Silent Hill Games in Order: Release Order, Timeline and Where to Start

Summary: There are more than a dozen Silent Hill games, running from the 1999 original to Silent Hill f in 2025 and Silent Hill: Townfall in September 2026. The four Team Silent games from 1999 to 2004 are the core of the series, and the 2024 Silent Hill 2 remake is the best place for new players to start. Most entries tell standalone stories, so strict order matters less than in other series.

• The main series runs from Silent Hill (1999) to Silent Hill: Townfall (2026).
• The Silent Hill 2 remake from 2024 is the best starting point for new players.
• Most games tell standalone stories, so you can play them in almost any order.
• A remake of the original Silent Hill has been announced but has no release date.

Silent Hill has had a remarkable revival. After a decade with almost no new games, Konami has released a new Silent Hill every autumn from 2024 to 2026, which has brought a lot of new players to the series.

How Many Silent Hill Games Are There?

The release-order list below has 13 games, including the Silent Hill 2 remake. Add smaller releases such as the interactive series Ascension, mobile spin-offs and arcade titles, and the total climbs higher. For most players, the list below covers everything worth playing.

Silent Hill Games in Release Order

• Silent Hill (1999)
• Silent Hill 2 (2001)
• Silent Hill 3 (2003)
• Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
• Silent Hill: Origins (2007)
• Silent Hill: Homecoming (2008)
• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009)
• Silent Hill: Downpour (2012)
• Silent Hill: Book of Memories (2012)
• Silent Hill: The Short Message (2024)
• Silent Hill 2 remake (2024)
• Silent Hill f (2025)
• Silent Hill: Townfall (2026)

The first four games were made by Team Silent, a Japanese team inside Konami, and are the ones most fans consider essential. Townfall released on September 24, 2026 for PS5 and PC.

Silent Hill Games in Story Order

Only a few games are directly connected, so the timeline is short:

• Silent Hill: Origins, a prequel set before the first game.
• Silent Hill, the original story of Harry Mason searching for his daughter.
• Silent Hill 3, a direct sequel to the first game.

Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 4 are standalone stories set in the same world, and the later games mostly tell their own stories. Silent Hill f moves the series to 1960s Japan, and Townfall is set in 1990s Scotland, treating Silent Hill as a phenomenon rather than a single town.

Best Silent Hill Games Ranked

• Silent Hill 2 (2001 original or 2024 remake): widely considered one of the best horror games ever made.
• Silent Hill 3: the strongest direct sequel, with some of the series' most disturbing moments.
• Silent Hill f: a bold 2025 reinvention with melee combat and a new setting, which sold over 2 million copies in its first six months.
• Silent Hill: The first game still holds up as a template for psychological horror.
• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories: a clever reimagining of the original that plays very differently from the rest of the series.

Where to Start

Start with the Silent Hill 2 remake. It has modern controls and visuals, needs no knowledge of the other games, and shows exactly why the series is so respected. From there, Silent Hill f is the best modern follow-up, and Silent Hill 3 is worth tracking down if you want more of the classic era.

Which Silent Hill to Play Next

New players should pick the remake, classic fans should try Silent Hill f and Townfall, and anyone curious about the original timeline can wait for the announced remake of the first game. Most of the modern entries are on PS5 and PC, and the Silent Hill 2 remake also arrived on Xbox Series X|S in November 2025.

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