Silent Hill: Townfall
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EmuGlx.org70Silent Hill: Townfall boasts an excellent atmosphere and some great ideas, but its overreliance on stealth and uneven storytelling turn what could have been a top-tier horror game into merely a good adventure.
Eurogamer80Silent Hill's stellar revival continues as new developer Screen Burn melds stealth, meticulous world design, and a dash of social realism for a different sort of survival horror.
IGN80Like the intravenous needle permanently jutting out of its hero’s wrist, Silent Hill: Townfall gives this long running series a welcome shot in the arm.
Silent Hill: Townfall news
Nerfs to Silent Hill: Townfall's Worst Enemy Are Substantial, Hard Puzzle Also Tweaked
The Weight gets hit hard. Screen Burn promised it would be addressing the worst enemy encounter in Silent Hill: Townfall, and boy has it in a new PS5 patch available now. The Weight, a monster that stalks you in a few sections and has an instant one-hit kill attack, has been heavily nerfed in the update. As per the developer, these are the changes it's made to the enemy in patch 1.4: Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Silent Hill Townfall update nerfs The Weight stealth sections, weakens enemies and makes the final puzzle easier
The version 1.4.0 patch should make the game less frustrating
Silent Hill: Townfall's Worst Enemy to Be Addressed in Future PS5 Patch
Screen Burn will reduce The Weight. If you've played enough of Silent Hill: Townfall, you'll probably have encountered The Weight. This is a slow, top-heavy enemy that patrols a few sections of the game and gives chase if it spots you. You must avoid alerting it while you're going about your objective; otherwise, it'll be on your tail. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Review: Silent Hill: Townfall Largely Delivers on PS5 and Pro, Falls Short on PC
This unique setting deserves better. The latest release in the iconic horror series, Silent Hill: Townfall, has finally arrived on PlayStation consoles and PC. While we were unable to produce a day-one review due to an exceptionally busy release schedule and staff shortages, the game is well worth briefly covering in written form - and indeed, in this week's DF Direct (embedded above). Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net
How Long Is Silent Hill: Townfall?
Five different IGN editors played through Silent: Hill Townfall in five different ways to find out how long Konami's new survival horror is, depending on playstyle.
Silent Hill: Townfall review - an often inspired, if slightly lumbering trek into the fog
Once a fictional town in Maine, Silent Hill has broken containment and become a transferable oral history mechanism, offered to videogame developers worldwide as a way of investigating, even celebrating local culture. I'm still in two minds about whether this licensing outreach project, begun with Silent Hill f, is more inspired than it is vampiric. I picture Konami's invitation being pushed under the door of potential collaborators like Mary's letter to James in Silent Hill 2: "in our restless
Silent Hill: Townfall Review - A Refreshing Spin on a Beloved Franchise
Set in the Scottish town of St. Amelia, the hide-and-seek horror of Silent Hill: Townfall is terrifying to experience.
Silent Hill: Townfall Completes The Series’ Comeback With Another Great Entry
Only a few years ago, the Silent Hill name was considered a relic of the horror genre. Its best efforts were its earliest from 20 or more years ago, and it had since lost its way. Lately, though, it's found its footing again, first with Bloober Team's remarkable remake of Silent Hill 2 in 2024, then with 2025's brilliantly rule-breaking Silent Hill f. Now, with Screen Burn's Silent Hill: Townfall, the comeback feels complete. Townfall is the third memorable entry in as many years, reviving a leg
Silent Hill Townfall review: Outstanding horror marred by infuriating stealth
Top tier atmosphere is let down by some truly frustrating moments
Silent Hill: Townfall — 9 ways first-person changes the iconic horror formula
The Silent Hill franchise has evolved with its most recent entries, expanding into settings that go beyond the eponymous foggy American town. In Silent Hill: Townfall, it also taps into a new way to terrify players, shifting from a traditionally third-person perspective to first-person. The series has previously offered glimpses of first-person gameplay, including Silent […]
Silent Hill: Townfall Review
Like the intravenous needle permanently jutting out of its hero’s wrist, Silent Hill: Townfall gives this long running series a welcome shot in the arm.
