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Achievable? Probably. Advisable? That's another story

After getting Silent Hill 'back on track,' Konami wants to make it an annual franchise

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Silent Hill is back, series producer Motoi Okamoto says, which means it's time for there to be more Silent Hill than ever before. Okamoto made the comments to Famitsu (translated by Google) as part of the publication's roundup of developer goals for 2026, where he said you can expect at least one new Silent Hill game in 2026 and every year thereafter.

"Following the release of Silent Hill 2 in October 2024, we were able to deliver Silent Hill f ​​in September 2025, and the Silent Hill series is now back on track," series producer Motoi Okamoto told Famitsu. "We aim to release about one title per year, including both announced and unannounced titles. We're not sure how far we can achieve this, but we'll do our best as the producer of the Silent Hill series. Ideally, we'd like to keep the buzz around Silent Hill constant."

One new game per year sounds like a steep challenge, but Konami's initial plans for the series' revival may already have them set for at least the next two years. Konami first announced Silent Hill: Townfall, from Annapurna Interactive and BAFTA-winning Stories Untold developer No Code, during the big Silent Hill broadcast in 2022. Complete silence has surrounded the project since then, though a now-deleted retail listing from department store giant Liverpool Mexico suggested Townfall would launch in March 2026.

Then there's Bloober Team's Silent Hill, a remake of the series' 1999 debut game done in the style of the Silent Hill 2 remake. Bloober hasn't said much about the project, other than that it was in development for at least several months prior to the initial announcement, though it's possible this Silent Hill remake could end up being the series' 2027 release.

The future — and future quality — of Silent Hill is anyone's guess after that. Annual releases tend to be hit-or-miss, as the last few years of Call of Duty have shown, and while folks might play CoD regardless of the campaign's quality, even (or especially) during the holidays, Silent Hill doesn't have the same staying power. Risk is also more inherent in Konami's strategy of licensing Silent Hill to different studios than it is with a setup like Activision's, where different studios under the same publishing label take turns with the series.

The plan paid off with Silent Hill 2 remake and Silent Hill f, both of which launched to widespread acclaim from critics and consumers. However, 2023's Silent Hill release was an interactive TV show called Silent Hill: Ascension, made by the creators of The Walking Dead: Last Mile, which very much did not (despite winning an Emmy) and is now available, sans battle pass, to watch for free on Tubi.