Play Order (Release = Chronological)Recommended
0 / 10 playedRelease order. The one hard rule is 1 before 3; everything else is standalone.
- 1 Silent Hill Harry Mason searches for his daughter. Start here or with Silent Hill 2.
- 2 Silent Hill 2 James Sunderland. Standalone; the 2024 remake below can substitute it.
- 3 Silent Hill 3 Direct sequel to the first game. Play after Silent Hill 1.
- 4 Silent Hill 4: The Room Henry Townshend. Loosely linked, apartment-bound structure.
- 5 Silent Hill: Origins Prequel to the first game, but play it here; its reveals assume the original.
- 6 Silent Hill: Homecoming Alex Shepherd. Standalone Western-era entry.
- 7 Silent Hill: Downpour Murphy Pendleton. Standalone.
- 8 Silent Hill: The Short Message Free standalone short set in Germany. No prior games needed.
- 9 Silent Hill 2 (Remake) Bloober Team remake. Newcomers can play this instead of the 2001 original.
- 10 Silent Hill f 1960s Japan spinoff by NeoBards. Standalone; released September 25, 2025.
About Silent Hill
Silent Hill is Konami's survival horror series about an American resort town that manifests the guilt and grief of whoever wanders in. The early games follow Harry Mason, James Sunderland and Heather through the town's cult, while later entries are mostly standalone nightmares.
This play order follows release order. Play the first game before the third, since the third continues its story, and play Origins after the original even though it is a prequel. New players should start with Silent Hill 1 or Silent Hill 2, with the 2024 remake of the second game as the easiest modern entry point. Silent Hill f is fully standalone.
Good to know
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009) is a re-imagining of the first game and is optional. Silent Hill: Book of Memories (2012) is a Vita dungeon crawler spinoff most fans skip. P.T. (2014) was a delisted teaser for the cancelled Silent Hills. Silent Hill: Ascension (2023) is an interactive streaming series, not a standard game. Silent Hill: Townfall is dated September 24, 2026 and was unreleased as of September 17, 2026. A remake of the first game by Bloober Team was announced in June 2025 with no date.
