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Silent Hill: The Short Message

Konami's Silent Hill: The Short Message is a free-to-play PS5 horror game. The story follows Anita as she explores an apartment building after receiving texts from her deceased friend.

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Horror
Released
January 31, 2024
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Konami
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Franchise
Silent Hill

An all-new, modern Silent Hill experience, powered by the latest in game technology.
Following messages from her friend, street artist Maya, Anita arrives at an old, crumbling apartment block. Drawn inside, she soon encounters bizarre, otherworldly spaces and inexplicable happenings as she explores, all while being pursued by a twisted monster.

If she wants to make it out alive, Anita must somehow escape the abnormal perils of the apartments and find her way out again. But where is Maya? And just what is this strange world that she finds herself lost in?

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