All Silent Hill Games, Ranked

Name the best horror games ever made, and Silent Hill won’t be too far off your list. Since 1999, the franchise has given us the most terrifying, mind-melting experiences in the eerie, foggy town of Silent Hill. It hasn’t been all smooth sailing, with a hiatus period where we thought the franchise had hung its survival horror cape until Konami surprised us with 2025’s Silent Hill f. Back like we never left, huh? 

Feels like the perfect time then to be going down memory lane, assessing the stories that kept us up at night and the monsters that made us shiver with fear. What are the Silent Hill games that are so good, we keep going back to them to relive their horrors? What games left a lasting impression on our minds, hearts, and the gaming industry as a whole? Our list of all Silent Hill games, ranked, should help settle any debate. 

15. Silent Hill Mobile/Orphan Trilogy (2007-2011)

We all know the mainline titles as the best Silent Hill games. But there are lesser-known titles like Silent Hill Mobile in Europe, and later Silent Hill Orphan in the US. It takes place in an abandoned orphanage, with Silent Hill’s signature fog streets, and uses a first-person point-and-click gameplay system.

14. Silent Hill: Ascension (2023)

Silent Hill: Ascension is up next, which didn’t do so well. It’s like a TV series, except it’s interactive and set in the Silent Hill universe. But the story just doesn’t cut it, and neither does the half-gameplay experience, locked behind paywalls.

13. Silent Hill: HD Collection (2012)

Silent Hill HD: Collection re-releases Silent Hill 2 (2001) and Silent Hill 3 (2003). And despite not being an original, all it had to do was improve the graphics and gameplay; it still launched with problems the originals never had, from technical to control and visual issues. 

12. Silent Hill: The Short Message (2024)

All Silent Hill games, ranked, are followed up by Silent Hill: Short Message. Being free-to-play is a nice touch, and the plot is good, dealing with heavy teen issues like bullying and suicide. But the execution leaves a lot to be desired, in its cringeness and lack of suspense.

11. Silent Hill: Book of Memories (2012)

Fans have labeled Silent Hill: Book of Memories the dungeon-crawling survival horror spin-off with RPG elements that no one asked for. It does have its pros, with some decent combat and exploration. However, it can be too simple and lacks that Silent Hill horror touch.

10. Silent Hill: Downpour (2012)

The eighth installment in the Silent Hill franchise, Downpour, pleased fans with its original storyline set back in the sleepy town of Silent Hill. A prisoner meets mysterious locals and starts to unlock repressed memories that quickly turn into their personal hell.

9. Silent Hill: Homecoming (2008)

Next on all Silent Hill games, ranked, is Silent Hill: Homecoming. It’s the sixth installment that follows a soldier returned from war, who enters Shepherd’s Glen to investigate his brother’s disappearance. 

8. Silent Hill: Origins (2007)

The fifth installment, Silent Hill: Origins, ranks next. What’s a routine delivery leaves a solitary truck driver stranded in Silent Hill’s terrifying town. It’s interesting because this is a prequel to the first game, and its nightmarish world and gruesome monsters are deserving of any fan to check out.

7. P.T. (2014)

Now, I know I probably shouldn’t include the playable teaser, P.T., which is a cancelled installment in the series due to the falling out between Konami and Kojima. But it simply was too good to leave out, adapting a most immersive and psychologically tense atmosphere. 

6. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009)

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is lacking in combat and monster design. But it’s a psychological thriller with a neat story reimagining the first game’s, following Harry Mason’s search for his daughter while trying to piece together his own fractured memories.

5. Silent Hill f (2025)

Most recently, Silent Hill f joined the ranks of all Silent Hill games, ranked. Location’s interesting as it takes players to 1960s Japan, following Shimizu Hinako’s struggles with family and friendships. Obviously, the best-looking game on current-gen hardware, but the story, too, keeps you on your toes with abounding secrets and mysteries.

4. Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)

I find Silent Hill 4: The Room drastically underrated, perhaps because of the somewhat underwhelming story. But the world design more than makes up for it, with its unkillable ghosts and deadly traps. 

3. Silent Hill (1999)

Introducing us to the disconcerting world of Silent Hill is the first game. We follow Harry Mason, who survives a car crash and sets off searching for his missing daughter, Cheryl. He stumbles onto the haunted town of Silent Hill, confronting monstrous figures, a fanatical cult, and a deadly Otherworld. 

2. Silent Hill 3 (2003)

The third installment follows teenage girl Heather, trapped in Silent Hill, and uncovering a terrifying connection between her inner fears and sickening monsters she has to fight to survive. On the technical side, Silent Hill 3 outdoes itself, whether in the haunting art or the gruesome sound. It expands on the Silent Hill universe as well, with more mysteries to discover. Only the gameplay may be a bit of a letdown, as has been the case in the series at large. 

1. Silent Hill 2 (2001, 2024 Remake)

And lastly, Silent Hill 2, which is the best of all Silent Hill games, ranked so much so that it deserved and got a spectacular 2024 remake. The remake, as expected, features better graphics and gameplay, modernized from the original’s limited level design and clunky combat. 

But the original remains the trendsetter that first gave us a unique, disturbing story and unsettling atmosphere. James Sunderland arrives in Silent Hill after receiving his dead wife’s letter. And his own trauma and guilt end up the focal point of exploring a fog-filled, monster-ridden, haunted town.

And who remembers Pyramid Head? Sunderland’s own manifestation of his inner demons and messed-up psyche. Simply horror goodness at its best.