Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2 Remake is a ground-up reimagining of the 2001 psychological horror game. It follows James Sunderland as he searches for his deceased wife in the fog-shrouded town of Silent Hill. The remake…
Silent Hill 2 is an adventure developed by Bloober Team, released 8 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Silent Hill 2 is
Silent Hill 2 is an adventure game developed by Bloober Team and released in 2024. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Having received a letter from his deceased wife, James Sunderland heads to Silent Hill, where they shared so many memories, in the hope of seeing her one more time. There, by the lake, he finds a woman eerily similar to her… "My name... is Maria," the woman smiles. Her face, her voice... She's just like her.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 43 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Silent Hill series
Silent Hill 2 is the 32nd of 39 entries we hold in the Silent Hill series. The next entry was Silent Hill f: Deluxe Edition in 2025. Its critic score of 87 is 13 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Silent Hill 2 at 90.
How it was received
Silent Hill 2 holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 299 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-6700K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 or Intel® Arc™ A750. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Silent Hill 2 launched on 8 October 2024, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio and Neva. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Neva.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Silent Hill 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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