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Silent Hill: The Short Message

Original title: Silent Hill: The Short Message - January 31, 2024
Silent Hill: The Short Message
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Director:Motoi Okamoto
Studio:Konami
Stars:Andrew Russell, Jay Preston, Brenda Arteaga-Walsh - Full View
Soundtrack:Silent Hill: The Short Message Original Soundtrack — Akira Yamaoka (3 CDs, 80 tracks, Konamistyle 2024); ending theme sung by Esther Ortega Cantó
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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
HexaDrive
PublisherIGDB
Konami
Studio
Konami
GenresIGDB
Adventure
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Release DateIGDB
January 31, 2024
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
52
Game Engine
Unreal Engine 5
StoryIGDB

Silent Hill: The Short Message is a free-to-play Silent Hill spin-off set in modern-day Germany. Players explore a location known as The Villa from a first-person perspective.

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Crew & Contributors 4
Akira Yamaoka
Akira Yamaoka
Audio & Music • Composer
Motoi Okamoto
Motoi Okamoto
Direction • Game Director
Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell
Performance • Voice Actor
Jay Preston
Jay Preston
Performance • Voice Actor

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Data aggregated from 8 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic, Wikipedia, silenthillmemories.net, kotaku.com, HowLongToBeat, PlayStation
Last updated: 27.09.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
RevenueReported
4M+ downloads
free-to-play; announced by Konami in May 2025
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Free-to-play PS5 release with no purchase price, so no gross estimate. Konami's official Silent Hill account reported over 4 million downloads (May 2025). A physical Deluxe Edition was later offered through Limited Run Games. Budget not disclosed.

Time to Beat
Main Story2h
Main + Extras2h
Completionist2h

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Language Support
Language
AudioSubUI
English
✔✔✔
French
—✔✔
German
—✔✔
Italian
—✔✔
Japanese
—✔✔
Korean
—✔✔
Polish
—✔✔
Portuguese - Brazil
—✔—
Russian
—✔✔
Spanish - Spain
—✔—
Spanish - Latin America
—✔—
Simplified Chinese
—✔—
Traditional Chinese
—✔—
Portuguese (Brazil)
——✔
Spanish (Spain)
——✔
Chinese (Simplified)
——✔
Spanish (Mexico)
——✔
Chinese (Traditional)
——✔

Sources: IGDB, PlayStation

Content Rating
Blood
Violence
Strong Language
Suicide
Self-Harm
Bullying / Abuse
GRAC 19+
ESRB M
System Requirements
Minimum
Other:-
Available On
PlayStation Store
Official Website
Community & Media
Data aggregated from 8 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic, Wikipedia, silenthillmemories.net, kotaku.com, HowLongToBeat, PlayStation
Last updated: 27.09.2026