SummaryThe survival horror experience begins after a prison transport vehicle careens off the road, leaving lone inmate Murphy Pendleton stranded in Silent Hill. Gamers will encounter mind-bending puzzles, as well as horrific creatures and other world terrors using everyday objects from wooden chairs to glass bottles to fend off their enemies. The nat... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
Developer:Vatra
Silent Hill: Downpour
Released On:
Mar 13, 2012
Metascore
Mixed or Average
64
User score
Mixed or Average
6.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
64
20% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
76% Mixed
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Mar 22, 2012
90
Silent Hill Downpour may not be the most technically advanced game, nor boast the best polished gameplay, but it succeeds in what we were expecting from it : to be able to restore this icy, sweaty fear the series was known for.
Mar 12, 2012
75
From side quests to sound design, Silent Hill: Downpour isn't afraid of change. The restult is a captivating game more expansive than the series has ever seen.
User score
Mixed or Average
6.9
51% Positive
227 Ratings
227 Ratings
30% Mixed
134 Ratings
134 Ratings
18% Negative
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
Feb 23, 2026
10
I felt nostalgic and decided to play it on emulator (with owned PS3 bios, of course *wink*), me and my classmate back in the day were not into Silent Hill but pretty scared at first and now it's basically my first game since 10+ years of dip this series took. I know it's not the best place to start but I decided to play this series backwards, it added an additional layer to my gameplay by discovering the history of those games. It immediately reminded me of Alan Wake and Dead Space, the whole game feels like proto modern horror game like RE or again, Alan Wake 2. And it was born at a time when every game was turning into open-world, although not big but I thought that the exploration of those small and detailed locations was engaging and had some wondeful side-quests. Main character was unique and edgy, it was nice to explore trauma of someone who's a convict while exploring moral uncertainty of revenge. Despite that monsters almost did not represent our character and look extremely bland. I read somewhere that producers purposefully picked the most boring designs and one of the artists left because of how many of his concepts were turned down. The music choices on the radios are hidden gems and what you'll hear during the credits your jaw will drop!
Jan 24, 2026
10
To this day I don't understand why this game is so criticized. The graphics, soundtrack, and storyline are INCREDIBLE. Seriously, what a beautiful storyline! It has 6 endings, and that's wonderful, I love everything about this game. The only bad things are the frame rate drops and the combat system. Unfortunately, it's not available for PC.
Mar 13, 2012
70
While the journey in Downpour is one of the most interesting in the series, some of its most significant beats fall flat.
Mar 19, 2012
67
Downpour isn't quite an evolutionary leap, but it demonstrates that Konami's thinking isn't entirely constrained by the past.
May 2, 2012
60
Silent Hill Downpourit's a good game, despite all of its flaws, but desperately needs new mechanics.
Mar 22, 2012
60
It may not shock you, but it can at least build a thick, oppressive atmosphere as the relatively clever plot keeps twisting and the grot and grime pile up and threaten to choke you. It can't handle fear - but it does a neat line in mild intrigue. Silent Hill: Downpour won't freeze you to your seat, but it will probably keep you playing to the end.
Mar 27, 2012
40
Silent Hill: Downpour upsets me not because it's a bad game (it is), but becaue there's the kernel of a good game in it, with some excellent set pieces that are undone by its muddy, bloated open world, technical glitches, and last-gen presentation. It's a game that I desperately want to like for what it does well, but I can't responsibly overlook its failings, which makes it all the more frustrating.
Dec 12, 2016
10
This game is absolutely fantastic and unfortunately way underrated everywhere. This game is horror and suspense, beauty and disturbing, hope and fear. Perfect
Oct 12, 2025
7
Ich hab das schlimmste erwartet war aber sehr positiv überrascht. Downpour hat eine super Story, Level Design und Atmosphäre, das einzige wo das Spiel komplett versagt hat ist der Moster design, und Symbolik da ist kein. Daher geb ich das Spiel eine 7.
Oct 29, 2023
7
Игра атмосферна. Главное преимущество игры исследование. Несмотря на то что награда обычна бывает такой себе, шарить по зданиям и делать доп. квесты интересно.
Dec 7, 2023
4
Easily the worst conventional Silent Hill game by far.
Bad and incongruous story, painfully awkward dialogue, clunky gameplay, pointlessly limited inventory system, and worst of all it had jack all to do with Silent Hill in the first place, they could have literally set this game anywhere else, and it would make zero to no difference in the context of the story we were given. This shoddy excuse of Konami's attempt at retooling silent hill without the team that made it great and memorable in the first place was nothing but mediocrity incarnate.
Nov 23, 2021
4
Performance is unbearable, enemies are boring and the combat is trash. Giving points only on the spooky aspect of the game.
