hinted at on a couple of occasions. Recently, for instance, Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno said in an interview with Polish outlet Bankier that the Silent Hill 2 remake was “not the end of the adventure with Konami”. Going back a little further, in an interview with GamingBolt, when asked about the possibility of developing more Silent Hill remakes in the future, Silent Hill 2 producer Maciej Głomb said, “It still remains to be seen, but in my opinion, you should never say never.” Sure, that was far from a confirmation- but you wouldn’t expect such an answer from a studio that wasn’t looking to continue working on the IP going forward.

Now that Silent Hill 2 is out and is receiving the sort of widespread acclaim that it is, assuming that it sells well enough (which it hopefully will), we’d be surprised if Konami didn’t greenlight at least another remake with Bloober Team. But even if we were to work on the assumption that that does happen, we would still have another interesting question left to answer- which game should Konami and Bloober remake next?

That Silent Hill 2 was the right choice as the first game to be remade, in spite of being the series’ second entry, is something that we can all agree on, at least in hindsight. Obviously, there was immense pressure on the game to succeed as not only the remake of a beloved and legendary title, but also as the first major release for a fan-favourite franchise that had been dormant for too long (and hadn’t been genuinely good in even longer). But Silent Hill 2 was, narratively speaking, perhaps the best suited for a remake where the developer wouldn’t have to change too much, which meant that most of the attention could be diverted to enhancing the experience’s gameplay and technical aspects, while trying to preserve its narrative strengths.

Both Silent Hill 1 and 3 would likely allow Bloober Team to continue onward with that approach. Having released in 1999 and 2003 respectively, both titles have aged significantly at this point, which means that, just like with Silent Hill 2, the developers will have to spend a lot of their time on reimagining and enhancing the gameplay, design, audio, visuals, and what have you. On a narrative level, meanwhile, neither Silent Hill 1 or 3 have the same level of prestige that something like 2 does, even though they obviously have their fair share of fans, which would likely also allow Bloober Team to maybe be more ambitious with the creative liberties it takes in adapting the source material.

Would that attract skepticism (once again)? Probably, yes- but the studio has done an undeniably good job with Silent Hill 2, which means it’s earned at least a certain amount of trust. Especially if Bloober continues to work with Silent Hill veterans who worked on the originals – as it did for the Silent Hill 2 remake, which saw both creature designer Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka taking an active part in development – we wouldn’t be opposed to the idea of the studio making at least some changes in future remakes. We’ve seen with plenty of remakes in recent years that not sticking closely to the script can often make for even better experiences than the original games, and we’d very much like for future Silent Hill remakes to benefit from such an approach, if they were to get made.

Either one of Silent Hill 1 or 3 would be a smart pick for the next remake, then, though of course, there’s an argument to be made that Silent Hill 4: The Room should also be in that conversation. That is, of course, the black sheep of the mainline numbered Silent Hill line of titles, but it is also the sort of game that is perhaps in more desperate need of improvements and enhancements than Silent Hill 1 and 3, both of which are great games already. Then again, for a franchise that has only just started its comeback journey, perhaps it wouldn’t be the smartest decision to remake what is decidedly one of the series’ least popular entries.

Beyond the mainline numbered titles, Silent Hill does also have a number of spinoffs that are, at least on paper, also candidates for remakes, with Silent Hill: Origins, Downpour, Shattered Memories, and Homecoming. You wouldn’t be wrong for thinking that each of those games have their sets of fans, but while that might be the case, it’s also undeniable that they’re all seriously flawed. For the same reasons as The Room, it’s unlikely that Konami will want to move on to remakes for these titles just yet- and at least The Room is a numbered entry.

Recent reports have claimed that Capcom is currently developing remakes of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica, but that’s only after the company spent the last few years pumping out one numbered remake after another. Once Konami has that sort of solid footing beneath Silent Hill’s legs, we’re sure the idea of spinoffs and the less popular entries being remade won’t seem so out of reach anymore, but at least for now, we’d be surprised if Konami decided to remake anything other than Silent Hill 1 or 3.

That is, of course, based on the assumption that Silent Hill 2 will sell well enough to warrant a follow-up. Hopefully that does happen, because what Bloober Team and Konami have accomplished with the newly-released remake is truly special, and we’d hate to not be able to see them try something like that with other instalments in the franchise in the not-too-distant future.

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