Silent Hill is a survival horror video game franchise created by Team Silent and published by Konami and Konami Digital Entertainment. As well as the main video game series, numerous types of accompanying merchandise have been released.

Video games

Main series

Title Details
Silent Hill

Original release date(s):[1]
  • NA: February 24, 1999[2]
  • JP: March 4, 1999
  • EU: July 16, 1999[3]
 Release years by system:
1999 – PlayStation[1]
Silent Hill 2

Original release date(s):[4]
  • NA: September 24, 2001
  • JP: September 27, 2001
  • EU: November 23, 2001
 Release years by system:
2001 – PlayStation 2[4] and Xbox[5]
2002 – Microsoft Windows[6]
Silent Hill 3

Original release date(s):[7]
  • PAL: May 23, 2003
  • JP: July 3, 2003
  • NA: August 6, 2003
 Release years by system:
2003 – PlayStation 2,[7] Microsoft Windows[8]
Silent Hill 4: The Room

Original release date(s):[9]
  • JP: June 17, 2004
  • NA: September 7, 2004
  • EU: September 17, 2004
 Release years by system:
2004 – PlayStation 2,[9] Xbox,[10] Microsoft Windows[11]
Silent Hill: Origins

Original release date(s):[12]
  • NA: November 6, 2007
  • EU: November 16, 2007
  • AU: November 30, 2007
  • JP: December 6, 2007
 Release years by system:
2007 – PlayStation Portable[12]
2008 – PlayStation 2[13]
Silent Hill: Homecoming

Original release date(s):[14][15]
  • NA: September 30, 2008
  • NA: November 6, 2008 (PC)
  • EU: February 27, 2009
  • AU: March 19, 2009
 Release years by system:
2008 – PlayStation 3,[14] Xbox 360,[15] Microsoft Windows[16]
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Original release date(s):[17][18][19]
  • NA: December 8, 2009 (Wii)
  • NA: January 19, 2010 (PS2)
  • EU: February 26, 2010
  • JP: March 25, 2010
  • AU: May 6, 2010
 Release years by system:
2009 – Wii[17][18][19]
2010 – PlayStation 2[20] and PSP[21]
Silent Hill: Downpour

Original release date(s):[22]
  • NA: March 13, 2012
  • EU: March 30, 2012[23]
  • AU: April 5, 2012
  • JP: November 8, 2012 (PS3)
 Release years by system:
2012 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[22]
Silent Hill 2

Original release date(s):
TBA 		Release years by system:
TBA – PlayStation 5, Windows
Notes:
  • Remake of Silent Hill 2 from 2001
Silent Hill ƒ

Original release date(s):
TBA 		Release years by system:
TBA

Spin-offs and compilations

Title Details
Play Novel: Silent Hill

2001 – Game Boy Advance 		Notes:
The Silent Hill Collection

Original release date(s):[25]
  • EU: April 21, 2006
  • JP: July 7, 2006
 Release years by system:
2006 – PlayStation 2
Notes:
  • European release contains Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room. Japanese release also includes the first Silent Hill.[26]
  • Known in Japan as Silent Hill Complete Set
Silent Hill: Mobile

Original release date(s):[27]
  • JP: July 5, 2006
 Release years by system:
2006 – FOMA
Notes:
  • Mobile phone game
  • Also known as Silent Hill DX
  • Not to be confused with Silent Hill: Orphan, which is called Silent Hill: Mobile in Europe
Silent Hill: The Arcade

Original release date(s):
  • JP: July 25, 2007
  • EU: 2008
 Release years by system:
2007 – Arcade
Notes:
Silent Hill: The Escape

Original release date(s):[28][29]
  • JP: December 19, 2007
  • WW: January 22, 2009
 Release years by system:
2007 – FOMA
2009 – iOS
Notes:
  • Mobile phone game
Silent Hill: Orphan

November 2007 – Mobile phone[30] 		Notes:
  • Known as Silent Hill: Mobile in Europe
Silent Hill: Orphan 2

September 2008 – Mobile phone[31] 		Notes:
  • Known as Silent Hill: Mobile 2 in Europe
Silent Hill: Mobile 3

March 2010 – Mobile phone 		Notes:
  • Sequel to Silent Hill: Orphan and Silent Hill: Orphan 2
Silent Hill HD Collection

Original release date(s):[32]
  • NA: March 20, 2012
  • JP: March 29, 2012
  • EU: March 30, 2012[33]
  • AU: April 5, 2012
 Release years by system:
2012 – PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Notes:
Silent Hill: Book of Memories

Original release date(s):
  • NA: October 16, 2012
  • EU: November 2, 2012
  • JP: February 14, 2013
 Release years by system:
2012 – PlayStation Vita
P.T.

