SILENT HILL 2
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ActionAdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorStory RichSurvival HorrorAtmospheric

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Game description

Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

Basic info

DeveloperBloober Team SA
PublisherKONAMI
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateOct 7, 2024
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 x64
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 or Intel® Arc™ A750
Storage50 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 423 reviews from the past 1 year

88.7/ 100
Top 20%

Steam rating: Very Positive (95%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 20, 2026)

Dread and atmosphere fill this horror remake, and SILENT HILL 2 scores 88.7, top 20% of the games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Story & World appears in 87% of analyzed reviews and ranks 32nd of 1096. 207 reviews praise an atmosphere with real emotional impact. 83 enjoyed the story and its style, and a few say it stays with them long after the credits. 36 admire the graphics, and the most upvoted finds the overhaul astonishing. Visuals & Sound ranks 78th of 1249, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 587th of 1399.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support ranks 1207th of 1399. 92 reviews report performance problems, such as traversal stutter and frame drops even on strong hardware, and some needed mods to fix them. 31 find it repetitive, and some point to weak enemy variety, recycled puzzles or long key hunts. 22 find the combat clunky, and some blame tight camera angles. Gameplay ranks 495th of 1396, and Content Volume ranks 681st of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“amazing atmosphere creates emotional impact” · 207 reviews
“enemy variety weak after first few areas” · 31 reviews
“one of favourite horror games with compelling endings” · 23 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Difficulty +2.00 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
Positive “hard difficulty feels fair and satisfying to overcome” · 4 reviews
Negative “game doesn't scare as much as desired, predictable scares” · 12 reviews

Progression 2% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 3% · Strategy 5% · Controls & feel 17%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 87% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

World +4.52 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “amazing atmosphere creates emotional impact” · 207 reviews
Negative “fixed camera angles removed, destroying psychological horror and tension” · 3 reviews

Story 63% · Characters 26%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.22 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “enemy variety weak after first few areas” · 31 reviews

Volume 10% · Replayability 9%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 59% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +4.36 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “Akira Yamaoka's soundtrack is genius, incredibly diverse and perfect” · 19 reviews
Negative “new music remixes are subpar fan covers, emotional impact diminished” · 3 reviews

Visuals 38%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 0% of reviews mention this.

Community — · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 5% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.06 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “only recommended to buy on sale, not worth full price” · 6 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Performance -0.76 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Negative “traversal stutter awful, requires mods to fix” · 92 reviews
Positive “runs well on RX560 4GB, feels like PS3 at 30fps” · 3 reviews

Stability 3% · Developer support 4%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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