SILENT HILL 2

SILENT HILL 2

Steam Deck Unsupported

Bloober Team SA · Psychological Horror · Oct 8, 2024

Yes, worth buying.

At $69.99. It has been as low as $27.99.

95%
Very Positive
64k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 154 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 91 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 77 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 64k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
remixed story beats and gameplay sequences, although the overall story plays out the same way
154 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
• Voice acting is good.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- The visuals/Graphics: you can tell they wanted to give RE Engine a run for the money, and they didn't disappoint.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Additional lines were added in to allow for dialogue to feel somewhat natural amongst everyone and the structure of the game seems to have been optimised between cutscenes so, the flow of the actual gameplay is much better in general.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters154 reviews
Audio80 reviews
Graphics73 reviews
Gameplay72 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Optimization54 reviews
61%
Difficulty32 reviews
94%
Controls13 reviews
100%
Interface12 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat91 reviews
91%
Performance77 reviews
71%
Crashes16 reviews
50%
Bugs7 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $69.99. The lowest we've tracked is $27.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $69.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
43
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.