Silent Hill: Downpour

Silent Hill: Downpour
European cover art
DeveloperVatra Games
PublisherKonami
DirectorAndy Pang
ProducerAlexander Sila
DesignersBrian Gomez
Marek Berka
ProgrammerPetr Benýšek
ArtistsRadek Marek
Luděk Farda
WritersTom Waltz
Tomm Hulett
Devin Shatsky
Brian Gomez
ComposerDaniel Licht
SeriesSilent Hill
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platforms
Release
  • NA: 13 March 2012
  • EU: 30 March 2012
  • AU: 5 April 2012
  • JP: 8 November 2012 (PS3)
GenreSurvival horror
ModeSingle-player

Silent Hill: Downpour is a 2012 survival horror game developed by Vatra Games and published by Konami. The seventh installment in the Silent Hill series, the game centers on Murphy Pendleton, a prisoner who enters the town of Silent Hill, periodically entering the otherworld, leading him to unlock repressed memories. The game uses a third-person view and can be played in 3D. It was released in March 2012.

Silent Hill: Downpour received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its atmosphere, story and return to the series' survival horror and exploration roots after the action-heavy linearity of Silent Hill: Homecoming, but criticised its monster design, combat and technical performance. A patch fixed many of the technical issues.