SILENT HILL 2

Buy95%

Very Positive · 65k 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 and characters: 154 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 91 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 77 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 65k 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
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are complaints
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
154 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
remixed story beats and gameplay sequences, although the overall story plays out the same way
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
• Voice acting is good.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
- The visuals/Graphics: you can tell they wanted to give RE Engine a run for the money, and they didn't disappoint.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
72 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.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story and characters154 reviews
Audio80 reviews
Graphics73 reviews
Gameplay72 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
61% still recommend
Difficulty
94% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
91% still recommend
Performance
71% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Bugs
100% 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.

6 points recordedtoday · $69.99

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