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SILENT HILL f

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A fog takes a 1960s Japanese mountain town, and something blooms in it.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam, Epic, GOG
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (80% of 29,916 reviews); Metacritic 86 from 98 critic reviews; OpenCritic 86
Length: About 11 hours for the main story
Players: 1
Made by: NeoBards Entertainment
Released: 2025

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What frightens A fog swallows Hinako's small mountain town in 1960s Japan, and red flowers and grotesque creatures take its streets. She has to face the monsters and solve puzzles to get through, while the story keeps you unsure whether what she sees is real, her imagination, or something out of the town's old beliefs.
Content: graphic violence, intense violence, blood and gore, torture, child abuse, bullying, gender discrimination, drug-induced hallucinations.

SILENT HILL f is a psychological horror game set in 1960s Japan. As high school student Shimizu Hinako you search her fog-covered hometown of Ebisugaoka, solving puzzles and fighting grotesque monsters, in a story by Ryukishi07 with five endings. The main story takes about 11 hours.

About SILENT HILL f

SILENT HILL f is a new entry in Konami's Silent Hill series, and the first one set in Japan. It was developed by NeoBards Entertainment and released in September 2025 on PC (Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is a self-contained story: the town, the characters and the setting were made for this game, and you do not need to know the earlier ones.

You play Shimizu Hinako, a high school student struggling under society's pressure of expectations, in the small mountain town of Ebisugaoka in 1960s Japan. A sudden fog rolls in, the town goes quiet, and her home turns into a nightmare. Hinako makes her way along its twisted paths, solving complex puzzles and fighting grotesque monsters to survive. Small shrines, called hokora, are places to stop along the way.

The story is written by Ryukishi07, with creature and character designs by kera and music by Akira Yamaoka and Kensuke Inage. It plays on doubt: friends speak in cryptic lines, and you are never sure whether the strange events are real, Hinako's imagination, or something born from ancient local beliefs. The world mixes beauty and horror, with red flowers spreading over grey streets and shrine halls, and 3D audio that makes the faintest movement behind you feel close.

Your first playthrough always ends the same way. From the second onward your choices shape the ending, and there are five in total. Players on HowLongToBeat report about 11 hours for the main story and around 17 with side content; seeing everything takes much longer. The game shows violence, torture, child abuse and bullying, and is rated M by the ESRB and 18 by PEGI.

How to play SILENT HILL f

Start a new game and pick a difficulty; Hard runs take players around 12 to 14 hours.
Explore Ebisugaoka as Hinako, following the paths the fog leaves open.
Solve the puzzles that block your way and read what you find for clues.
Fight the creatures that stand between you and the next area.
Use the hokora shrines along the way, then play again after the first ending to reach the others.

Screenshots

SILENT HILL f screenshot: an empty street of old wooden shops and power lines in a Japanese town under grey sky

SILENT HILL f screenshot: a dark shrine hall under red torii beams hung with bells, a fox statue on a candlelit altar

SILENT HILL f screenshot: Hinako from behind at the foot of a foggy stone stairway between wooden walls, a figure waiting at the top

SILENT HILL f screenshot: rain-soaked terraced rice paddies with a scarecrow, thatched houses and power lines in fog

SILENT HILL f screenshot: a fog-bound wooden house overgrown with red flowers and fleshy growths

SILENT HILL f screenshot: a candlelit shrine hall guarded by two huge, snarling fox statues

Tips

Wear headphones; the 3D audio tells you when something is moving behind you.
Read the notes and listen to what Hinako's friends say; the story hides its answers in them.
Finish the first playthrough before worrying about endings; choices only change the outcome from the second run.
Plan for repeat runs: reaching all five endings takes several playthroughs, and your progress carries over into New Game Plus.