Silent Hill

Silent Hill (サイレントヒル, Sairento Hiru) is a Japanese horror franchise centered on a series of survival horror video games created by Team Silent and published by Konami. The franchise is primarily set in Silent Hill, a fictional town in the U.S. state of Maine, which is plagued by supernatural events, the occult, and dreams manifested into physical form, often taking the shape of horrific environments and creatures stalking the protagonists. The series is heavily influenced by psychological horror, with its player characters being mostly "everymen". The franchise has expanded to include various printed works, three film adaptations, and various spin-off games.

The first four main games (Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room) were developed from 1999 to 2004 by Team Silent, a development team within Konami, and received critical acclaim. The next three main games (Origins, Homecoming, and Downpour) were developed from 2007 to 2012 by Western companies, but garnered much less positive reviews. Konami has revived the series since 2022 with new entries such as The Short Message, the Silent Hill 2 remake, Silent Hill f, the upcoming Townfall, and the upcoming remake of the first game.