6 Games Like Silent Hill If You’re Looking for Something Similar

The Evil Within 2

While the first game was a bit of a disappointment, The Evil Within 2 ended up being quite the surprise hit when it released.

The sequel focuses entirely on Sebastian’s family life and his desire to rescue his daughter from the STEM. The Evil Within 2 features a very similar structure to the original Silent Hill game, where protagonist Harry Mason had gone through his own traumatic journey to find his daughter Cheryl.

It’s pretty difficult to find survival horror games like Silent Hill, as the series itself is so cerebral and mixes emotional trauma with survival gameplay, but The Evil Within 2 is the closest modern example we have at the moment.

Layers of Fear

If you’re looking for something way spookier, though, Layers of Fear is an excellent one to check out.

While it’s pretty much just a walking/run and hide simulator similar to the likes of Amnesia and Outlast, it’s in the narrative where Layers of Fear truly shines, and we get to see its similarities to the Silent Hill series.

The game puts us in control of a psychologically tormented artist who’s trying to finish his latest work. Players will get to explore his apartment and discover exactly what metaphorical demons are plaguing his mind. There are spooks, sure, but it’s the emotional and mental trauma of this game that truly make it scary.

Clock Tower

The Clock Tower series is pretty dated at this point, but definitely still worth a look if you’re on the prowl for more survival horror game like Silent Hill.

Clock Tower doesn’t feature a whole ton of action, as it’s primarily a point-and-click adventure game where you’re constantly solving puzzles to progress, or hiding from enemies.

However, it does have some pretty good enemy designs, including Scissorman, who’s basically the Clock Tower version of Pyramid Head.

Siren

Siren, or Forbidden Siren depending on which region you’re in, was developed by Project Siren and directed by Keiichiro Toyama, who created the Silent Hill series.

The setting in this series is vastly different than that of Silent Hill’s, but both series have similar vibes in that they rely on subtlety and ambience to create fear and horror.

The primary ‘gimmick’ here is that players can make use of a psychic power to see what the undead enemies can see and hear in their surroundings, then use that information to secure a way out of the level. The game generally encourages you to avoid conflict instead of fighting the enemies head on.

Siren’s plot revolves around a cult’s attempt to awaken a god through a forbidden ceremony. Sound familiar yet?

Resident Evil

We can’t really make a list of games similar to Silent Hill without at least mentioning Resident Evil.

To be clear, Capcom’s survival horror series is on a path that’s completely divergent from Konami’s Silent Hill. One series deals with zombies and bioterrorism, while the other is much more focused on introspective horror.

However, when it comes to old-school survival horror gameplay, you can’t go wrong with the classic Resident Evil games. Resident Evils 1 to 3 feature tank controls and obtuse environmental puzzles just like Silent Hill, what’s not to love?

PT

Last, but certainly not least, we’d also be remiss not to mention Hideo Kojima’s PT.

Released as just a short playable teaser on PS4, PT was the most genuinely terrifying game we’d played in quite a while. Despite the short length and limited environment, the setting itself was enough to give us a glimpse into the mind of a deranged man.

It was an incredibly unsettling experience, and we can only imagine how the final game would’ve turned out had it not been canned by Konami.

Truth be told, it’s likely that nothing will ever come close to Silent Hill 2’s brilliance and its fantastic psychological horror narrative, but PT looked like it could’ve been a real contender.