# Silent Hill: Townfall: launch tracker > Townfall moves the series to a new island, with a new protagonist and a first-person camera. We track how players react at Day 1, 7 and 30. Developer: Screen Burn. Publisher: Konami and Annapurna Interactive. Released 24 September. 68% of 3,482 player reviews recommend it (as of 12 October). ## In short Most players praise the fog, the sound, the puzzles and the story, and the new first-person camera rarely draws complaints. Stealth decides the rest, since long waits and a pursuer you can’t kill turn some players against it. Players who come for dread and puzzles tend to recommend it, and patch 1.3.1 has cut the stutter on PC. ## Latest update: Day 7, 30 September Recommendations fell to 57% on 26 September, then recovered to 68% of the 705 reviews posted from 27 to 29 September, above launch day’s 60%. Performance comes up in 41% of negative reviews after the first 72 hours, down from 64%. - 27 to 29 September: 68% positive, from 705 reviews - Lowest day since launch: 57% positive, on 26 September - Performance: In 41% of negative reviews after the first 72 hours, down from 64% - All reviews: 65% positive, from 2,532 reviews We read these reviews in full on 30 September. - 50 most recent reviews: 27 positive, 9 mixed, 14 negative. - **Stealth now decides the verdict.** Players who reach the end say most of the game is spent hiding while enemies patrol, and the pursuer you can’t kill is the part they hate most. Several who can’t recommend it praise everything else. - **The story and the atmosphere carry the positive reviews.** Players who recommend it lead with the fog, the sound and a mystery that pays off at the end. Some find the story plain, and a few say it doesn’t feel like Silent Hill. - **The puzzles keep their praise.** Players rank them among the best in the series, though some find the last ones tedious. - **Crashes and stutter come up less than at launch.** Some players still report crashes and shader stutter on PC, and about as many say the game ran well for them. ## Questions ### Is Silent Hill: Townfall worth it? Players are split. As of 12 October, 68% of 3,482 reviews recommend it. Those who do praise the fog, the sound, the puzzles and the story; stealth, with long waits and a pursuer you can’t kill, is what turns others against it. ### Is Silent Hill: Townfall first person? Yes. Konami describes it as experienced entirely in first person, and most players who mention the camera like it. ### Is Silent Hill: Townfall set in Scotland? Yes. It’s set in St. Amelia, a fog-bound island town in Scotland, in 1996. ### Is Silent Hill: Townfall a remake? No. Konami calls it a full-length, self-contained psychological horror, with a new town and a new lead, Simon Ordell. ### Is there combat in Silent Hill: Townfall? Yes, with melee weapons and firearms, but evading enemies takes up most of the game. Players find the stealth its weakest part. ### How long is Silent Hill: Townfall? Players in our reading who had finished it had played between 14 and 36 hours. ### Has Konami fixed Silent Hill: Townfall’s PC performance? Partly. Patch 1.3.1 on 30 September reduced stutter from shader compilation. Before it, performance came up in 64% of negative reviews in the first three days and 41% after them. ### Is Silent Hill: Townfall on Xbox, or a PS5 exclusive? It’s on PS5 and PC. Konami’s release page lists no Xbox version. ### What PC do you need for Silent Hill: Townfall? The minimum is a GeForce RTX 2060 Super or Radeon RX 6600 with a Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700K, 16 GB of RAM, Windows 11 and 75 GB of space, for 1080p at 30 on Low. The recommended PC, an RTX 3080 or RX 7800 XT with 32 GB of RAM, aims at 4K and 30 on High with upscaling. ### When did Silent Hill: Townfall come out? 24 September 2026. Digital Deluxe Edition buyers played 48 hours early. ## Sources 2. Steam: Silent Hill: Townfall, user reviews and review history: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1636440/ 7. Konami: Silent Hill: Townfall release date and Digital Deluxe early access: https://www.konami.com/games/eu/en/topics/19146/ 8. Konami on Steam: update plans for performance issues, 24 September: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1636440/announcements/detail/702154493559571530 26. Backloggd: Silent Hill: Townfall, player reviews: https://backloggd.com/games/silent-hill-townfall/ 36. Konami on Steam: Silent Hill: Townfall patch 1.3.1, shader stutter, 30 September: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1636440/view/1845383656376760 Page: https://creativecult.digital/games/silent-hill-townfall