Silent Hill 2
The second entry in the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill 2 is a narrative-focused third-person psychological survival horror game with emphasis on combat, exploration and puzzle-solving elements which…
Silent Hill 2 is an adventure developed by Team Silent, released 24 September 2001 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 12.8 hrs to finish.
What Silent Hill 2 is
Silent Hill 2 is an adventure game developed by Team Silent and released in 2001. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
James Sunderland has arrived in the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his wife Mary, telling him to meet her in their special place in Silent Hill. However his wife died three years ago, and has kept the secrets surrounding her death. James decides to honor the letter's request, wondering if this is a sick joke or if there is more to this. As he reaches the outskirts of the town, James finds that the road is blocked, and parks at an abandoned restroom. Little does he realize that this is the first step forward into the mystery of Silent Hill and his own past.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are drama, horror, mystery and survival. 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 third of 39 entries we hold in the Silent Hill series. It arrived 6 months after Silent Hill: Play Novel. The next entry was Silent Hill 2: Special 2 Disc Set in 2001. Its critic score of 90 is 16 points above the series average of 74. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Silent Hill 2 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 1,223 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12.8 hrs.
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 24 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars and Commandos 2: Men of Courage. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars, Commandos 2: Men of Courage.
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.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
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Characters
All 8
Dlc
Remakes
Quick answers
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