Original release date(s):
  • WW: August 12, 2014
 Release years by system:
2014 – PlayStation 4
Notes:
  • An interactive teaser for Silent Hills
  • Removed from PlayStation Store on 29 April 2015
  • Ability to redownload was removed in May 2015
Silent Hills

Original release date(s):
Cancelled 		Release years by system:
Cancelled – PlayStation 4
Notes:
  • Cancelled in April 2015
Silent Hill

Original release date(s):
  • JP: October 5, 2015
 Release years by system:
2015 – Pachislot
Notes:
  • A Silent Hill 2 themed slot machine game[34]
Silent Hill: Escape

Original release date(s):
 Release years by system:
2020 – Pachislot
Notes:
  • A Silent Hill: Downpour themed slot machine game
Silent Hill: Return

Original release date(s):
 Release years by system:
2020 – Pachislot
Notes:
  • A Silent Hill 3 themed slot machine game
Dead by Daylight: Silent Hill

Original release date(s):
  • WW: June 16, 2020
 Release years by system:
2020 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS
Notes:
  • Downloadable content for Dead by Daylight, a multiplayer survival horror video game.
Monsters & Mortals - Silent Hill

Original release date(s):
  • WW: March 23, 2021
 Release years by system:
2021 – Microsoft Windows
Notes:
  • Downloadable content for Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals, a multiplayer survival horror video game spin-off from the Dark Deception franchise.
Super Bomberman R

Original release date(s):
  • WW: 3 March 2017
 Release years by system:
2017 – Nintendo Switch
2018 – PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Notes:
  • The characters Pyramid Head Bomber, Robbie the Rabbit Bomber, and Bubble Head Bomber are downloadable content for the game.
Silent Hill: The Short Message

Original release date(s):
  • WW: January 31, 2024
 Release years by system:
2024 – PlayStation 5
Notes:
  • Free short-form title developed by Konami and HexaDrive.[35]
Silent Hill: Townfall

Original release date(s):
TBA 		Release years by system:
TBA
Notes:
  • The first Silent Hill game not published by Konami and the first game of Silent Hill Anthology.

Films

Title Details
Silent Hill

April 2006 – film 		Notes:
  • Directed by Christophe Gans and released through TriStar Pictures in the United States, and Pathé in Europe.
  • It opened at number one in the U.S. with $20.1 million dollars, on its way to a total of $47 million domestically.[36]
Silent Hill: Revelation

October 26, 2012 – film[37] 		Notes:
  • Sequel to the 2006 film.[38]
Return to Silent Hill

TBA – film[39] 		Notes:
  • Directed by Christophe Gans
  • Based on Silent Hill 2

Other media

Title Details
Book of Lost Memories

2003 – guidebook 		Notes:
  • Details various aspects of the first three games such as symbolism and ideas behind games or development process
Drawing Block: Silent Hill 3 Program

2003 – artbook 		Notes:
  • Added to limited editions of Silent Hill 3 together with Lost Memories DVD and two posters
Lost Memories: The Art and Music of Silent Hill

2003 – DVD 		Notes:
  • Divided into seven sections, it contains full soundtracks, trailer collections, artworks, renders and creature galleries from the first three games and additional music videos.
Silent Hill

2004–2008 – comic books 		Notes:
  • Written by Scott Ciencin with artwork by Ben Templesmith (Dying Inside #1 and 2), Aadi Salman (Dying Inside #3, 4, 5), Shaun Thomas (Paint It Black, Among The Damned) and Nick Stakal (Grinning Man, Dead/Alive #1 to 5) and published by IDW Publishing. An earlier standalone graphic novel from British publisher Com.X was completed in 2000 but never released.
Silent Hill: The Novel

2006 – light novel 		Notes:
  • Novelization of the first game by Sadamu Yamashita only released in Japanese
Silent Hill 2: The Novel

2006 – light novel 		Notes:
  • Novelization of the second game written by Sadamu Yamashita and illustrated by Masahiro Ito
Silent Hill 3: The Novel

2006 – light novel 		Notes:
  • Novelization of the third game written by Sadamu Yamashita and illustrated by Masahiro Ito
Silent Hill: The Novel

2006 – light novel 		Notes:
  • Novelization of the 2006 film written by Paula Edgewood also only released in Japanese
Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle

2006 – cellphone manga 		Notes:
The Silent Hill Experience

April 6, 2006 – PSP 		Notes:
  • Designed as a promotional item for the 2006 film, it contained six comics and twenty songs from the first four games.[40]
Silent Hill: Double Under Dusk

2007 – cellphone manga
Silent Hill: White Hunter

2008 – mini comic book 		Notes:

Short 6-page comic packaged with the Japanese Silent Hill: Origins soundtrack

Silent Hill: Revelation

2013 – light novel 		Notes:
  • Novelization of the 2012 film; released only in Japanese
Silent Hill: Ascension

Original release date(s):
 Release years by system:
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Soundtracks

Title Release date Length Label Ref.
SILENT HILL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS March 5, 1999 1:12:06 King Records [citation needed]
SILENT HILL 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS October 3, 2001 1:13:00 Konami Music Entertainment [citation needed]
SILENT HILL 3 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS March 25, 2003 1:11:18 Konami Music Entertainment [citation needed]
SILENT HILL 4 –THE ROOM– ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS June 17, 2004 2:10:10 Konami Media Entertainment [citation needed]
SILENT HILL ZERO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS January 25, 2008 1:06:17 Konami Digital Entertainment [citation needed]
Silent Hill Downpour Original Soundtrack March 13, 2012 58:43 Milan Records [citation needed]
Silent Hill: Homecoming Original Soundtrack April 17, 2012 1:09:42 Milan Records [citation needed]
Silent Hill Shattered Memories Original Soundtrack April 17, 2012 49:31 Milan Records [citation needed]
Silent Hill Book of Memories Original Soundtrack April 17, 2012 1:02:43 Milan Records [citation needed]

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