Silent Hill F revealed details of its story, setting, and gameplay in a new trailer. First announced in 2022 in a mysterious teaser, fans have been waiting a long time for Silent Hill F. At the time, the franchise couldn’t have been in a worse place – with no new releases except for the occasional pachinko machine, all was quiet on the Silent Hill front. Since then, it’s since redeemed itself with the excellent Silent Hill 2 remake, but Konami hasn’t forgotten about its other projects, either.
During the Silent Hill Transmission, livestreamed on the evening of March 13, 2025, Silent Hill F got its first update in a long time, in the form of a new trailer and an extended interview with some of its creators that revealed further details of the game. Set in 1960s Japan, in the fictional town of Ebisugaoka, it’s a departure from the usual Silent Hill fare in terms of story – but otherwise, its setting and themes appear to be right on point. The livestream also confirmed that Silent Hill F would be available the same night to wishlist on PS5, Xbox, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Silent Hill F Takes Inspiration From Classic Japanese Horror
(And Much, Much More)
Several members of the Silent Hill F team appeared during the broadcast in order to explain what influenced the game. First, there was Ryukishi07, the game’s scriptwriter, who helped explain a little more about the plot of Silent Hill f. Its setting, though fictional, is heavily based on the real-life city of Gero, located in the Gifu prefecture. It follows a young girl named Shimizu Hinako, an ordinary teenager whose life is upended when a mysterious fog suddenly rolls into town. The fog changes her world into a waking nightmare, and she’s forced to fight to survive.
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Gameplay of Silent Hill F will involve combat and puzzles – pretty typical Silent Hill fare. In one piece of concept art shown during the broadcast, Shimizu is seen clutching a bent lead pipe, markedly similar to those used by many a Silent Hill protagonist. Beyond that, we don’t know much about how it’ll play – it’s not clear how much of the trailer is actual gameplay footage, and I wouldn’t be surprised, at this early stage, if the answer were “none.”
It’s worth noting, however, that this does not appear to be part of Bloober’s ongoing collaboration with Konami. Silent Hill F is being developed by Neobards, a Hong Kong-based studio that previously worked on the Resident Evil 3 remake.
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