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Silent Hill Townfall – Everything To Know
The next installment of Silent Hill is almost here. Here's everything to know about Silent Hill: Townfall.
Silent Hill Townfall
Releases Sep 24, 2026
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Silent Hill: Townfall is a first-person psychological horror game from Scottish developer Screen Burn, set in a remote town positioned at the threshold of the internet age. Launching September 24, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and PC, it marks a significant departure from the franchise's established formula - a risky move that the studio has been given creative freedom to pursue.
Recent coverage emphasizes Screen Burn's focus on psychological horror over action, a deliberate course correction from criticisms leveled at previous entries. Hands-on impressions have been positive, with previews highlighting the game's unsettling atmosphere. The developer has expressed both the weight of stepping into the franchise and confidence in the experience it's crafted. PC system requirements targeting an RTX 3080 for 4K performance have been unveiled ahead of launch. Game director Jon McKellan has indicated ambitious goals for the game's narrative longevity, hoping its story mysteries will fuel player discussion for years to come.
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gamescom 2026 Interview: Silent Hill: Townfall – Scotland, Guilt, and the CRTV That Changed Everything
Screen Burn's director and KONAMI's series producer explain the decisions behind one of this year's most anticipated horror games.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Prequel Comic The Dock House Announced, Explores St. Amelia Before the Game
Konami has announced SILENT HILL: Townfall – The Dock House, an original comic story serving as an official narrative companion to the upcoming SILENT HILL: Townfall. The prequel is written by the game’s lead writer and director Jon McKellan, with artwork by David Roach. The Dock…
Silent Hill: Townfall — Why Is Konami Setting Its Next Horror Game in 1990s Scotland?
Silent Hill: Townfall moves the series to 1990s Scotland, replacing familiar American horror imagery with isolation, analog technology and a new cultural backdrop.
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Gamescom 2026 — Silent Hill: Townfall Finds Horror In A Different Kind Of Town
Jon McKellan and Motoi Okamoto sat down with CGMagazine to discuss how Silent Hill: Townfall came together and why taking the franchise beyond Silent Hill itself felt like the right move.
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Silent Hill Townfall Isn’t Even Out Yet, But You Can Already Pre-Order It For Less Before Halloween
After over a decade with no new entries, the Silent Hill franchise has been on a roll recently. Since 2024’s Silent Hill 2 remake brought the beloved, dread-inducing game back into the spotlight, the spin-off Silent Hill f took somewhat of a detour, taking the familiar atmosphere…
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Silent Hill: Townfall – 15 Biggest Things We Know So Far
You’re drawn to yet another misty abandoned town, yes, but Silent Hill: Townfall quickly establishes itself as a unique entry in the long-running horror series.
Silent Hill: Townfall's Weapons Can Break After Just a Few Fights — Is Combat Actually Designed to Make You Run?
Silent Hill: Townfall's makeshift weapons can survive only a few fights, while guns can attract more enemies. Is its combat system actually designed to make players run?
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Silent Hill: Townfall Might Be the Closest We've Ever Gotten to One of the Most Famous Canceled Horror Games
Silent Hill: Townfall is diving headfirst into first-person horror, and it could make up for one of Konami's biggest horror fumbles.
Silent Hill: Townfall Gets New Trailer With Messages From Cast and Development Team
The new video includes messages from the game's writer and director, as well as Kezia Burrows, Jovan AAdepo, and Terry O'Quinn.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Preview – The fog has found its way to Scotland
There are few things more unsettling in a horror game than knowing something is behind you, but being too afraid to turn around and find out exactly what it is. Silent Hill: Townfall understands this perfectly. Moving through the foggy streets of St. Amelia in first person, I fou…
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Silent Hill: Townfall’s 1996 Setting is “Almost Like the Perfect Time For Horror”, Says Writer
Jon McKellan spoke about how the 1990s setting also allows the studio to take away tools like smartphones and GPS from players.
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Silent Hill Townfall's atmosphere is spot-on, but slow-burn terrors leave a tepid first impression
In 70 minutes, I expected Silent Hill Townfall to try harder to grab and keep my attention at Gamescom 2026
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We Played An Hour Of Silent Hill: Townfall, And It's Phenomenal
We went hands-on with the game at this year's Gamescom, and we can already tell it's going to be a banger.
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Konami Press Start live stream set for September 3 featuring Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Rev. NOiR
Konami will host a “Konami Press Start” live stream on September 3 at 8:00 a.m. …
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Silent Hill Townfall taps back into analog horror, but its tech is "never going to lie to you"
Silent Hill Townfall evokes the classic horror radio static with its CRTV, and its technology will be one of the only things you can trust.
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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 mockin…
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Silent Hill Townfall Reveals New Story Details Alongside Voice Cast In New Trailer
Things have gone clearly wrong in St, Amelia, but just how much does Simon have to do with what befell the town in this one?
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Silent Hill: Townfall goes Until Dawn mode with celebrity cameos from The Odyssey and Lost actors
My world will never be the same: John Locke is in Silent Hill
Silent Hill: Townfall brings Emmy-winning talent to its Scottish nightmare
In this year's Silent Hill: Townfall, we follow Simon Ordell to Scotland, where the franchise's iconic, sinister fog has descended upon the harbour town of St. Amelia in 1996. A handful of new characters were introduced during the presentation, with the cast featuring several Emm…
Silent Hill: Townfall English Voice Cast Revealed With Jovan Adepo, Kezia Burrows, and Terry O’Quinn
Konami and Screen Burn have confirmed the English voice cast for their upcoming horror game Silent Hill: Townfall in a new trailer. The cast is as follows: Jovan Adepo as Simon Kezia Burrows as Zoe Terry O’Quinn as Richard Developed by Screen Burn and co-published by Annapurna In…
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Silent Hill: Townfall 19-minute ‘Gameplay’ trailer
Publishers Konami and Annapurna Interactive, and developer Screen Burn Interactive have released a 19-minute gameplay …
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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 g…
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’s Otherworld is Tinged in Red and Swarming With Monsters in New Gameplay
Even armed with a revolver, Simon's journey through the Otherworld is a battle for survival, especially with the sheer number of threats.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Preview: A Fresh Perspective on a Beloved Franchise
This is Hardcore Gamer's hands-on preview of Silent Hill, and an interview with series producer, Motoi Okamoto.
