How Long It Takes to Beat Silent Hill f is the Best of Both…

The length of a game is by no means an accurate measure of its quality. But, it’s true that a game’s length can be illuminating regarding its pacing, especially when several installments in a franchise are compared to one another to assess what a shorter or longer length would withdraw or contribute to it. This is particularly pertinent to Bloober’s Silent Hill 2 remake, for example. Having more than doubled the length of Team Silent’s original game, the Silent Hill 2 remake was obligated to earn and defend its 15–20 hour playtime when the original Silent Hill 2 is concise and poignant at a crisp 5–8 hours casually.

NeoBards’ Silent Hill f is launching on September 25, 2025, and while its gameplay seems remarkably similar to that of previous Silent Hill games, much less a ton of modern horror games that share the same sensibilities when it comes to psychological/survival horror elements, it’s anything but familiar in terms of its setting and lore. Silent Hill f recently had media outlet previews shared that dive a little bit further into it, detailing the opening of the game and a boss fight against a Shrine Maiden. And, according to IGN’s preview, Silent Hill f will also be quite unprecedented with its officially estimated length of 12–13 hours.

The Case for and Against Bloober’s Silent Hill Remake Being Longer Than the Original

The Silent Hill 2 remake was longer than the original, and Bloober Team is bound to do the same again with the first Silent Hill.

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Silent Hill f is Longer Than Most Silent Hill Games, But Not by Too Much

Silent Hill 2 Remake Ran So That Silent Hill f Could Too

The aforementioned preview demo, which multiple outlets received, was allotted an alarming five-hour span. That’s a decently sized chunk out of any game, perhaps excluding a 100-hour RPG, and that’d wedge them in the third act or nearly hit credits in the case of several Silent Hill games.

Besides Book of Memories, one of the series’ few anomalies, the longest Silent Hill games are Silent Hill 4: The Room, Homecoming, and Downpour, and a lot of that playtime is determined by the amount of side content players optionally elect to pursue.

Indeed, Silent Hill games before Bloober’s Silent Hill 2 remake are not long by any stretch of the imagination, and therefore Silent Hill f’s 12–13-hour playtime is a bit of a leap. This tidbit reportedly comes from Silent Hill’s Motoi Okamoto himself, lending credence to the claim, and, if anything, Silent Hill f may even turn out to be shorter than its developers expect if players are adept.

This length could be a boon, though. Silent Hill games being short theoretically means that they don’t overstay their welcome and can pack emotion or dread into a tighter experience, while f being four or five hours longer than the average Silent Hill game suggests that it is elaborating on combat, puzzles, and exploration just enough to expand that classic experience as it explores what’s sure to be a deeply harrowing narrative via Silent Hill f protagonist Shimizu Hinako.

Silent Hill f is Shorter Than Silent Hill 2’s Remake, But Not by Too Much

However, Silent Hill f’s 12–13 hours still has it landing at least a couple of hours short of Bloober’s Silent Hill 2 remake, and that doesn’t even account for the immense time sink players are in for if they task themselves with achieving every Silent Hill 2 remake ending. An argument can be made that the Silent Hill 2 remake runs a little too long, despite it boasting fantastic puzzles, meaningful narrative additions, and a greater emphasis on exploration, diminishing its replayability due to its linearity.

If Silent Hill f is equally linear yet a handful of hours shorter, it might strike a sweet spot with balanced pacing and still tell a fascinating Silent Hill story somehow rooted in Japanese mythology with a dozen hours’ worth of legroom. Until it is consumed in its entirety, multiple endings and all, it won’t be clear if Silent Hill f has earned its length, too.

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