Silent Hill: Townfall review
As I watch the credits roll on Silent Hill: Townfall, it's hard to believe this is the same series that had, until just a few years ago, been neglected into near-irrelevance. Like 2025's excellent Silent Hill f, Townfall is a fascinating thing; a game of bold creative swings that's part inversion, subversion, and evolution of the near-three-decade survival horror series, charting its own idiosyncratic path while still feeling entirely Silent Hill.
Silent Hill: Townfall creators break down PS5 features, out September 24
Silent Hill: Townfall incorporates multiple elements that draw players into its tense, unnerving world. In this post, we would like to present what developer Screen Burn focused on to realize this level of immersion, as well as how PS5 features are integrated in the game’s experience. I would first like to give a brief introduction […]
Silent Hill: Townfall Could Finally Restore Survival Horror’s Missing Mystery
Recent survival horror games have nailed the format but held players' hands too tightly to allow a genuine sense of terrifying mystery - Silent Hill: Townfall looks set to get the old-school formula just right.
Preview: Silent Hill: Townfall Is a PS5 Horror Time Capsule I Can't Wait to Play More Of
The Devil is in the details. Silent Hill: Townfall is one of my most anticipated games of 2026. I came upon the series for the first time having loved the Silent Hill 2 remake and really enjoying what I played of Silent Hill F. However, Townfall was of particular interest to me because of its setting. Heading off to the misty seaside town of St. Amelia, Townfall is set in Scotland in the mid-90s. As a Scotsman born in the mid-90s, sure, there may be a bit of bias towards this setting – it’s cert
I found solace from Silent Hill: Townfall's stealthy horror in the soothing Britishness of its abandoned homes
I suppose, in a way, I asked for this. Crouched and cowering behind a garden fence, inches away from the thrashing, cleaver-faced miscreation who’d quite comfortably win in a fight against my splintering plank of rotten wood, I can almost hear Silent Hill: Townfall whisper mocking in my ear: not too much combat now, eh?
Silent Hill: Townfall Has Some Familiar Faces, Cast Revealed in New Trailer
Locke them up. Publisher Konami has released a new trailer for its upcoming survival horror game, Silent Hill: Townfall, and it reveals a handful of cast members. Check it out below: Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Silent Hill: Townfall English voice cast announced
Publishers Konami and Annapurna Interactive, and developer Screen Burn Interactive have released a new trailer …
Silent Hill: Townfall's new gameplay trailer quietly confirms how long its PS5 exclusivity will last
A new Silent Hill: Townfall gameplay trailer has offered up over 18 minutes of first-look footage while also quietly confirming exactly how long the game's PlayStation 5 exclusivity will last.
Silent Hill: Townfall Confirmed As Timed Exclusive, Will Likely Hit Xbox
Could launch as soon as March 2027. Konami has dropped 19 minutes of gameplay for Silent Hill: Townfall, the next mainline entry into the iconic horror series. The game is set to launch September 24, 2026 as a console exclusive on PS5 for at least six months. At the end of the gameplay video, the fine print reads that whilst Townfall is available on PC at launch, the Sony hardware exclusivity window is limited to six months, suggesting the psychological horror could make its way to Xbox. Read th
This Is Your Best, Most In-Depth Look at Silent Hill: Townfall Yet
A full 19-minute gameplay deep dive. Konami has published a comprehensive deep dive into the gameplay of upcoming PS5 survival horror game, Silent Hill: Townfall. Across 19 minutes of footage, the opening sequence is revealed alongside protagonist Simon's first steps into the fog-covered Scottish town of St. Amelia. It then introduces the new CRTV device, gets into a bit of exploration, and then the video concludes with some combat. There's even a tease of the Otherworld at the end, as St. Ameli
Nearly 20 minutes of new Silent Hill Townfall gameplay shows puzzle solving and the first monster encounter
Konami's first-person survival horror game is coming next month
Silent Hill: Townfall 19-minute ‘Gameplay’ trailer
Publishers Konami and Annapurna Interactive, and developer Screen Burn Interactive have released a 19-minute gameplay …
How Silent Hill: Townfall gets deep into its protagonist's headspace
We spoke with Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto and game director Jon McKellan about embracing analog horror and fully immersing players in a new perspective.
