SILENT HILL 2

Buy95%

Very Positive · 67k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Bloober Team SA · Psychological Horror · Oct 8, 2024

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Price
$69.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
43
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio2 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy SILENT HILL 2?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 124 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 69 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 67k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
124 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
the story is presented in its original format, with some changes to explore character motivations and their personalities - that the story remains engaging some 20 years after its release, is a testament to its quality
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
melee combat is weighty, and sufficiently fleshed out to make big fights difficult yet mechanically fair - bonus points for your melee weapon of choice having no durability meter
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Additional lines were added in to allow for dialogue to feel somewhat natural amongst everyone and the structure of the game seems to have been optimised between cutscenes so, the flow of the actual gameplay is much better in general.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A lot of the game’s horror is carried by it’s sound, both voice acting and atmosphere.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I love the new graphics and the atmosphere that comes with it.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Rarely have i felt such things about a playable character, and i loved it.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story124 reviews
Combat94 reviews
Gameplay91 reviews
Audio67 reviews
Graphics66 reviews
Characters8 reviews
Controls7 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
97% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
74% still recommend
Optimization
63% still recommend
Crashes
54% still recommend
Interface
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support
  • Gamepad Recommended

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$69.99

The lowest we've tracked is $27.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $69.99

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