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'Weaponizing Nostalgia' - Silent Hill: Townfall Devs Talk About the Choice to Set the Game in 1990s Scotland
Silent Hill: Townfall will be the series' second entry set outside of the United States, a choice its developers explain in a chat with GameRant.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Dev Wants to Keep Fans Theorizing
A mysterious story designed for years of discussion.
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Silent Hill: Townfall PC Preorders Get 25% Price Cut at Fanatical
Silent Hill: Townfall preorders for both the Standard and Deluxe Editions on PC have received a 25% discount at Fanatical ahead of the game's release on September 24.
Silent Hill: Townfall’s CRTV is “Authentic” Because Screen Burn Actually Used (and Abused) Old TVs
"We would damage the cables, hold magnets to them, and then get that footage back into the game," reveals director Jon McKellan.
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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.
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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.
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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 pl…
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Silent Hill: Townfall Reveals 4K PC Specs and PS5 Pro Enhancements
When Does Silent Hill: Townfall Release? Silent Hill: Townfall releases on September 24, 2026, launching simultaneously on PC and PlayStation 5. The psychological horror game runs on Unreal Engine 5 and is developed by Glasgow-based Screen Burn in collaboration with Konami, movin…
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How the Silent Hill Townfall team made a charming seaside town utterly terrifying
Screen Burn's Jon McKellan and Konami's Motoi Okamoto gave Polygon a glimpse behind the process of making the fictional St. Amelia a reality.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Devs Jon McKellan and Motoi Okamoto Explain How the New Game Fits Into the Greater Series
In a conversation with GameRant, Silent Hill: Townfall director Jon McKellan and Konami producer Motoi Okamoto explain its link to the IP as a whole.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Features 5 Endings, Including Two Locked Behind New Game+
Director Jon McKellan says players' choices will "determine the ending", which will feel "very appropriate to the experience you had."
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Here’s Why Silent Hill: Townfall Is A First-Person Game
Silent Hill: Townfall makes some big changes from the usual Silent Hill experience that fans have come to expect, not only with its Scottish setting, but also with its first-person perspective. While this gameplay style is unusual for Silent Hill (we still remember you, PT), it t…
Silent Hill: Townfall is “Leaning Into” Expectations But Also “Massively Subverting” Them, Says Director
"It's leveraging that familiarity to build something new out of that that surprises players and takes them on a different journey."
Is your PC ready for Silent Hill Townfall? PC System requirements unveiled
Here’s what you need to run Silent Hill Townfall on PC Silent Hill Townfall is coming to PC and consoles on September 24th, and Konami has just unveiled the game’s PC system requirements on Steam. The game is a new self-contained survival horror game set within an isolated Scotti…
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Silent Hill: Townfall PC Requirements Land Two Months Out, Targeting RTX 3080 for 4K but Only at 30 FPS
With less than two months away from the game's release date, KONAMI has shared the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Silent Hill: Townfall. The game developed by Scottish studio Screen Burn (formerly known as No Code) is powered by Unreal Engine 5, just like last…
'Silent Hill: Townfall' Is Adopting a Feature From 'P.T.' Demo to Deliver New Creepy Experience
Silent Hill: Townfall is adopting a famous feature that the team introduced in P.T., a demo game from over a decade ago.
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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,…
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Silent Hill: Townfall Hands-On Preview: Lost in the Static
Game Rant went hands on with Silent Hill: Townfall for about three hours, and it's looking about as creepy and strange as one could hope.
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Silent Hill: Townfall takes place in 'the perfect storm'—a remote Scottish town that stands on the edge of the age of the internet
The internet has been a pretty scary experience for me.
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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.
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Silent Hill: Townfall Could Be Proof Of The Franchise’s Renaissance Moment
Ever since I played three hours of Silent Hill: Townfall and interviewed its writer and director Jon McKellan, one thing McKellan said has been rattling around in my head: "There are different Silent Hills for different people." It's a simple statement--one I agree with and felt…
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Silent Hill: Townfall Devs Were Given The Freedom To Make Their Own Kind Of Horror
Glasgow-based developer Screen Burn has been around for over a decade, and Silent Hill: Townfall is the studio's highest-profile game to date. The studio has produced a few cult-classics over the years like Stories Untold and Observation, but with its Silent Hill spin-off, the te…
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Silent Hill: Townfall Dev Wants Players To Discuss Its Story Mysteries For Decades
One way to gauge the success of a game is by looking at how much talk it generates after launch, and in the case of Silent Hill Townfall , game director Jon McKellan has an ambitious goal for the Scottish psychological-horror. According to McKellan, the team at Screen Burn is loo…
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Silent Hill: Townfall Needs to Be More Silent Hill Than f Ever Was
Silent Hill: Townfall needs to prioritize psychological horror over action and learn from the combat-heavy mistakes that held Silent Hill f back.
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Silent Hill: Townfall is Getting a New Trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Evil Empire's upcoming Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is also playable on the show floor for attendees from August 26th to 30th.