Silent Hill: Townfall's dev team wrecked old TVs with magnets to make its in-game gadget feel real
Silent Hill: Townfall studio Screen Burn used broken TVs and magnets to make its in-game gadget, the CRTV, feel analogue as well as look it.
Silent Hill: Townfall's devs say they're purposefully playing against your nostalgic tech feelings, but I'm not sure it'll work on me
The Silent Hill series has one of those worlds that I just struggle to conceptually place in a contemporary setting. Sure, that'll partially be down to when the original four games were released, but seeing a faux iPhone in The Short Message just felt wrong to me. So I'm quite pleased by the fact that Silent Hill: Townfall is set in the '90s, replacing the games' iconic radio with a portable CRT. And in doing so, its devs were able to use that now nostalgic tech against us, so say the devs thems
Silent Hill: Townfall Developers discuss the Scottish setting, retro technology, first-person combat
Launching September 24 on PlayStation 5, Silent Hill: Townfall marks the latest entry in the iconic psychological horror franchise. In this article, we bring you insights from Motoi Okamoto, producer for the Silent Hill series at Konami and Jon McKellan, writer and director at Scotland-based developer Screen Burn Interactive. Could you share why you chose […]
Feature: 6 Things to Know from Silent Hill: Townfall's Glowing PS5 Previews
Press plays opening hours of new PS5 entry. Despite a small bit of release date movement, the month of September is still jam-packed with PS5 releases — so much so you'll probably have to pick and choose what games you pick up. Silent Hill: Townfall, out on 24th September 2026, increasingly looks like it has to be one of them. Ahead of launch, select press outlets have played the first few hours of the horror game, with the embargo lifting today. I've read and watched a handful of them, and here
Silent Hill: Townfall's director finds it 'utterly terrifying to be the next one in the series' but is still confident fans will enjoy the experience
Silent Hill f is certainly a tough act to follow.
Silent Hill: Townfall hands-on report
The line between supernatural horrors and the psychological struggles of characters is often blurred between Silent Hill games, but it might never have been as hazy as it is in Silent Hill: Townfall. I recently played about four hours of the first-person survival-horror game, in which protagonist Simon finds himself in a foggy Scottish town […]
Silent Hill: Townfall Might Be Exactly What the Series Needs | IGN Preview
Silent Hill: Townfall being in first-person definitely sparked the thought of what P.T. could have been, because my time with Townfall showed that the more intimate interaction with the environment can bring you closer to both the story it's trying to tell and the gameplay elements that give rise to such dread. I came in thinking Townfall would be just another direction the series could explore, and came away eager for whatever comes after the end of my preview demo.
Silent Hill: Townfall promises to "massively subvert" your expectations, and it's left me painfully excited
There's a peculiar type of stomach pain I get when I care, arguably too much, about a highly-anticipated game. The instinct is to set your expectations low – like, core-of-the-earth low – so whatever comes can't disappoint. A bit like turning up on a blind date and feeling relieved they can use a knife and fork even though they spend the next ninety minutes talking about their mum.
Silent Hill: Townfall Continues To Revitalize the Series in New, Horrifying Ways | IGN Preview
After a brief hands-off demo, we know that Silent Hill: Townfall is tapping into the style of horror we know to be Silent Hill – with the tension of a slow-paced first-person thriller.
Silent Hill: Townfall is authentically scary and authentically Scottish
The Silent Hill renaissance is set to continue in Scotland's foggy North
Everything we know about Silent Hill: Townfall and its foggy Scottish town
Townfall's got medical trauma, fog, and a radio. Sounds like Silent Hill to me.
Silent Hill: Townfall's Eerie Silence Makes for Sinister, Slow-burn Horror
Set within the Scottish countryside, Silent Hill: Townfall is a creepy, slow-burn horror title.
Silent Hill: Townfall will release in September alongside a handful of other blockbuster games hellbent on avoiding GTA 6
Five heavyweights are taking shelter earlier in the holiday season.
