Silent Hill

Silent Hill
Silent Hill
	Logo since 2022
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Developer(s)	Team Silent (1999–2006); Will Corporation (2001); Creature Labs (2002); Konami Software Shanghai (2004); Konami Digital Entertainment (2006–2007, 2024); Gamefederation Studio (2007–2008); Climax Studios (2007–2009); Double Helix Games (2008); Playsoft Games (2010); Vatra Games (2012); Hijinx Studios (2012); WayForward Technologies (2012); Kojima Productions (2014); Genvid Technologies (2023); Bad Robot Games (2023); Behaviour Interactive (2023); HexaDrive (2024); Bloober Team (2024); NeoBards Entertainment (TBA); No Code (TBA);
Publisher(s)	Konami (1999–2004); Konami Digital Entertainment (2006–); Genvid Entertainment (2023); Annapurna Interactive (TBA);
Creator(s)	Keiichiro Toyama
Composer(s)	Akira Yamaoka (1999–2009, 2024); Noisycroak (2001); Will Music (2001); Masayuki Maruyama (2007); Jun Ito (2007); Daniel Licht (2012); Ludvig Forssell (2014); NEKOFACE (2023);
Platform(s)	PlayStation; Game Boy Advance; PlayStation 2; Xbox; Microsoft Windows; FOMA; Java ME; Arcade; PlayStation Portable; PlayStation 3; Xbox 360; iOS; Wii; Wii U; Android; PlayStation Vita; PlayStation TV; PlayStation 4; PlayStation Now; Xbox One; Xbox One S; Xbox One X; Xbox Series S; Xbox Series X; Web browser; PlayStation 5;
First release	Silent Hill; February 24, 1999; 25 years ago
Latest release	Silent Hill 2; October 8, 2024; 46 days ago

Silent Hill (Japanese: サイレントヒル, Hepburn: Sairento Hiru) is a horror anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four mainline video games in the series—Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room—were developed by an internal group called Team Silent, a development staff within the former Konami subsidiary, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo from 1999 to 2004.

The franchise is primarily set in the fictional town of Silent Hill, a place plagued by supernatural events, and follows various characters drawn to the town, where they encounter horrifying creatures, psychological torment, and mysteries tied to their own pasts.

The next three mainline games—Origins, Homecoming, and Downpour—were developed by other, mostly Western, developers and released between 2007 and 2012. The Silent Hill franchise has expanded to include various print pieces, two feature films, and spin-off video games. As of 2013, the game series has sold over 8.4 million copies worldwide.^[2] Since 2022, Konami have embarked on a series of projects in the series including games Silent Hill: The Short Message, the 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2, and the upcoming Silent Hill f, with various spin-offs releasing during the two periods.

Most games are set in the series' eponymous fictional American town. The series is heavily influenced by the literary genre of psychological horror, with its player characters being mostly "everymen".^[3]

^ IGN Staff (February 23, 1999). "Silent Hill". IGN. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
^ "映画『サイレントヒル：リベレーション3D』山岡晃氏に聞く――好きな音楽は『サイレントヒル』の音楽です". July 11, 2013.
^ Fahs, Travis (October 30, 2009). "IGN Presents the History of Survival Horror". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. p. 5. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2011.

[1] IGN Staff (February 23, 1999). "Silent Hill". IGN. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

[2] "映画『サイレントヒル：リベレーション3D』山岡晃氏に聞く――好きな音楽は『サイレントヒル』の音楽です". July 11, 2013.

[History_of_Survival_Horror-3] Fahs, Travis (October 30, 2009). "IGN Presents the History of Survival Horror". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. p. 5. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2011.

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