Silent Hill: Townfall is earning strong praise from critics, with reviewers highlighting its oppressive atmosphere, inventive CRTV mechanic, clever puzzles, tense stealth, and compelling mystery. While some criticism targets repetitive stealth, limited enemy variety, and a handful of frustrating late-game puzzles, the consensus points to another successful chapter for the series.
8.4
Average Score (adjusted)
Confidence: High
Some disagreement
Reviews: 9
Top Review: gamingbolt (9.0)
Spread: 1.2
⭐ 8 / 10
IGN concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is great, giving the long-running series a welcome shot in the arm. The main pros cited are a first-person perspective that greatly enhances the sense of dread, especially with the letterboxed presentation adding claustrophobia, an oppressively ominous atmosphere maintained throughout, a genuinely compelling central mystery dealing with fresh themes like corporate greed and environmental mismanagement alongside familiar trauma and guilt, understated and earnest protagonist Simon, cleverly designed and challenging puzzles built around impeccable recreations of obsolete nineties technology, the CRTV motion-sensing gadget as a stress-inducing tool for tracking enemies and uncovering clues, scarce resources and intentionally sluggish combat that encourage slow stealth, well-placed distractions and hiding spots, a generous inventory compared to Silent Hill f, and light crafting with the IV bag revival safety net. The main cons cited are that the CRTV's ability to see through walls makes the opening hours light on substantial scares, and one particular late-game puzzle is so confounding it borders on unfair, though hints are available in the options menu.
⭐ 8 / 10
GameSpot concludes Silent Hill: Townfall completes the series' comeback with another great entry. Pros: tense, punishing combat that's best avoided the way a horror game should feel, a thick and familiar atmosphere that gives way to subverted expectations, brilliant music that joins the series' best, a story that feels importantly specific and unique to Screen Burn's perspective, a fully standalone entry that works for newcomers, the CRTV as an active evolution of the series' radio, and rich environmental detail rewarding close inspection. Cons: some stealth sections can become predictable or frustrating, and combat in the final third sometimes eases off the tension.
⭐ 9 / 10
GamingBolt concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is amazing, one of 2026's best horror games and a memorable outing that cements the series' resurgence. Pros: an engrossing story with strong pacing, nuanced writing and wonderful performances, the excellent and dread-filled setting of St. Amelia, tense combat and stealth, strong puzzle design with the CRTV adding a unique layer, tactile diegetic UI that grounds the world, and strong audio and visual design. Cons: exploration doesn't always feel rewarding, level design can be too straightforward, and enemy variety is disappointingly limited.
⭐ 4 / 5
Eurogamer concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is an often phenomenal ride continuing the series' stellar revival, reverent to its roots and properly unnerving. Pros: exquisitely realised St. Amelia, tense first-person stealth, clumsy risky combat, the CRTV twist on the classic radio, shifting perspectives, inventive puzzles, and a stellar Anthony Scott Burns soundtrack. Cons: too relentless without the fogworld-otherworld pressure valve, deflating tension, a bland fumbled closing chapter with backtracking, and a dull early Simon.
⭐ 4.5 / 5
GamesRadar+ concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is an unrelentingly dark and disturbing horror game, about as good as horror gaming gets. Pros: an impeccably crafted atmosphere with flawlessly eerie foggy Scottish streets and weighty concrete brutalism Otherworld, the CRTV as a tense twist on the classic radio, stealth that builds real fear, grounded and investigative puzzles, a slow-burn story with fascinating characters and satisfying reveals, and outstanding sound design. Cons: stealth can wear thin and dominate, several arduous interior sections with little escape, an insta-kill enemy that stalks relentlessly, a few chore-like fetch quests, and one maddening late-game symbol-guessing puzzle.
⭐ 78 / 100
GameStar concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is something very special, with breathtaking atmosphere and clever puzzles that make up for the stealth frustration, and it genuinely still feels like Silent Hill despite its radical reinvention. Pros: stunning atmosphere and grand immersion, Alien: Isolation-style stealth, clever puzzles, and a cryptic story. Cons: the stealth can be frustrating and demands patience, and it's not for those who want hard-hitting action or a story that explains everything.
⭐ 4.5 / 5
TheGamer concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is a stellar survival horror experience through and through, understanding the series' core while bringing its own take and respecting those foundations. Pros: a strong paranoia-inducing atmosphere that is the game's strongest suit, clever puzzles intricately connected to the story rather than artificial roadblocks, threatening enemies that demand understanding and proper use of the environment and tools, and the CRTV's signals as an interesting way to find enemies and guide the player. Cons: progression and puzzle-solving may feel a little ambiguous.
⭐ 89 / 100
PC Gamer concludes Silent Hill: Townfall is just the right mix of old and new, with classic psychological horror and grotesque monsters plus the CRTV as a brilliant new puzzle-solving and stealth tool, and Screen Burn absolutely understands what makes a great Silent Hill game. Pros: St Amelia as an incredibly alive and lived-in setting full of brilliant visual storytelling, lateral-thinking puzzles that coach you into the Silent Hill mindset, the CRTV as the most creative, fun and useful puzzle-solving tool the reviewer has played with, tense stealth that lets you avoid combat, and a psychologically jarring story with Zoe and Richard as standout playable characters whose perspectives deepen the mystery. Cons: Simon is a little boring compared to Zoe and Richard, serving as a blank template, and a couple of late puzzles like the pipe room are frustratingly obtuse.
⭐ 8 / 10
PC Games concludes Silent Hill: Townfall delivers genuine Silent Hill feeling again, scoring it 8.0 out of 10, with creative puzzles and a dense atmosphere making the horror almost tangible. Pros: highly varied, creative puzzles from number codes to medication doses and blood transfusions, frequency puzzles as a clever use of the CRTV and controller motion sensors, a dense oppressive atmosphere with strong first-person immersion, realistic graphics with a solid 60 FPS Performance mode, and a fitting soundtrack. Cons: fiddly focus targeting that causes fatal mistakes in escapes, sparse save points that punish death with long replays, limited enemy variety, and multiple crashes often right after cutscenes.