Silent Hill: Townfall’s latest trailer shows how the series’ trademark claustrophobic horror feels in first person
As confirmed by the developers, Silent Hill: Townfall's gameplay will be experienced from the first person.
Silent Hill: Townfall wants you to "fear the truth behind the static" when it arrives in September
Here's the thing. When Konami announced that Silent Hill was making a comeback with not only a remake of its most beloved entry, but two new games from different studios, I felt quite curmudgeonly about it. I still do about that Silent Hill 2 remake, to be honest. Unfortunately, I thought that Silent Hill f was actually quite good, so good that here I am almost a year later still thinking about it. All of this is to say that hearing Silent Hill: Townfall, the slightly Scottish take on the series
Silent Hill: Townfall has a PS5 release date, and things are getting scary in very foggy Scotland this September
Silent Hill's long-awaited resurgence has seen a strong start thanks to Bloober Team's Silent HIll 2 remake and developer Neobards' Silent Hill f. So hopes are high for the survival horror series next outing, Silent Hill Townfall, which is now confirmed to be releasing for PlayStation 5 on 24th September.
Silent Hill: Townfall Gets New Trailer, Release Date at PlayStation State of Play
Silent Hill: Townfall has gotten a brand new trailer and a release date.
Silent Hill: Townfall, Konami’s Scottish Silent Hill, gets a release date
The next entry in the survival horror series comes in September
Silent Hill: Townfall launches September 24 on PS5
We had announced this February that Silent Hill: Townfall was coming in 2026, and now we have finally had the chance to reveal the game’s release date as September 24! I am pleased to have Silent Hill: Townfall mark our third consecutive year of launching in the same season, following the 2024 release of Silent […]
Silent Hill: Townfall launches September 24
Silent Hill: Townfall will launch for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games … Source
The Silent Hill PS5 Streak Continues in Townfall, Out on 24th September
New age rating uploaded ahead of livestream. Ahead of today's State of Play livestream, Silent Hill: Townfall has picked up its official ESRB age rating on the board's official website. This could suggest the indie take on the Konami horror series will receive an update tonight, potentially including a final PS5 release date. The game has received a Mature (M) rating for blood, strong language, and violence. A description provides a brief outline of the story, which you can read on the website,
Silent Hill: Townfall Appears Primed for State of Play Update
New age rating uploaded ahead of livestream. Ahead of today's State of Play livestream, Silent Hill: Townfall has picked up its official ESRB age rating on the board's official website. This could suggest the indie take on the Konami horror series will receive an update tonight, potentially including a final PS5 release date. The game has received a Mature (M) rating for blood, strong language, and violence. A description provides a brief outline of the story, which you can read on the website,
Silent Hill: Townfall Steelbook Revealed, But it's Another European Exclusive
Konami has revealed a Silent Hill: Townfall Steelbook bundle exclusive to the UK and Europe. Amazon preorders are live, but US fans appear to be missing out.
Good news Silent Hill heads, Townfall is bringing firearms back as the devs promise combat and stealth will be on 'equal footing'
"What I really enjoy about melee combat is just how frantic it is."
Silent Hill: Townfall Will Sound Just as Good as It Looks
First song released from soundtrack. With its PS5 release scheduled for 2026, developer Screen Burn is beginning to post more about its Silent Hill: Townfall project. Today, it's revealed Anthony Scott Burns, aka Pilotpriest, will compose the soundtrack, and the first song from it has been shared online. Titled "Home", you can listen to it above, with the visuals featuring shots from the game's setting of St. Amelia. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Silent Hill: Townfall composed by Canadian musician Pilotpriest
Canadian musician Pilotpriest is the composer for Silent Hill: Townfall, publishers Konami and Annapurna Interactive, … Source
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Too many games. September 2026 is getting seriously packed, as now Remedy has confirmed it will also be putting out Control Resonant during that month. It'll be releasing on the same day as Silent Hill: Townfall, 24th September, and you can catch the new trailer above. Manhattan is under attack by otherworldly forces. Humanity's only shot at survival is Dylan Faden, who has to remember how to be human again himself. But can he let go of the echoes of the past? And can he do it before all is los