Three Septembers in a Row: Silent Hill Won't Stop

September belongs to Silent Hill now. Konami confirmed during the June 2026 State of Play that Silent Hill: Townfall launches September 24 on PS5 and PC, making it three straight years the publisher has shipped a new Silent Hill game in the same month. The Silent Hill 2 remake landed in September 2024, Silent Hill f followed in September 2025, and now Townfall completes the hat trick.

Series producer Motoi Okamoto acknowledged the pattern directly in a PlayStation Blog post, saying he was "pleased to have Silent Hill: Townfall mark our third consecutive year of launching in the same season." For a franchise that spent the better part of a decade in total silence, that cadence is almost absurd. I did not expect Konami to pull this off, and each game has come from a different studio with a different creative vision makes it more impressive than if they'd just been churning out sequels.

Townfall is the first Silent Hill game built entirely around first-person gameplay. Developed by Screen Burn Interactive, it's set on a fictional Scottish island called St. Amelia in 1996, where protagonist Simon Ordell uses a portable CRTV device to detect monsters through thick fog. Writer and Director Jon McKellan said enemies will "dynamically hunt the player, using their senses to track them down" if you draw too much attention. The State of Play trailer also introduced a new character named Zoe, a nurse from a local clinic who has some kind of connection to Simon that neither of them fully understands.

The ESRB had already rated the game ahead of the showcase, which tipped off fans that an announcement was imminent. It received a Mature rating for blood, strong language, and violence. Townfall will be available on PS5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, with no Xbox or Switch 2 versions announced. Pre-orders are live now, with a Deluxe Edition offering 48-hour early access and a digital artbook.

If you're looking for more horror before September, the rotoscoped survival horror game Silver Pines has a playable Steam demo available now ahead of its October 8 launch.