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ActionAdventureIndieRPGExplorationHorrorSurvival HorrorMetroidvania2.5D

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Game description

Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.

Basic info

DeveloperWych Elm
PublisherTeam17
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateOct 8, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNIVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti, AMD Radeon R9 270X
Storage5 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 469 reviews from the past 1 year

91.0/ 100
Top 10%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (96%)

Metacritic: 85 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 14, 2026)

An eerie world built for exploring wins 209 reviews of Silver Pines, which scores 91.0, top 10% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Story & World ranks 99th of 1096 and is mentioned in 84% of analyzed reviews. 209 reviews praise an atmosphere and world design that make exploration unsettling and memorable, and others call the story mysterious and compelling. Visuals & Sound ranks 79th of 1249: 83 praise a distinctive art style, and some compare it to Silent Hill and Twin Peaks. 62 enjoy it, some recommending it to fans of survival horror and Metroidvanias, and some enjoy accessory builds that change how they play.

👎 Where it falls short

79 reviews call the controls clunky, with slow animations and constrained combat. 28 find boss fights frustrating, needing many hits while the stamina system holds them back. 21 say the story is predictable and the endings differ little. Others report frame rate drops to 30 to 40 compared with the demo, and some dislike backtracking without fast travel. Gameplay ranks 558th of 1396, and Tech & Support ranks 576th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“atmosphere and world design create incredible eerie exploration experience” · 209 reviews
“distinctive art style paying homage to Silent Hill and Twin Peaks” · 83 reviews
“simply amazing, great game, would recommend to survival horror and Metroidvania fans” · 62 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 58% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.05 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “excellent map design with metroidvania exploration and item-gated progression” · 9 reviews
Negative “frequent backtracking to previously visited locations required for progression” · 4 reviews

Progression 12% · Difficulty 26% · Onboarding 9% · Strategy 14% · Controls & feel 29%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 84% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

World +4.27 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “atmosphere and world design create incredible eerie exploration experience” · 209 reviews
Negative “psychological horror theme less appealing than zombie theme would be” · 3 reviews

Story 45% · Characters 7%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 20% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +3.38 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “15 hours to 100% completion with good replayability” · 7 reviews
Negative “game is too short, under 40 hours” · 1 review

Variety 7% · Replayability 8%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.16 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “distinctive art style paying homage to Silent Hill and Twin Peaks” · 83 reviews

Audio 29%

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 6% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.04 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Positive “absolute steal of a price for a well-constructed game” · 1 review
Negative “limited saves requiring coins feels restrictive for casual play” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 2% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.10 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “NG+ bug causes softlock when exiting cafe and jumping from broken pipe” · 9 reviews
Positive “no bugs at launch, excellent polish and optimization” · 1 review

Performance 6% · Developer support 2%

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

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