Silent Hill PlayStation
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Jan 31, 1999
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Metascore
86 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 96 Ratings

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  • Summary: A young man searching for his daughter - struggling to exist in a place between reality and hell - a town hiding gruesome, dark secrets. Follow a trail of blood and mutilation to snatch a loved one from the clutches of a demonic power. Enter an alternative dimension where death is no escape. Welcome to the madness that is Silent Hill...… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Absolute Playstation
    94
    It's a horrifying action/adventure that will set the pulse racing and put the mind on constant alert.
  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    86
    Enough creepiness to make Christopher Walken uncomfortable. [Jan 2004, p.189]
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  3. Gamezilla!
    85
    Aside from the grainy graphics, imprecise controls and somewhat strange puzzles, this game is pure horror fun.
  4. TotalGames.net
    84
    Flawed, yes, ambitious definitely - Silent Hill is a whole new experience adding to the challenge of "Resident Evil 2," while maintaining what it set out to do... drain you psychologically and scare you shitless!

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. NathanM.
    10
    Excellent in every way. Claustrophobic camera angles, the Kafka-esque fog, and distorted enemies wandering the streets all contribute to this games scariness. Nothing freakier than playing this game at night and hearing the dreaded air-raid siren that signals your descent into the nightmarish Otherworld.… Expand
  2. R4Zi3L
    10
    Truly masterpiece of survival horror and artistic expression in games. Music and sound effects are hypnotic, same about graphics (for PS1). Must play for everyone.… Expand
  3. Speed4Runs
    8
    The game that will always be remembered by all horror players: Silent Hill. A mind-blowing game, excellent plot, graphics, gameplay and horror... a game that, with Resident Evil, has started the great genre of Survival Horror. If you still haven't played it yet (quite impossible), do it!… Expand
  4. Cole123
    7
    This game is an horror classic.Good storyline,good gameplay and puzzles,and opcourse this game scares the hell out of you since the begging to the end.The only reason i gave this game a 7/10 is because the graphics are bad (even for its time) and the controls are stiff.… Expand

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